When accepting CC there are many more fees than you would think. I looked into it a couple years ago and you need to buy the CC machine and choose a provider to process the payments that also charge a yearly fee. All that is on top of the per transaction fees. Then it also depends on the provider what CC/Debit cards you can accept. For me it was too much of a pain in the a$$ to do for the few customers it would add.
The auction house would have to raise buyer/seller premiums to make up the difference. I know in the state I live in you can not add the CC/paypal fees to the purchase because it is illegal. Most get around this by raising prices and giving a discount for cash.
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