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REPORTER: THIS NEWS WAS A BIG SURPRISE AND HAD A LOT OF OU VIEWERS UPSET. IT I ALMOST HERE, STARTING TOMORROW SMITH’S WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT VISA CREDIT CARDS. >> IT IS UNFAIR AND UNREASONABLE THAT IS ALL I WILL SAY. I HAVE TO TELL MY HUSBAND. REPORTER: THIS IS THE FINAL DAY TO USE A VISA CREDIT CARD AT SMITH’S. THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR IT WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT THEM BECAUSE VISA IS CHARGING SMITH’S TOO HIGH OF FEES. MANY NEW MEXICANS SAYING, THEY’LL BE SHOPPING ELSEWHERE. >> I WILL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER STORY, PROBAB ALBERTSON’S, TO GO TO. REPORTER: OTHER SHOPPERS ARE REALLY BUMMED THEY’LL HAVE TO BUY GROCERIES AT OTHER STORES, BECAUSE THEY PICKED SMITH’S BECAUSE OF ITS FUEL REWARDS PROGRAM. >> BECAUSE OF THE GASOLINE WHI HAS BEEN WONDERFUL, AND THAT IS GOING TO GO BYE-BYE. BECAUSE THE CARD WILL NOT BE USED. >> YOU CAN STILL USE A VISA DEBIT CARD. SHEL

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Smith's Food and Drug stores announced last month they will no long accept Visa credit cards starting April 3.The company says every time a New Mexican swipes one of their Visa credit cards in one of its 23 stores in our state, it costs the company too much money, so it's cutting ties with Visa.New Mexican shoppers aren't happy about it."It's just unfair, unreasonable and that's all I'm going to say. I'm going to go home and tell my husband, and we're both going to have a heart attack," said Smith's Food and Drug stores shopper Audrey Northrop.Northrop says she and her husband shop at Smith's faithfully, twice a week, and they only use their Visa credit card."So, I don't know what we're going to do right now, whether that means a change of stores, which is a possibility. Hey, Walmart, here we come," said Northrop.Smith's, owned by parent company Kroger, said Visa's fees are the highest of any credit cards accepted in Smith's. "It boils down to a question of how much am I going to pay you every time a customer of ours swipes a Visa credit card," said CardRatings.com site editor Brooklyn Lowery.Lowery says each time you swipe your Visa credit card, it could cost the chain between 2%-3% of your purchase."It's a major corporation, so I don't understand why they can't afford the bank fees," said Smith's Food and Drug stores shopper James Raloff.Several shoppers we talked to, including Northrop and Raloff, say they're worried they'll lose fuel reward points earned from shopping with their Visa credit card."This is a huge, huge, huge change," said Northrop.New Mexico is just one of seven states where Smith's said it will no longer accept Visa credit cards.The store will still accept Visa debit cards and other forms of payment.