“Gas stations say credit card fees are pinching meager profits” (via DallasNews.com)

The struggle with high oil prices has a new villain: credit card companies.  While many drivers have grown attached to the convenience of paying with plastic at the pump, fuel stations are increasingly rebelling against the fees they’re charged to process those transactions. Some stations are escaping them completely by offering discounts to customers who pay with cash.  “We make a little bit of money on gas, but it’s not the big source of income in our stores anymore,” said Dan Boschert, who pays about $6,000 in so-called interchange fees per month at his two Dallas Chevron stations.

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[source: DallasNews.com]