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Student Credit Card - Will it ruin my life?

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  • #32
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Correct.

    Its another damn thing to look out for, especially when buying stuff over the internet from other countries (including the UK). In a lot of cases you will find that your expected bill has this 2.5% added on top. Its illegal for the merchant to do it in this country for retail customers.


  • #33
    Michael Collins
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,851 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael Collins


    Wasn't the stamp duty increased from €20 to €40 in the last budget, does that affect student credit cards though?

    I didn't know I was going to be paying money on my ATM card, how much is the stamp duty for that? jeez, I can't afford to be speding all this money...


  • #34
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Originally posted by Michael Collins
    Wasn't the stamp duty increased from €20 to €40 in the last budget, does that affect student credit cards though?

    I didn't know I was going to be paying money on my ATM card, how much is the stamp duty for that? jeez, I can't afford to be speding all this money...

    AFAIK you'll have to pay €40 stamp duty per credit card. I don't think student status has any bearing on this.


  • #35
    carrotcake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭carrotcake


    yeah, it's €40 for us all, i'm afraid


  • #36
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,031 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Its illegal for the merchant to do it in this country for retail customers.

    that doesn't mean that they don't do it though :(
    There are quite a few shops in town which put surcharges on credit card transactions. (usually around 4% as well, as opposed to the 2-3% actual surcharge). Great country eh?


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