Originally Posted by rhwbullhead
My understanding is that it is against the merchant agreement to do this. In the US, merchants are not supposed to have a minimum or maximum charge amount for credit cards.
You are correct. I pretend I don't see the ridiculous (and fraudulent) minimum charge requirement and order the food anyways. When it comes time to pay, the card comes out. They remind me of the minimum charge requirement, I remind them that all I have is plastic (I always carry cash but hide it at this point), and that their window decal says that they accept the CC in question. At that point they can take the food back (which in most cases they won't), or I walk out and go elsewhere. In most cases the place concedes and I get to use plastic, although I won't come back because they'll probably spit in my food.
