Quote Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
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 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?
What stores bro? Because I stop at a gas station every morning on the way into work and get coffee and it usually cost I think 1.75 and because I never carry cash I just use my card and they never have said anything to me that there was a 10 dollar limit to use the debit card. I think I have heard other people saying that though.