FWIW, you don't ever have the customer's credit card number when using PayPal, not at all. That is a security benefit to the customer with no downside to the vendor. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Jim Moy <jim at moypiano.com> wrote: > I think another advantage of having the Square swiper is that I can say I > don't have their credit card number, so there is no way for me to lose it. I > think with the credit card fraud problem over the past decade people have > become a bit more sensitive to that. > > Jim > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:11 AM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote: > >> >> 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 >> >> This is the reason I don't use Pay Pal. I use the direct approach. A >> customer hands me their credit card, I record the numbers, and they sign my >> tuning ticket. That's all they have to do. The customer doesn't have to get >> on line and do all that work. I can take a CC over the phone, too. I do that >> when someone wants to give a tuning to a child or grandchild as a gift. >> Just the other day a college used a CC for a major action job. I got my >> money right away, instead of waiting a month or two for the finance office >> to process the paper work. Several times I've tuned a piano for someone who >> was at work, and I got her CC over the phone. >> >> WIm >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com> >> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Sent: Sat, Jan 15, 2011 7:09 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/20110115/6a11628a/attachment.htm>
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