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re: Restaurants charging an administrative fee
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:18 pm to Turnblad85
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:18 pm to Turnblad85
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these restaurant owners are making an absolute killing right now. Pure greed when we're just trying to feed our families.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:20 pm to Turnblad85
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these restaurant owners are making an absolute killing right now. Pure greed when we're just trying to feed our families.
LOL
You poor baby. Just trying to feed your family…..AT A RESTAURANT!
Cook at home. So entitled.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:24 pm to Turnblad85
It's difficult in every direction.
As a small business owner, I was reluctant to change prices because even if people complain about cc processing fees charging a flat 3% was actually saving them money.
1. In my shop, I only price in whole dollar amounts so price increases would average much more than 3%.
2. from a business end, customers mainly compare sticker/menu prices.
3. I had assumed people still choosing to use a card for their convenience when there's signs saying there's no fees for cash and even a cash discount would realize paying the fee was their choice.
I was wrong.
Now, my prices are simply around 6 or 7% higher with no 3% fee for cards.
I use the extra money to make all the cash purchases a flat 10% off.
Also, people who have never had a business accepting cards have no idea how difficult it is to even figure out the precise amount the CC processing fees will be. Complicated and a huge waste of time to keep changing systems as they continually "update" their user agreement.
If there's a boogeyman in this situation, that's where to look.
As a small business owner, I was reluctant to change prices because even if people complain about cc processing fees charging a flat 3% was actually saving them money.
1. In my shop, I only price in whole dollar amounts so price increases would average much more than 3%.
2. from a business end, customers mainly compare sticker/menu prices.
3. I had assumed people still choosing to use a card for their convenience when there's signs saying there's no fees for cash and even a cash discount would realize paying the fee was their choice.
I was wrong.
Now, my prices are simply around 6 or 7% higher with no 3% fee for cards.
I use the extra money to make all the cash purchases a flat 10% off.
Also, people who have never had a business accepting cards have no idea how difficult it is to even figure out the precise amount the CC processing fees will be. Complicated and a huge waste of time to keep changing systems as they continually "update" their user agreement.
If there's a boogeyman in this situation, that's where to look.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:27 pm to tigersbb
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Why stick 18 to 22 year old waitresses making $2.13 / hour plus tips in the middle of this.
Waiters love to complain about this, but every waiter I knew made way more in tips than I did at my hourly retail job back in the day.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:32 pm to LSUFanHouston
And sometimes they tax you on those bs fees too. I’ve just started lowering my tips, idgaf anymore.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:33 pm to wm72
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from a business end, customers mainly compare sticker/menu prices.
I had assumed people still choosing to use a card for their convenience when there's signs saying there's no fees for cash and even a cash discount would realize paying the fee was their choice. I was wrong.
In today's episode of "shite the customer has been saying for years"
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:43 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Why is there a restaurant every 100 feet in every podunk town in the whole country while everyone is simultaneously complaining about the cost of everything?
Because there's not a chicken in every pot. Nor someone at home who would know what to do with it.
#roux
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:53 pm to TheSadvocate
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People are less likely to notice a plate going from 13.00 to $13.50 than they are to notice that slap in the face
Correct
But most small business are not too bright
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:55 pm to LSUFanHouston
Whatever fees they add I just deduct it from the tip.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:56 pm to AP83
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Did people really think the small businesses were going to eat that 4% cc fee?
No, I thought they would increases their prices by 3 percent (debit cards can cost less and cash crusts nothing) or at least be honest and upfront about a fee.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:56 pm to LSUFanHouston
Saw someone complaining The Boulevard doing same thing. No warning. I’ll deduct any fees from tip. We were generous during lockdown and now restaurant have turned greedy.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 12:58 pm to LSUFanHouston
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There was a helpful explanation on the receipt: says it is charged to offset rising operational expenses and is applied to all transactions and all forms of payment including cash.
If it wasn't prominently displayed on the menu, it should be illegal.
You see all the "eat / shop local" campaigns to support small businesses, but then you have small businesses do nonsense like this that makes customers not want to go back again.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:02 pm to LSUFanHouston
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, I thought they would increases their prices by 3 percent (debit cards can cost less and cash crusts nothing) or at least be honest and upfront about a fee.
I've never figured out what wasn't honest and upfront about signs that say :
"3% charge for credit card processing"
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:05 pm to wm72
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I've never figured out what wasn't honest and upfront about signs that say : "3% charge for credit card processing"
That’s absolutely fine
But when there is no sign and no menu notation but the fee appears after you give your card…
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:18 pm to SixthAndBarone
Setting aside the debit/ credit thing, can a restaurant add a fee to your bill if it's not listed on the menu anywhere? I am not sure they can. For example the menu has to tell you if they auto-grat large parties, I think.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:30 pm to thegreatboudini
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take it a step further, if I see an unexpected fee like that the tip goes to $0.
Why punish your server who - hopefully did a good job - has no say in it?
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:38 pm to MasterDigger
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I can see the apartment side of this though. It probably helps keep roaches and vermin down because it is basically a door to door trash pickup for the lazy, stoned-out, and gamer kids who would let that shite hang out in their apartment instead of walking it to the dumpster. But on the renter side...don't charge me more because of them.
I don't have an issue with it if it were optional and they did trash every day. But some of them only do on certain days or M-F. So now I need to be sure to take out my trash on Friday to get the full effects of what I'm paying for.
If I make 20 bags of trash a month and it costs me $40, I'm paying $2 per bag. That's....not worth it.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:40 pm to Turnblad85
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these restaurant owners are making an absolute killing right now. Pure greed when we're just trying to feed our families
Absolutely not. Margins are the thinnest it has been in a long damn time.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:42 pm to LemmyLives
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A full service restaurant (sit down) averages a profit margin of between 3-5%. You can feed your family at home. I could pay $18 for a single Reuben at a restaurant, or I can spend $20 at H-E-B and make six of them.
So how do you feel about car dealers tacking on previously unmentioned fees as your sitting down to sign?
You could ride a bicycle or walk.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 1:42 pm to LSUFanHouston
Went to one in Monroe Friday night charged a Credit Card fee and it was actually a debit card. i will not be back 
:angry:
:angry:
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