Card, cash or check? Consumer prices should terminate if they are
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By: Gladys Magalhães Ferraz
SÃO PAULO - Even though prohibited, is very common that, when making their purchases, consumers are faced with different prices for cash payment on the card, check or cash. Today, what to do?
Under the supervision of the director of Fundação Procon-SP, Arthur Paulo Góes, the complaint is the only weapon that the practice ceases to be a habit among Brazilians merchants. In the opinion of the director, the charge varies depending on the form of payment, is not justified because the purchase paid with debit card or in part only in the credit card complies with all items of sale.
"With the payment card, the merchant must be sure that you receive the money, which makes this means of payment more secure than a check, for example. In addition, the merchant is not required to work with card, the join this form of payment there is a clause saying he can not charge different prices if payment is in sight. He knows the cost and not pass them to the consumer, "he says.
And the split purchase?
Also, alert the specialist, when paying with debit card, the consumer should not accept in any way to establish a minimum value for the use of plastic, as is usual, especially on small establishments.
Furthermore, reports in the case of split purchases, setting a minimum value for the parcels or to split the payment may be required by the merchant, however, the procedure must be notified in advance.
"The shopkeeper has every right to demand a minimum value for the payment installments, provided that notice and clearly and ostentatious. Not good, for example, he put a huge poster saying that purchases can be split into as many times and in letters that the girls put fragmentation is only accepted for purchases above a certain value. In this case, the consumer must denounce, "he explains.
Góes says also that the consumer who is facing some of the situations described must, first, whether the penalty applies even buy into the establishment and, after that, regardless if the purchase is made or not, report the location of bodies in consumer protection so that it receives a specific penalty, which ranges from R $ 212.00 to more than $ 3 million, depending on the violation and the size of the company.
Source: Infomoney
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