[Right Brother]

I own a retail business. AmEx merchant fees are too high, especially when you are working with an ever shrinking margin. When a customer asks if I take AmEx and I say no, they just pull out another card. Most of my fellow merchants in town don’t accept them either. No interest and cash back rewards mean nothing if the people you trade with don’t accept the card. Obama or not, AmEx is a dinosaur.

[cableguymn]

I won’t take AMX either. I have a lot of large corporate customers that love to use it. I just tell um I’d rather have a check.

[USAF80]

AMEX is good if you travel out of the country a lot. Most of the other cards are useless out of the US. Some you can use but you have to call first which may not be possible if you do spur of the moment traveling or happen to change your destination en-route.