A consumer financial advice website reports a large number ofmerchants in California and other states have begun surchargingand/or demanding minimum purchases amounts for debit card use.

GoBankingRates.comreported that large numbers of ARCO filling stations in Californiacharge 35 cents for consumers to use a debit card and subsequentinvestigation revealed that the 35-cent charge is not a matter ofindividual ARCO stations charging the fee, but a matter of ARCOpolicy.

A frequently asked questions file on the gasoline vendor'swebsite explains this way:

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