That and a "minimum charge" are among the two most common merchant violations I see.
For MasterCard violations, report them!
Is that policy worldwide or just for the US?
http://www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/pdf/BM-Entire_Manual_public.pdf Despite the "/us/" in the URL, the guide has sections for geographic world regions, so it seems safe to conclude it's worldwide. I have not followed all the geographic subsections to discover what regional variations may exist; I leave that exercise for anyone who finds it of interest. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.