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Re:Interest in Bitcoin Grows on Wall Street by treehau5 on Monday March 30, 2015 @09:52AM (#9289469)
Don't all convenience stores put up a small handwritten sign that says "Minimum Purchase Amount for Credit/Debit Transactions: $<whatever they need you to spend to offset the cost>
Re:Interest in Bitcoin Grows on Wall Street by Phlarp on Monday March 30, 2015 @10:51AM (#9289874)
My understanding is that these signs are more "polite recommendations" than they are enforceable rules. My suspicion is that the card companies have a clause against this in the merchant agreement and don't want their payment method to be perceived as "costing more" to consumers.