text: Sometimes you can get great core service but some ancillary thing can leave such a bad taste in your mouth you just do not ever want to go backnnI went into Mirabelles this morning for a big old cup of coffee and a lil snacky I was greeted by a pleasant girl and purchased a delish pastry They do not have large coffees and their French Roast is FAR inferior to other places in town Total on the pastry and not large coffee About a dollar more than I would have liked but not out of this world expensive Straight out of low cash I whip out the card and she drops the bomb minimum on credit card purchasesnnI recognize I am being a bit melodramatic by freaking out about this but tactics like these by retailers are in violation of their agreements with the credit card companies and they really piss me off Consumers are third party beneficiaries of these contracts we pay in more ways than one for our credit cards and all the good stuff that comes with them I fully understand why retailers do this as credit card companies charge a percentage on all transactions with minimum charges on smaller purchases The minimum charges are more significant on smalldollar transactions I get that Stores do not have to play the minimum purchase amount game though The have other options such as offering a discount for cash transactions or not accepting cards at all They also can empower their clerks to waive the limit if the customer balksnnSo the net result You already know this chubby bastard ordered another pastry It was also tasty However I ended up spending almost all told when all I wanted was a larger and better cup of coffee and a lil snacky