Originally Posted by gardener
Bear in mind that Visa and MC do not permit a merchant to set any minimum for accepting a card. If you turn them in they will get a warning from the card company to cease and desist setting minimums as it is expressly forbidden by the merchant agreement they have with the card processor.
I have found some merchants that, although they do not have a "minimum charge", if the charge is below $4.00, they add a $0.25 surcharge.
Is this OK?
After all, they still accept MC for a $2 bill - they just add a surcharge under a certain amount. Should I report them?