Wise up Michigan

Last week I had to renew my drivers license and renew my tags on my plate. So I went to the secretary of state office during my lunch break,to get it all done. Plus the wait time at that office is shorter compared to the one at home.
So I get all the paperwork done and ready to pay with my debit card which is a Visa, and the Lady says ” oh we don’t take visa, only mastercard and discovery or a check. But we have a ATM that you can use your Visa on right there” and points towards the wall. Now since I don’t have neither accepted card and have no personal checks currently, I was forced to use the ATM machine and pay a $2.00 fee to withdraw money to finish the transaction.
Okay so I got to thinking, that the State of Michigan has found another way to raise revenue or as I like to call it rip us off some more, because I am pretty sure they are making at least 50 cents per transaction to have one of these ATM’s in their office. And to make it even more profitable not accepting Visa, because if you look at all your debit cards what logo is on them? Yuppers you are right it is Visa, unless you are fortunate enough to have both and a discovery card.
I went on the State of Secretary’s website later and there they do accept Visa, I wonder why.
Guess what? I won’t be renewing anything at any local office anymore just online.
So people of Michigan beware, the State has found another way to get into our pockets.