Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

2012-06-10 Thread Robert Bonomi
Stephen Sprunk opined: > > On 10-Jun-12 14:01, Robert Bonomi wrote: > >> From: Jay Ashworth > >> > >> Even Further Off-Topic, isn't "debit" supposed to be "cash"? Why do > >> I pay the Credit price for it? > > > > It is, and *ISN'T*, 'cash'. > > > > Unlike cash (and like a credit card), it is

Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

2012-06-10 Thread Barry Shein
On June 10, 2012 at 14:33 j...@baylink.com (Jay Ashworth) wrote: > - Original Message - > > From: "Michael Thomas" > > > On 06/10/2012 11:22 AM, John T. Yocum wrote: > > > A merchant can offer a cash discount. > > > > I believe that the law just recently changed on that account.

Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

2012-06-10 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 6/10/12 12:23 , Stephen Sprunk wrote: > On 10-Jun-12 14:01, Robert Bonomi wrote: >>> From: Jay Ashworth > > All of the above is completely irrelevant to the merchant. Given that the thread now spans nine conversations threads and at least 122 messages and is buried in the finer details of mer

Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

2012-06-10 Thread Stephen Sprunk
On 10-Jun-12 14:01, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> From: Jay Ashworth >> >> Even Further Off-Topic, isn't "debit" supposed to be "cash"? Why do >> I pay the Credit price for it? > It is, and *ISN'T*, 'cash'. > > Unlike cash (and like a credit card), it is simply an instruction to a third > party to pa

Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

2012-06-10 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi@nanog.org Sun Jun 10 13:34:06 > 2012 > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:33:03 -0400 (EDT) > From: Jay Ashworth > To: NANOG > Subject: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,) > > - Original Message - > > Fr

Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

2012-06-10 Thread Stephen Sprunk
On 10-Jun-12 13:33, Jay Ashworth wrote: > From: "Michael Thomas" >> On 06/10/2012 11:22 AM, John T. Yocum wrote: >>> A merchant can offer a cash discount. >> I believe that the law just recently changed on that account. I >> believe that what Barry says was the old reality. > Perhaps, but Cash/Cre

Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

2012-06-10 Thread Michael Thomas
On 06/10/2012 11:33 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: - Original Message - From: "Michael Thomas" On 06/10/2012 11:22 AM, John T. Yocum wrote: A merchant can offer a cash discount. I believe that the law just recently changed on that account. I believe that what Barry says was the old reality.

OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

2012-06-10 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Michael Thomas" > On 06/10/2012 11:22 AM, John T. Yocum wrote: > > A merchant can offer a cash discount. > > I believe that the law just recently changed on that account. I > believe that what Barry says was the old reality. Perhaps, but Cash/Credit for gas