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Retailers have themselves to thank for lower Christmas sales - Electronic Payments Coalition
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Retailers have themselves to thank for lower Christmas sales

| The Hill

According to a study recently released by the Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics, the Durbin Amendment has had a net cost to consumers of between $22 and $25 billion dollars. That’s the value of over ten million Kindle Paper Whites on Amazon.com, two million Play Station 4s, and six million LeapFrog Leap Pads (in case you were wondering). It’s also the total of what consumers will not be able to spend on loved ones and holiday expenses, thanks to increases in payment card costs.

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