Other merchants said they had decided not to participate in the Crimson Cash program for other reasons.
An employee at the Greenhouse Restaurant next door to Cardullo’s said the restaurant did not accept any type of credit card.
And Peter Lee, owner of the Yenching restaurant, said he did not think that many students knew about the program.
Brush said that he might consider starting a Felipe’s cash card, similar to that at Cardullo’s or Starbucks.
Cuppett wrote that he was aware of the Cardullo’s Cash card, which is prominently featured on a white board outside the store and has been advertised in The Crimson.
But he maintained that Crimson Cash was providing a service to students and was ripping off neither students nor store owners.
“We’re really in this as a student-driven service provider,” he wrote. “It grew out of a campaign platform of a former U.C. President in response to student requests.”
—Staff writer Joseph M. Tartakoff can be reached at tartakof@fas.harvard.edu.