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Hopper, do you add a 'bonus' surcharge for yourself?

Are you HC or PHV?

Is such a surcharge 'to cover processing' legal in HC?

Sorry, just thought of these questions!

as every retail fuel pump transaction includes a 2.5% card fee* then im sure a charge can be levied - so long as you advise the customer.










* even cash sales......

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id have thought there wold be a service a trader can ring, pass the card details ove rand complete a transaction, no pin, no terminal, just all setup before hand, like distance selling...

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Most of us have some or all these features built into our mobiles - without knowing it in many cases.
I don't even pay for mine, vodafone send me a new one every year.

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Taxi Pay add 6.5% to each transaction and that is what I tell the passenger but I do not add a bonus normaly but have done.

They take it or leave it, if they don't like it then they can pay cash.

A hack does not have to give credit or accept cheques and does not even have to give change!!!

PS I am a hack

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But, if I was to add, say, 9% so that I netted 2.5% as a 'processing charge' would that be lawful?

Yes, yes, yes, and yes....but do you need to? what ever you put into your phone Taxi Pay will add 6.5% to what is charged to the card but you will get exactly the amount that you punch into the phone!

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Hopper, you are doing me a great service with your advice, thank you.

As a hack, can I include an additional legally include a 'processing charge?'

As well as Hopper's, other opinions would be welcome.

In my opinion no

CC

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As the metered fare is the maximum you can legally charge, I would say no.
The council here must have thought so as well.
Last year they included a surcharge on the tariff card of up to 10% on payments made with credit or debit cards.

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if its a business user, wanting a vat receipt, how does taxipay provide that? inc of service charge

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Taxi Pay provide you with an old fashioned imprinter that you put the card on. If you are registered for VAT you can show that on the slip.

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In that case does your council insist that drivers accept payment by credit card, if the passenger requests that service & if credit card payments are a facility offered by a particular driver?

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No, the charge only applies to operators who accept such cards.

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