yo is this food place charging me on their own for tip?!?

[okiedoqui]

maybe they charge like 1.50 when people use their cards.

 

[nawth21]

Gas stations do that too. But, the legalities of some of these service fees are questionable. I know for a fact stores can't charge a surcharge for using acard and they also cannot impose a mimimum purchase if they accept Visa or Mastercard. Its against their terms of service.

 

[craftsy21]

Originally Posted by iantheshark

isn't the card fee only on purchases less than $4?

it varies from business to business


bank to bank, moreso, is where the charges can or cannot come from... if a store charges some kind of surcharge they have to tell you up front, was there asign or anything?

 

[lurkin2long]

Originally Posted by TheTruthHurts74

It may be one of those places that doesn't let you charge purchases less than $10.

I've heard of some small bizzes that do that since the credit card vendor payments can really eat the profits made on small purchases.

I've never heard of a biz doing that w/out asking tho.

TRUE, but any place that does that HAS to have it posted. 7-11, local chinese spots, w/e usually at least 5 or 10 buck minimum to charge. thats notright at all if they did that and you had no clue.

 

[djaward]

Happened to me at the olive garden. My bill came out to 50.52. I paid with a card left him an 8 dollar tip. Look at my statement days later it say 60.52. Iknow its only 2 dollars. But if he does this at every table, he can be going home with over 200 in tips. I called and they sent me a 27 dollar gift card. Iguess 25 was the gift card to go back and the 2 dollars was for what he stole from me. I went back to see if I see him, but I think he got fired.