Look at it another way: the credit cards are giving the merchants 'free' extra profit margin for all non cc purchases. This is a job creating measure, and compensates for the extra cost of keeping cash on hand, hiring reliable and honest cashiers (and surveillance of them), and having to deal with the risk of robbery.
....as a matter of fact, just maybe the cc's are
saving you money, net. This because their use encourages greater voulme of sales, which in turn reduces inventory costs, thus allowing the merchant to provide better prices.
Last edited by Nesster; 05-10-2012 at 07:18 AM.