{"id":95790,"date":"2017-11-17T15:07:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T04:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/?p=95790"},"modified":"2017-11-17T15:07:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T04:07:05","slug":"red-balloon-pricked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2017\/11\/17\/red-balloon-pricked\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Balloon Pricked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trouble in paradise for the online experience gift retailer Red Balloon, as they have paid over $43,200 in damages following four infringement notices issued by the ACCC. Red Balloon has allegedly breached excessive payment surcharge laws in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.<\/p>\n

Red Balloon on March 31st<\/sup> and June 30th<\/sup>, 2017 allegedly charged four customers excessive payment surcharges with payments they made by MasterCard credit, Visa credit, Visa debit, and MasterCard debit.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Michael Scharper even confirmed that Red Balloon is charging customers more than they are allowed under ACCC guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cRed Balloon was charging these customers more than allowed under the law prohibiting excessive payment surcharges on card transactions,<\/p>\n

This provides that businesses can only pass on to customers what it costs to accept the payment, including fees such as merchant service fees, and terminal rental and maintenance fees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Red Balloon is categorised as a large business under the excessive payment surcharges provisions it cannot over charge its customers. These laws have been in effect for over a year now.<\/p>\n

Red Balloon since the incidents has lowered its payments to the correct amount and has cooperated with the ACCC\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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