Here in North Carolina, merchants continue to charge FEES or require consumers to purchase a minimum amount in order to use a debit OR credit card. Despite passage of credit card reform in 2010, North Carolina remains one of 40 states WITHOUT a state law that sets requirements and damages in which convenience stores and other small businesses would be forced to pay for forcing consumers to buy a MINIMUM amount of merchandise - OR - pay a .50 cent to $1.50 FEE on top of the purchase in order to use a DEBIT or CREDIT card in a particular store !
This has been an ongoing problem for several years, and although merchants understand they are VIOLATING their contract with Visa and Mastercard, they do it anyway. I am tired of this problem and ask President Obama for help.
Richard Garrison