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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 7:41 am
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absolutely!
Originally Posted by Analise
This agency is probably breaking their Visa/MC/AMEX merchant agreements. They are not supposed to do this just as other merchants are NOT supposed to have a minimum for credit card usage. Warn them that you will notify Visa/MC/Amex in writing of their purposeful disregard for the contracts they signed.
In some states it is illegal to do this.

Using a credit card gives you legal protections that using a debit card or check fails to do.
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