To refuse to shop in places with a minimum card spend?

[kenchurch]

Not sure if I am being unreasonable or not.

It's 2018 and almost everyone used a debit (or credit) card to buy things.
I very rarely carry cash on me.

I point blank refuse to shop anywhere with a minimum total spend to be able to use my card.

Example; I'd fancied a specific type of chocolate all day and had a fairly rubbishy day. Went to shop with £1.05 in change (!). This chocolate is usually £1. It was £1.20, so I went to use my card, but no, minimum £5 spend. So I put the chocolate back, and the guy said he had other types for £1, but instead of giving in and getting one, I just said no thanks and left.

I'm sorry that it costs you to have a card reader etc, but other business also have extra costs associated with the modern age, such as WIFI or other softwares.

It's part of the cost of running a shop so face it and swallow it.

AIBU?

Which one do you use splendide?

think it's quite cheeky to pay by card for a small amount.

Sometimes 3 and 4 pounds is all we have left on our cards on a bad week, you can't get small amounts out at a cashpoint..there isn't one anyway in our village.

If I need bread for the kids or toilet paper then I have to pay by card

I have NatWest reward current account and credit card. Cash back on all our bills (1% I think) and then variable on spending. I get 2% in supermarkets at the moment and there are offers like last month I got 10% for everything spent at Sainsbury’s online.

I redeem lots of the rewards as Cafe Nero gift cards - can get a £40 gift card for £30 rewards cash. I buy a flat white every morning for free.

Ta

When contactless was introduced onto our cards it was marketed by the banks for you to use as the alternative to cash for small transactions (thus no need for authorisation by pin etc). I seem to remember the ads showing someone buying their newpaper, so we are talking the £1 price range here. So why shouldn't we use our cards as the bank intended us to?
If these shops are getting such poor deals on their payment processing they really need to shop about for a better deal

it was marketed by the banks for you to use as the alternative to cash for small transactions

Marketed by the people who make money out of it.