Agreed, Paul, I was speaking more to Wim's manual method of writing down people's card numbers and taking them with him. Jim On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:33 AM, paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote: > 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/f4e10ba8/attachment.htm>
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