Quote Originally Posted by Canvasback
Just had this one happen to me on my way back from the gym.
People who buy something like a $1.99 bag of chips and use an atm or credit card (the clerk told her credit card purchases had to be over $10.  She left p*ssed).
Last summer when it was 90+ degrees outside I had a gas station sller send me back out into the blazing heat with *OUT a bottle of water because all I had was my ATM card and he wanted me to spend $10.00 or more.  Truthfully I told him that I only had $7.00 in the account.  He just said, "sorry."

I was NOT happy.  Anyway, I told the story to a friend that used to work at a gas station and he told me that the stores have to pay a fee for using the card swiper and unless you spend $10.00 they actually lose money on the deal.  Can anyone back up this claim?