Paul, the advantage with PayPal and Square (If I read it right) is that there is no monthly fee. If it's a solid, reliable company, that's a big advantage for the occasional user. PayPal is owned by eBay and you know you will get your money. I'm still trying to get a handle on this Square Co. Al - High Point, NC On Jan 15, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Paul McCloud wrote: > If you go to the Square website, read the terms and conditions. They will pay you immediately up to $1000/wk. They may keep some aside if they deem it necessary to cover charge-backs, returns, etc. > Currently, I'm using the Quickbooks merchant service, which I pay about $18 a month, and about 3% of the sale. Convenience thing for the customer. Square sounds better, but I'm not sure I'd be able to accept CCd's online when I email an invoice. I don't know how that would work. > Paul McCloud > San Diego > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: 01/15/2011 9:45:56 AM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] accepting credit card for service calls > > Barbara, > > Yes, that's one of the complaint I read about. If you go to the i Tunes app store you can read the reviews. If you have an iPhone go to apps and search for Square. If you don't have an iPhone, go to the Apple.com web, click on apps and then search for Square. > > > Al - > High Point, NC > > > > On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > >> I've only had two people ask about credit cards--ever. But, still, my time is probably coming. I looked at the website, too. This is the part I didn't quite get: >> >> How much money will Square deposit? >> >> As a new Square user, we will immediately deposit your first $1,001 of sales per week to your bank account, which means you have access to the money by tomorrow. Any remaining amount will be transferred to your bank account within 30 days of the transaction. >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft" <alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com> >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:04:10 AM >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] accepting credit card for service calls >> >> Jim, >> >> The Square system appears to be a good alternative to PayPal. >> >> How long have you been using their service? >> Are you comfortable that you will receive payments promptly? >> Their website indicates that there is no monthly fee to use the service. Is that true? >> How quickly do you get your money? >> >> I have been accepting Credit Cards through PayPal for a few years now. It's very safe and reliable, I get my money in 3 days. The only problem I have is that all transactions must be made via email and I can't accept a CC number directly. >> >> Al - >> High Point, NC >> >> >> >> On Jan 15, 2011, at 1:37 AM, Jim Moy wrote: >> >> http://www.squareup.com >> >> I pull the thing out, and curiosity overcomes people, they've just gotta see it work. And saves me from having to scan a check :-) >> >> Jim >> >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote: >> List, >> Of late I've been asked more often if I accept credit cards for service call payment . >> I have set up up a paypal merchant account for my tuning lever sales and yesterday used the account to send an invoice from the clients home to her email . She paid whilst I was still reassembling the piano . The fee from paypal is 3% with immediate access to the funds through a debit card. >> So my question dear list friends is about your experiences either way with credit card payments - fees etc . >> Thanks in advance, >> Tom Driscoll >> >> >> http://www.tomdriscollpianoservice.com/tools.html >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110115/0f8830c3/attachment.htm>
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