tesco wouldn't accept my switch for 93p!

Outtathaway

She could have said it as a few years back (3-4 years ago) the tills would bring up a message of ' Under minnimum ammount' or something to that effect if a chasier tried to process a card payment for under £1 and maybe this cashier thought that the same still applied

gyzmo

I hardly ever carry cash round with me (cos I don't have any!) so use my cards a lot for even small purchases (lowest is 55p).

I have come across stores that will only accept card payments for purchases over a fiver or tenner, but the large ones usually don't bother. If I do come across the situation of not having bought enough, I buy something extra that i know I will need in the future, and on one occasion i paid for the shopping of the customer behind me and added my goods to it! she gave me the money for it (and needless to say staff and other customers were looking on in disbelief, but I was really stuck!). Hope she didn't want to take anything back for a refund....

C_Ronaldo

ive used my debit card to buy a 25p pack of chewing gum from sainsburys b4 with no probs

Kilty_2

Hmm, digging up old threads is where its at.

Tesco refused to accept my debit card this afternoon for a coffee in the cafe (65p) reason being that they can't accept cards for purchases under £2. Being someone who doesn't like to carry cash, I found that a bit of a problem.

I've had no trouble elsewhere in the store for small purchases so is that because the catering is outsourced to Eurest ?

heather38

my store doesn't accept card payments under £1 either, never has done and i've worked there 10 years.

uktim29

Is it really that difficult to get over £1!

Just go over to the pick 'n' mix and buy 2 single chocolate eclairs to make up the difference!

dixie06

uktim29 wrote: »

Is it really that difficult to get over £1!

Just go over to the pick 'n' mix and buy 2 single chocolate eclairs to make up the difference!

I have to agree all of this for the sake of the cost of a packet of chungy!!!!

sausagefans

Astaroth wrote: »

given that their profit margins on most things is about 10%

What is your source for this?

Thanks

reehsetin

i buy a 40p newspaper from the tesco express all the time and never had a problem

uktim29

sausagefans.com wrote: »

What is your source for this?

Thanks

Actually I used their website and divided sales by profit and it came out at 5.2%