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minus-square@BlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months agoNo, cashback is literally a “use this credit card and we’ll give you 1% of your money back as a reward” then they charge the vendor 3% to process the transaction.
minus-square@Hastur@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•2 months agobut you can easily get more than 1%. You can easily get 4% for stuff like gas and groceries. It adds up to quite a bit over the course of a year
minus-square@BlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoYes and no, those rewards increase the prices charged by the retailer. Then the credit card company’s ban charging extra to cover that. It’s inherently a monopolistic exploit.
No, cashback is literally a “use this credit card and we’ll give you 1% of your money back as a reward” then they charge the vendor 3% to process the transaction.
Oh, ok… gosh… Thanks for explaining.
but you can easily get more than 1%. You can easily get 4% for stuff like gas and groceries. It adds up to quite a bit over the course of a year
Yes and no, those rewards increase the prices charged by the retailer.
Then the credit card company’s ban charging extra to cover that.
It’s inherently a monopolistic exploit.