As lifeisgreat stated, don't blame the supermarket. ALL credit card purchases in DR are automatically converted to the currency of the country where card was issued. Some credit cards even tack on a 3% "foreign transaction fee".
Negative. It's converted at the card holders end NOT the merchant.
Your credit card is always charged in currency where credit card is from..it’s your credit card company that charged it not Bussiness in DR... credit cards charge more then local
Negative, that's why there is a "Foreign Conversion Fee" when charged in the local currency.
Echoing what others say above about the credit card charges. The ones who are "scamming" you (which they are not), are the credit card companies
We use Jose Luis to get the shopping done for a family of four (and have done this for years), our purchases are not small, much higher than the quantity you mention above, and I have zero negative feedback of the store. Service, products, practices, all top notch.
Did you contact your credit card company to clarify this before accusing the store of cheating/scamming (also in these supposed "other ways")?
Also, you state yourself above, that the receipt of Jose Luis stated the amount in DOP, so they did not invent the amount in USD, but your credit card company.
Negative.
Here's the real reason: Dynamic Currency Conversion... The supermarket did you ugly.
Travelers deal with different currencies when visiting other countries, some operators of ATM's and merchants offer you the opportunity (OR NOT)to pay for a product or service in the currency of your home country with the illusion that it is being done for your convenience — but usually at a significantly increased cost which translates into pure profit for the seller. You may actually see on a credit card receipt OR NOT prior to paying for a product or service- and a choice of which currency you would like to use to pay. This is known as dynamic currency conversion.
Long story short, Jose Luis processed the charge in a cardholder’s home-country currency rather than in Dominican Pesos (DOP).
For the board's reading pleasure:
https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/stop-gouging-travelers-with-dynamic-currency-conversion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-navigator-the-dangers-of-dynamic-currency-conversion/2013/05/16/cefa275a-bc0a-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?utm_term=.7f85e91d4234
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