Luckily I haven’t seen that one yet. So far, they’ve all had that “custom” icon one can click.
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My wife & I regularly (1-2x per week) go to a local place that only takes cash. I willingly do this & I hope that the amount the owner saves on credit card company fees helps him stay in business.
However, the part not yet mentioned (I think - I admit I haven’t been reading closely) is that I save 3% when I use my card and, most times, another 1.5% when I cash in my points.
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I am very adept at stealth check-grabbing. But I hate others who do it to me. Just the other night we were out with friends. I fully expected to split the check so I ordered something a bit more pricey than I might but it was a dish the restaurant was known for. I was pretty mad when the check never arrived and our companions covered the bill.
Most of our friends are not schnorrers either. I’ve dropped the ones who were.
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Sounds great. Any chance you want to go out to dinner with me and my wife? 
Would love to! Where are you located?
Brooklyn. We met when I trekked out to the Soul Kitchen dinner several years ago. But I easily forgive stealth check grabbers for not remembering me, as it takes them longer to drop me from their dinner invite lists.
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Then, turnabout is fair play.
But to a server in the US 3.5-4% is a big deal
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What does that have to do with what I wrote?
3.5% is usually a negligible amount on my dinner check, I don’t mind paying the extra.
The extra is often taken out of the server’s tip.
I apologize that I did not remember you. That dinner seems like a lifetime ago. If you’re willing to make another trek to NJ, I’m hosting a pot luck HO down at my house Saturday 8/6. The details are here -
The invitation is open to anyone else interested!
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True but I’m not sure I’m known for my fairness when it comes to paying. I tend to err on the side of generosity. And to bring it back to the original topic, I’m also a generous tipper.
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And you’re getting this from…?
I’d think it would be taken out on a par basis, e.g. on a $50 tab with $10 tip, assuming 3.5% CC fee or $2.10 total, the business pays $1.75 to the credit card corp, with remainder to the business of $48.25, and similarly the server’s $10 gets knocked to $9.65 to pay the 3.5% fee on the $10.
Of course, depending on where you’re at restaurants may pool tips and redistribute, so it’s not as if that particular $10 (or $9.65) was earmarked to that particular server.
Thanks for the invite, but I can’t. I was joking about not being remembered… it really was quite awhile ago, but it was nice meeting the N.Jersey HO folk. Of course, if any of you are ever in Brooklyn…
You’re dismissing the possibility that the tip gets paid in cash. And @Gourmanda, with his/her continued very uncharitable readings of, well, everything, is ignoring that paying a slightly higher check results in a proportionally slightly higher tip.
What we have to realize is that “afford” and “can pay for” are two totally different things. Some people who barely squeak by, pay check to pay check, afford things others with more disposable income don’t. It all depends on one’s priorities and what seems worth it to one. No right and wrong, just different choices.
So BK’s $1000 meal is completely and justifiably doable and reasonable for him. Given equal financial situation, YMMV. We each run our own economies.
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Certainly that would not incur any CC fees. But I thought the argument (to the extent there was one) was about paying the whole check with the card. Sorry if I’ve misunderstood the convo.
No problem.
Thinking about it .
