parchedpeas wrote: ↑Wed Nov 17 2021 10:36am
Another Brexit benefit.
So much winning.
Yes, seems to be another "opportunity" to rip off the British consumer offered by "taking back control".
First it was the withdrawal of roaming in Europe, once the mobile cos were free of the "shackles" of EU legislation (and, of course, no parallel legislation in the UK). Now it seems that Visa has decided to charge Amazon S.A., who process all UK charging, a 1.2% fee, up from the 0.3% fixed by the EU, hence the decision to end payment by UK Visa. Stupidly, non-UK Visa cards will still be accepted (and even more stupidly, many UK cards used to be handled by banks in Ireland...)
Turns out there is a minefield between us and any sunlit uplands!!