"Eliminate bank commission charges". The owners of commercial businesses are unanimously requesting this, and from today they are forced to accept all payments with the Pos . From breakfast at the bar to the purchase of a large appliance, passing through the beautician, hairdresser or florist, all customers must be able to pay by card. But it can also be used in tobacconists, newsstands and professionals.
" I don't charge cigarettes with an ATM ," says Antonello Deiana tobacconist. "The state has not thought about the consequences: it gives us very narrow profit margins, now with the Pos we also have to pay the commissions to the banks so where is the profit for us in the end? We can't always go at a loss. "
Long times
For Roberto Tronci, owner of a newsagent in Piazza Repubblica in Cagliari, in addition to the commissions to be paid to the banks, can also affect turnover. "If ten people enter to buy a newspaper and everyone wants to pay with the Pos, we risk creating queues to Poetto and then not seeing anyone enter again, because we don't like queuing and the technical times with the slow connection we have they lengthen. Perhaps these are assessments that perhaps the state is not making ”.
