I am completely serious.
I suspect American Express does this specifically because their merchant fees are higher than other cards, and this is the sort of thing that convinces small businesses to accept their cards. This logic really doesn’t apply to Yeshivas.
Maybe. That sounds pretty far-fetched though, that a one time deal will make businesses accept their card. It sounds even more far-fetched that you expect yeshivos to have to interpret that intent.
Even if that’s wrong, and we’re talking about a company, so there’s no reason to think that logic is any more wrong or right than any other, it’s really not for the Yeshiva to decide what American Express’ intention is.
I’m with you there. I don’t think anybody needs to care about what their intent in this was. We just need to follow the rules they set up.
This program was clearly meant to support small businesses. Yeshivas are not small businesses.
But you just said “it’s really not for the Yeshiva to decide what American Express’ intention is.”
See what I mean?
A yeshiva telling American Express that it is a small business is dishonest.
I don’t believe they told them they were small businesses. Nothing was hidden here. There was no hiding the ball- it was all out in the open.
American Express knows what each vendor is, and that is how they didn’t allow it to apply to chain stores. They apparently allowed it to apply to non-profits.
This thread is much ado about nothing.