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by smichel17 1777 days ago
That "free" money comes from fees paid by the seller to the credit card company, and is passed along to you in the form of higher prices. Unfortunately, paying cash seldom lets you opt out of these credit card driven price increases.
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That last part is what makes "free" vs. "well not actually free" functionally identical.