Card surcharges: Customers charged hundreds illegally
Customers are being conned out of hundreds of pounds as retailers are illegally charging for card payments which were banned last year, a BBC investigation has found.
One of the culprits was the University of Hull who was found offering a 2% discount for students choosing to pay their tuition fees by means other than a credit card, which in the eyes of the law is no different to a card surcharge.
The university has since apologised and refunded the students the difference.
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