credit cards

[Ross White]

You’re lucky.  I responded to an unsolicited purchase order from the U S
Army at Fort Lewis, to install a dolly on a nice studio piano they had, plus
a lot of other repairs and a few tunings.  It all came to about thirteen
hundred dollars.  They gladly arranged my access to the base and to the
instruments, all neatly locked up.  I did the required work, and billed them
in the manner they required, on the forms they provided, and then waited.  A
year later, I hired a lawyer to try to get paid.  He tried several ways and
actually received replies from the Army, all very courteous and polite,
always acknowledging the validity of the claim.  These efforts continued for
several years.  I never got paid.  

I know other merchants, in various retail lines, who’ve had identical
experiences.  

It may seem unpatriotic and ungrateful to say it, but the military cheats.
It’s a crooked operation.  I know many businessmen in my community who
absolutely refuse to sell anything to the Army.  

There’s a reason toilet seats cost the Army eight hundred bucks each!

J R W

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Alan R. Barnard
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:58 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: RE: credit cards

 

I've tuned for the Army (Fort Leonard Wood) for years, now. I used to have a
little machine and the whole bit. Cost me about $35 a month PLUS the
percentages that they take on the transactions.

When my machine died for some reason, I balked at buying another and the
Army found a way to pay me by check. Part of the deal is that I don't do it
on a one-at-a-time basis. I go in twice a year, do all the tuning and
repairs, and present them with one invoice that they can process.

It takes longer to get paid and all, but it's a whole heck of a lot cheaper
than having a merchant account which, by the way, I never needed for any
other client.

I investigated the PayPal route and was talking to the Army about it but
rather than make a decision on using it, they came up with the invoice
system mentioned above, so I've never used it.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO
Joshua 24:15




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Original message
From: "Dave Doremus" 
To: "Pianotech List" 
Received: 07/27/2006 1:48:59 PM
Subject: credit cards

Do any of  you very small business guys take credit cards? I just got a
request from a Navy base for a decent amount of work but they can only pay
by govt credit card. The inflexibility of a bureaucracy.... Any advice on
how you all do it would be appreciated.

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----Dave


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Dave Doremus, RPT
New Orleans
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