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Jul 23Liked by The Spinoff

Definitely keen for you to dig into this.

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It's on the (long) list :) – SSL

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Jul 23Liked by The Spinoff

Just been in the UK and Spain for 3 weeks, everyone takes contactless payments, no-one charges extra for the privilege. Maybe that means the fees are already incorporated into the prices?

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Good point... Cheers Rob.

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Jul 23Liked by The Spinoff

Would love to see a bit of digging into fees - surely just ticket clipping for the most part!

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Jul 23Liked by The Spinoff

Would be really good to look into the fees charged by Visa and Mastercard

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Jul 24Liked by The Spinoff

Agree, love to know about the fees, particularly why every shop seems to charge a different % amount

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Jul 24Liked by The Spinoff

Thank you for the work on the Abuse in State Care. Keen to see digging on credit card fees, some of them are 2.5%!

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Jul 23Liked by The Spinoff

Re Visa etc. fees - big YES from me, & also how to change providers? I should ask Consumer as I am a member 😁🤷‍♀️

On the Abuse in Care front - I am aware of a mentally disabled person who was abused, & went on to abuse others because he was "taught" that is "normal" behaviour. They weren't a witness in the Inquiry because of diminished health, but I do wonder how much ripple effect this horrific chapter has had. We will wait to see if it is addressed in the report - but could be worth one of the Spinoffs excellent followups?

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Thanks for all the feedback! – SSL

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