Originally Posted By: Fiend
The mechanic I used to go to had two billing scales, one for cash/check customers and another for people using credit or debit cards. He was a small independent business and the bank ripped him a new one for debit and credit card payments every month so he padded bills to offset bank fees for debit/credit payments to his business. This was back in the 90s and the bank he used for business charged a percentage of the transaction rather than a flat fee per transaction because his business didn't do over a certain number of transactions a month to qualify for a flat fee.

The mechanic I take my cars to has two billing scales as well, but he takes no cards of any kind. Level #1 is for greenbacks, level #2 if you write a check that he has to record & bank.