Author Topic: GIVE a penny, take a penny (Read 14615 times)

Cire · « **Reply #25 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:28:24 PM »

I thought it was illegal to set a minimum on card purchases?

hemmy · « **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:42:08 PM »

Quote from: Cire on December 01, 2010, 05:28:24 PM

I thought it was illegal to set a minimum on card purchases?

Pizza Shuttle has a min.

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #27 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:48:36 PM »

What kind of credit card "network" are the places some of you tards visiting on?? Dial Up??

06wildcat · « **Reply #28 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:52:20 PM »

Quote from: Cire on December 01, 2010, 05:28:24 PM

I thought it was illegal to set a minimum on card purchases?

Not illegal, but Visa, Master Card etc. generally get

at stores that post minimums, which are a blatant violation of the agreements with Visa, Master Card etc.

jtksu · « **Reply #29 on:** December 01, 2010, 07:24:42 PM »

It's usually just the mom and pop type of gas stations. They get charged like $1.50 everytime they run a card so some businesses don't think its worth their time/money to do it on anything less than 5 bucks. Kinda like taking out $5 on another bank's ATM, I'm not paying $4 in fees to pull out $5.

michigancat · « **Reply #30 on:** December 01, 2010, 07:34:53 PM »

Quote from: jtksu on December 01, 2010, 07:24:42 PM

It's usually just the mom and pop type of gas stations. They get charged like $1.50 everytime they run a card so some businesses don't think its worth their time/money to do it on anything less than 5 bucks. Kinda like taking out $5 on another bank's ATM, I'm not paying $4 in fees to pull out $5.

Yeah, but it violates their agreements with the cards. Sometimes car dealers will try to put a max on people trying to buy cars with a credit card, which is also a violation of their agreement.

jtksu · « **Reply #31 on:** December 01, 2010, 07:55:24 PM »

Doesn't pretty much every gas station put a maximum on credit cards purchases now? I know Dillons and QT both cap it at like $125 per transaction, anything above must be split into multiple transactions.

michigancat · « **Reply #32 on:** December 01, 2010, 07:58:29 PM »

Quote from: jtksu on December 01, 2010, 07:55:24 PM

Doesn't pretty much every gas station put a maximum on credit cards purchases now? I know Dillons and QT both cap it at like $125 per transaction, anything above must be split into multiple transactions.

I think that's just for pay-at-the-pump

jtksu · « **Reply #33 on:** December 01, 2010, 08:00:07 PM »

Definitely possible. I've never actually tried it myself, just seen the sticker on the pumps.

OK_Cat · « **Reply #34 on:** December 01, 2010, 09:38:35 PM »

rusty/sd already mentioned this, but why would you use cash for anything these days?

you know who uses cash? my grandpa. he also doesn't want to buy anything online, doesn't think it's safe.

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #35 on:** December 01, 2010, 11:51:53 PM »

j rake and I have several of the same quirks. He chooses to post about them, though.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #36 on:** December 03, 2010, 08:47:32 AM »

OP is a sackless pussy.

j rake · « **Reply #37 on:** December 03, 2010, 08:51:39 AM »

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on December 03, 2010, 08:47:32 AM

OP is a sackless pussy.

+1

j rake · « **Reply #38 on:** February 23, 2011, 02:34:25 PM »

OFFER ACCEPTED!
Rake pays for 27-cent granola bar with
a quarter & a dime, cashier returns dime
and retrieves two pennies from GAPTAP

CNS · « **Reply #39 on:** February 23, 2011, 02:52:03 PM »

Quote from: j rake on February 23, 2011, 02:34:25 PM

OFFER ACCEPTED!
Rake pays for 27-cent granola bar with
a quarter & a dime, cashier returns dime
and retrieves two pennies from GAPTAP

Congrats!

You've made it.

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #40 on:** February 23, 2011, 02:58:23 PM »

Quote from: j rake on February 23, 2011, 02:34:25 PM

OFFER ACCEPTED!
Rake pays for 27-cent granola bar with
a quarter & a dime, cashier returns dime
and retrieves two pennies from GAPTAP

Sunbelt?

Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #41 on:** February 23, 2011, 03:06:47 PM »

<---j rake

michigancat · « **Reply #42 on:** February 23, 2011, 04:31:17 PM »

a 27 cent granola bar sounds like a steal.

ChiComCat · « **Reply #43 on:** February 23, 2011, 04:38:31 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on February 23, 2011, 04:31:17 PM

a 27 cent granola bar sounds like a steal.

Or something that tastes terrible

How was it rake?

j rake · « **Reply #44 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:19:03 PM »

Quote from: Saulbadguy on February 23, 2011, 02:58:23 PM

Sunbelt?

Yeah, I was originally going to get a Cliff bar, but went w/ a Sunbelt instead.

Quote from: ChiCat on February 23, 2011, 04:38:31 PM

How was it rake?

It was good. I always keep a box at home.

Quote from: michigancat on February 23, 2011, 04:31:17 PM

a 27 cent granola bar sounds like a steal.

It is.

Quote from: Nuts Kicked on February 23, 2011, 03:06:47 PM

<---j rake

LOL

Quote from: CNS Casey on February 23, 2011, 02:52:03 PM

Congrats!

You've made it.

I appreciate it. This was a big step for me.

j rake · « **Reply #45 on:** February 23, 2011, 11:33:42 PM »

wetwillie · « **Reply #46 on:** February 23, 2011, 11:36:17 PM »

Quote from: j rake on February 23, 2011, 11:33:42 PM

How much change would you have received using a rewards program credit card rake?

j rake · « **Reply #47 on:** February 23, 2011, 11:43:04 PM »

This is literally one of only a handful of times I've used cash there — like, ever.

Go figure. Two nights earlier, same cashier, the woman ahead of me bought a box of chocolates. It rang up at $5.44. She reaches into her change purse and only has a $5 bill, a dime and a few pennies. She starts to get flustered and tells the cashier she'll have to go out to her car. I told the woman that I'd put her chocolates on my card and she could just give me the $5.

"That was nice of you," the cashier said.

Yeah, it was, bitch. But go ahead and give me 99 cents back and then try to break up the awkwardness with your stupid, "Oh, that celery smells good" comment.

Trim · « **Reply #48 on:** February 24, 2011, 12:21:21 AM »

Quote from: j rake on February 23, 2011, 11:43:04 PM

Yeah, it was, bitch. But go ahead and give me 99 cents back and then try to break up the awkwardness with your stupid, "Oh, that celery smells good" comment.

sys · « **Reply #49 on:** February 24, 2011, 01:29:39 AM »

i don't know that i've ever felt so contemptuous of any other poster.