I just thought I'd point this out as I was organizing my receipts from recent purchases.
Recently I purchased a firearm from A&G, very pleased with the service and the firearm. However, to my dismay, I was told I was going to be charged an additional 4% on top of the posted price because I wanted to use my Mastercard. Since I really wanted the firearm, I said whatever and let it be charged. No where that I noticed in the store or online is it posted that prices written on slips are cash only prices for used firearms. For their new stuff they list a cash and credit price, but not for preowned. I purchased a preowned firearm. Also, it's important to mention, the price written on the tag was $25 more than the price online which i had to have them fix after he looked it up.
Written right on the receipt it shows the price of the firearm, the 4% credit card processing fee, and the 6.25% Massachusetts sales tax. After a little research tonight, I found that it's actually illegal to charge this fee according to Massachusetts General Law Chapter 140D: Section 28A. The law in it's entirety can be read here:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140d-28a.htm
Am I wrong on this one or did A&G commit a big no-no?
Here is their used page:
http://www.agguns.com/ag/instock/instockguns.html
Not a thing about cash prices.
In conclusion, if it was any other type of business I wouldn't hesitate to report them to the Attorney General, but since it's firearms and we're already in short supply of firearms stores in MA, I'm going to ignore it. If there ends up being something else preowned there again that I want and they try and pull those shenanigans again I guess I might have to sing a different tune.