I HATE bars charging VISA minimums!!!

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  • Doctor Dre
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Jan 2001
    • 51692

    #51
    Originally posted by uproared
    So everytime you wanted to buy a drink you were going to whip out the CC again?

    I don't know how busy the bar was, but somebody using their CC to buy a drink at the bar is just fucking gay. Take some money with you.
    Or open a bar tab
    Originally posted by rayadp05
    I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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    • Doctor Dre
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jan 2001
      • 51692

      #52
      Originally posted by Sly
      You're going to call Visa and report this guy? Ahaha. You need to find something better to do with your time.

      If I were him I would charge a minimum as well and find a way around Visa's rule (which they probably don't even enforce). Taking the processing hit on a $4 drink? He probably LOSES money on that deal.

      Who uses a CC in a bar anyway? I bet you don't tip either.
      4 $ a drink loosing money ?

      alchool 0.60/0.80 cnd avrg an ounce ... probably 20 cent for wahtever else is in it . still less then a buck ... how can he loose money ?

      But processing a CC for every drink is a pain in the ass ...
      Last edited by Doctor Dre; 06-26-2005, 07:17 PM.
      Originally posted by rayadp05
      I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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      • Sly
        Let's do some business!
        • Sep 2004
        • 31380

        #53
        Originally posted by Doctor Dre
        4 $ a drink loosing money ?

        alchool 0.60 cnd avrg an ounce ... probably 20 cent for wahtever else is in it . still less then a buck ... how can he loose money ?
        The cost of a drink is much more than the ingredients. Insurance, leases, alcohol license, labor, processing fee, transaction cost, etc. There are plenty of bars and restaurants that are losing money even though the price per item is well above the cost.
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        • pornguy
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Mar 2003
          • 62910

          #54
          I am sure that a Bar has a high charge back ratio, as men that go out with friends and girlfriends have no other way to defend themselves when the wife finds out. So they charge back.
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          • rickdu
            Confirmed User
            • Mar 2005
            • 239

            #55
            Visa's regs are very clear.. if they don't want to pay the fees for transactions under $15, then they shouldn't be accepting Visa at all.

            What gets me is the places that won't take AMX because of the extra 1% fee.. what BS

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            • Spunky
              I need a beer
              • Jun 2002
              • 133978

              #56
              You shouldn't be going to the bar if you're squawking at a 15 dollar minimum

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              • detoxed
                vip member
                • Jan 2003
                • 17798

                #57
                Originally posted by xenigo
                Yes, 30 points is about right. What about the bar owner? Try 90+. $6.00 drink - $.25 - 2.39% = you get my point. You're right about VISA being the new american dollar, and what he's doing is FUCKING with the economy of that dollar.

                Just because he has some overhead doesn't mean he gets to write his own rules. We all have costs of doing business. Just because someone's are higher or lower in relation to someone else's doesn't give them a justification to screw their customers over.

                Anyway, I thought there were more intellligent people on GFY... someone prove it to me please.

                Are you insane? You call what payment methods they accept as screwing over the consumer???

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                • xenigo
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 8067

                  #58
                  Originally posted by detoxed
                  Are you insane? You call what payment methods they accept as screwing over the consumer???
                  Read the thread again, Alan. What I'm saying is that charging miniums for credit cards is screwing over the customers. If they put a VISA logo on their door, that tells the consumer "we accept credit cards as a payment method". Not "we'll take your credit card contingent upon you spending $XX."

                  Anyway, the problem has nothing to do with me not wanting to spend a certain amount of money. It has everything to do with being required to do so.

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                  • xenigo
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jan 2001
                    • 8067

                    #59
                    Originally posted by rick702
                    Visa's regs are very clear.. if they don't want to pay the fees for transactions under $15, then they shouldn't be accepting Visa at all.

                    What gets me is the places that won't take AMX because of the extra 1% fee.. what BS
                    Exactly. And it's beyond me that people can't see that.

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                    • seeric
                      ..........
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 41917

                      #60
                      open a tab. when you leave i guarantee its over 15 bucks especially at 8 bucks a drink in sf on van ness.

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                      • xenigo
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jan 2001
                        • 8067

                        #61
                        Originally posted by A1R3K
                        open a tab. when you leave i guarantee its over 15 bucks especially at 8 bucks a drink in sf on van ness.
                        Read the post again. I do not care if the tab is $1000 at the end of the night.

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                        • V_RocKs
                          Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 32467

                          #62
                          I have never spent less than $15 in a bar since I am often the most well off person there I usually pick up the tab.

                          To be honest, you seemed like the most unintelligent 'guest' he has probably ever had in his bar...

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                          • Ron Bennett
                            Confirmed User
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 1653

                            #63
                            Small businesses have a tough time as it is with covering their merchant fees ...

                            Many businesses have a minimum not because credit cards are a hassle to process or anything, but rather because many processors charge a flat fee of around $0.50 or so for each transaction *in addition* to the percentage of the transaction. Small businesses have little to no leverage when negotiating with a credit card processor unlike big businesses, such as Wal-Mart, Target, etc.

                            It's the flat-rate part that can really hurt margins and thus many businesses, in particular small ones, requiring a minimum purchase of around $10 to $20.

                            Ron
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