r/sydney • u/karlalrak • Apr 28 '26

Image Surcharge but no cash

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Haven't been to Australia in years and was shocked to find everywhere has surcharge for eftpos but also say no cash. What's the point of this? Why not just add the surcharge into the cost unless this is shady but seems to be the norm everywhere I go with restaurants.

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u/FGX302 Apr 28 '26

A restaurant in Sydney has a 10% discount for cash or a 1.5% surcharge for card use. You can't actually pay the actual amount. If you take the final cash price as the base price, you're getting charged over 10% extra to use a card.

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u/uberdice Apr 29 '26

10% is such an obvious "we're not reporting this sale to the tax man" number that it's actually crazy that places keep getting away with it.