Comments on: Independents Behaving Badly - Part II http://brownsludge.com/2006/04/02/independents-behaving-badly-part-ii/ A Conservative Combatting Corporatism Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mac http://brownsludge.com/2006/04/02/independents-behaving-badly-part-ii/#comment-53 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 19:38:44 +0000 http://brownsludge.com/2006/04/02/independents-behaving-badly-part-ii/#comment-53 Haha! Thank YOU Mr. Dwight! I was unaware that they were in violation of their sales contract! You have given me excellent ammunition. I too have often ran into that "$10.00 limit" on too many occasions. Typically I just bite down on it, and find something else to fill out the order. Never Again. Ima make a stink next time. Thank you Kindly Mr. Dwight! You're a gentleman, and a scholar, and a fine judge o' whiskey! Haha!

Thank YOU Mr. Dwight!

I was unaware that they were in violation of their sales contract!

You have given me excellent ammunition.

I too have often ran into that “$10.00 limit” on too many occasions.

Typically I just bite down on it, and find something else to fill out the order.

Never Again.

Ima make a stink next time.

Thank you Kindly Mr. Dwight!

You’re a gentleman, and a scholar, and a fine judge o’ whiskey!

]]> by: Dwight The Troubled Teen http://brownsludge.com/2006/04/02/independents-behaving-badly-part-ii/#comment-52 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:03:06 +0000 http://brownsludge.com/2006/04/02/independents-behaving-badly-part-ii/#comment-52 Oy vey! One word of reason from somebody who spent a couple of years working for MasterCard International: Some XON machines are sold on a percentage-of-sales basis. There are a lot of different XON contracts out there from different service resellers. The minimum charge for MOST (Not ALL) transactions is around 45 cents. THAT SAID... The Independents who refuse to accept a debit or credit card for transactions less than $X dollars ... ARE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CARD PROVIDERS! These are the idiots that drive me up a wall. The MasterCard logo is in the door. The XON machine works. You get up to the counter and they look at your purchase and look at your extended debit card, and they tell you you need to bump your order up to $10 before they can take your card. If this happens to you, let the proprietor know that YOU know they are in violation of their service contract with Visa or MasterCard, as the case may be. If they still refuse, the number to call at MasterCard is: 636-722-2900 Sorry, I don't have the number for Visa. I'm sure one exists. Oy vey!

One word of reason from somebody who spent a couple of years working for MasterCard International: Some XON machines are sold on a percentage-of-sales basis. There are a lot of different XON contracts out there from different service resellers. The minimum charge for MOST (Not ALL) transactions is around 45 cents.

THAT SAID… The Independents who refuse to accept a debit or credit card for transactions less than $X dollars … ARE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CARD PROVIDERS!

These are the idiots that drive me up a wall. The MasterCard logo is in the door. The XON machine works. You get up to the counter and they look at your purchase and look at your extended debit card, and they tell you you need to bump your order up to $10 before they can take your card.

If this happens to you, let the proprietor know that YOU know they are in violation of their service contract with Visa or MasterCard, as the case may be. If they still refuse, the number to call at MasterCard is:

636-722-2900

Sorry, I don’t have the number for Visa. I’m sure one exists.

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