Melbourne nightclub Brown Alley is slammed over ridiculous 割増し料金 料金: 'Wow'

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A trendy?Melbourne nightclub has been slammed for the 'ridiculous' 割増し料金 it 追加するs to all EFTPOS 処理／取引s.

The Brown Alley nightclub on Lonsdale St in the CBD 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s a whopping five per cent - more than 二塁打 the 新規加入 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d by most 出口s - for using bank cards.

The 顧客 who 地位，任命するd about the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 on Reddit said they had referred the nightclub to the Australian 競争 & 消費者 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 (ACCC).

と一緒に an image telling revellers about the high 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金, the poster wrote: '設立する out that Brown Alley nightclub now 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s a ridiculous 5 per cent 割増し料金 … for all 支払い（額）s on card. Wow.'

The 調印する reads, 'Dear 顧客s please 公式文書，認める our EFTPOS machines have a 5 per cent 割増し料金 on all 処理／取引s. Thanks for your understanding.'?

The Brown Alley nightclub (pictured) on Lonsdale St in the CBD 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s a whopping 5 per cent - more than 二塁打 the 新規加入 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d by most 出口s - for using bank cards

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A woman is pictured using a credit card

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The 顧客 wrote that 'I 明言する／公表するd my 不賛成 to one of the 経営者／支配人s at Brown Alley, very politely.?

'And yep, he was just dismissive and rude, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that it's our club, we can do what we want.'

によれば the ACCC, '商売／仕事s can 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 a 割増し料金 for 支払う／賃金ing by card, but under the 競争 and 消費者 行為／法令／行動する, the 割増し料金 must not be more than what it costs the 商売／仕事 to use that 支払い（額） type.

'If a 商売／仕事 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s a card 支払い（額） 割増し料金, it must be able to 証明する the costs it is based on, and follow the 支配するs about 陳列する，発揮するing the 割増し料金.'

Last week, a 消費者 専門家 明らかにする／漏らすd how 顧客s are 存在 攻撃する，衝突する with hidden 割増し料金s to use their debit cards, costing them as much as $140 in 料金s every year.

Finder's 長，率いる of 消費者 研究 Graham Cooke told Daily Mail Australia many restaurants, 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s and 小売 商売／仕事s are not 公表する／暴露するing their 料金s to 顧客s.

'People are using credit and debit cards more because of the 増加するd availability of EFTPOS machines,' he said.

Earlier this month,?a cash supporting movement 開始する，打ち上げるd Cash Out Day where 列s of 居住（者）s were seen standing outside banks as they waited to 身を引く money.?

The most popular way to 支払う／賃金 with card is tap-and-go, which accounts for 95 per cent of in person 処理／取引s, and is the most expensive.

While 挿入するing a card into an EFTPOS machine typically costs a merchant いっそう少なく than 0.5 per cent per 処理／取引, using contactless ビザ and Mastercard p ayment can 量 to 0.5 to 1 per cent each time for debit cards and 1 per cent to 3 per cent for credit cards.

On a 購入（する） of $100 the 普通の／平均（する） cost 追加するd is 28c for EFTPOS, 52c for using the Mastercard 網状組織, 47c for using ビザ and a whopping $1.88 for 数字表示式の 支払い（額）s provider Square.

While some larger 商売／仕事s 吸収する these costs into the price of their goods and services many smaller ones lump 顧客s with the bank 料金s.

Even some bigger 商売／仕事s 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 for using plastic.

While Coles and Woolworths supermarkets 吸収する 料金s into their prices, 割引 retailer Aldi 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s a small 基準 料金 on all card 処理／取引s.

Mr Cooke said it was '肉親，親類d of impossible to use plastic in Australia and not 遭遇（する） one of these 料金s'.

The nightclub, which is part of the 植民地の Hotel, 地位，任命するd a 公式文書，認める 詳細（に述べる）ing its 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s

Some commenters on the Reddit 地位，任命する about the Brown Alley club, which is part of the 植民地の Hotel, said they 疑問d the ACCC would do anything, but the 初めの poster said that was not the 事例／患者.?

'Every 報告（する）／憶測 I've ever made has been followed up, I get it's いつかs 平易な to think big gov oversight doesn't work, but the ACCC ain't it.

'These things take time though, if you really want to know whether they do something or not - Check 支援する later.'

?Daily Mail Australia has 接触するd Brown Alley for comment.?

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