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08-01-2008, 05:30 PM
Carmen Natividad Melendez, director of the new National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro Consumidor) warned the National Association of Gasoline Retailers (Anadegas) that Art. 87 of Law 358-05 on the Protection of Consumer Rights prohibits businesses from charging consumers extra for the use of their credit cards. Juan Ignacio Espaillat, president of Anadegas, recently said the stations would levy a charge on those paying with the cards, so they could compensate for their rising costs. Melendez urged consumers to dispute the charge. "Anadegas cannot charge consumers extra for paying with their credit cards, and more so because the price of the product they sell, in this case gasoline, is regulated by the state," she said.
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