This place offers a cash discount and charges you a 3% more if you pay with credit card.
This jumped out at me. With so many credit cards giving as much as 5% back, or even more if you pay for an annual fee card, I guess transaction fees for business must be pretty high, so I'm not really surprised that the store charges extra if you use a credit card, but it is interesting they do that. Is this becoming common in the States?
Yeah, I think it is actually. Some places let you know ahead of time. Others do not.