Went to a chevron station today and noticed on my receipt there was a 25cent charge for "swipe" bringing my total to $4.30.

I didn't have any cash, and I was only buying 2 drinks. No warning from the cashier or anything, is this legal to do to customers?? Not concerned about the quarter just wondering here....

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Posted by lsu6294

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Posted on 4/13/12 at 10:20 pm to Drilltiger

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I didn't have any cash, and I was only buying 2 drinks. No warning from the cashier or anything, is this legal to do to customers?? Not concerned about the quarter just wondering here....

I'm pretty sure it's against most major credit card companies policies to impose a fee or min purchase for card users.

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Posted by Notro

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Posted on 4/13/12 at 10:31 pm to Drilltiger

I've noticed independently owned stations saying they have a minimum purchase with debit/credit purchases. IMO this bullcrap and I just leave.

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Posted by bryso

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Posted on 4/13/12 at 10:32 pm to Drilltiger

Call visa they cant do that.

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Posted by TROLA

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Posted on 4/14/12 at 8:43 am to Drilltiger

They are allowed to charge a fee if the price is under 10 bucks (not 100% on the actual amt) but my user agreements state that the fee must be displayed and verbally noted before completion of the transaction. It doesn't make since for us so we don't charge the fee.

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Posted by Dontbeevil

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Posted on 4/14/12 at 5:01 pm to Drilltiger

Just curious… Is their country of origin the United States of America?

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