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drunken_assassin t1_j2ajlky wrote

Reply to comment by biggsteve81 in ELI5: Why is it that, at some gas stations, it’s cheaper to pay with cash instead a credit card? by tgjj530

On the other hand, having significant amounts of cash transactions makes it much easier to launder money from your criminal enterprises!

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SparklyMonster t1_j2as0ic wrote

Though I guess there must be some sort of control since the station is depleting its stock of gas, so it's not like they can order more gas and say they didn't sell what they had... (or can it?)

Which is a different case from doctors and dentists who'll only accept cash or charge more for any other form of payment that is not cash (including the ones that don't have fees).

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drunken_assassin t1_j2av70y wrote

> Though I guess there must be some sort of control since the station is depleting its stock of gas, so it's not like they can order more gas and say they didn't sell what they had... (or can it?)

Conveniently, I wrote a handy-dandy tutorial er..uh...answer to a question about money laundering earlier this year that addresses supply-chain management and other money laundering tactics.

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