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Visa and MasterCard don't allow merchants to impose a minimum purchase requirement.
by graywh 16y ago
Visa and MasterCard don't allow merchants to impose a minimum purchase requirement.
- winthrowe 16y agoIt may be against the terms of the merchant's agreement, but locally in eastern Canada it's quite common (for both debit and credit transactions), and (although I don't follow the issue closely) I've never heard of a lawsuit brought forth over it. I'm sure the CC companies would be up in arms if it were a national chain of some kind, but the little Mom'n'Pop restaurants and convenience stores seem to fly under the radar, even if that category may be large in aggregate.
- graywh 16y agoI've heard of places that lost the ability to accept VISA/MC payment for imposing their own minimum.
- protomyth 16y agoWell, I see it in ND and couple of other states, so something must allow it (probably state law).