<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>credit cards</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>The customer does not need to sign up for PayPal; they must receive email and have web access.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>In one case, the government office I tuned for didn't allow them to purchase over the web... so they just gave me their complete credit card info, phone number, security code, and billing address over the phone.  I emailed myself and generated the payment.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It would have been a lot more secure if they had done it; I would not have had all of their info.  But you have to work the system...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The PTG has some deal with a bank to process credit card transactions.  Has anyone tried it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dsmith941@comcast.net href="mailto:dsmith941@comcast.net">Dave Smith</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: credit cards</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You might try using Paypal.  The  customer can use their credit card, and you get the money thru paypal.  They do take a cut of course.  The customer would have to agree to sign up for paypal, though, and that might be a complication.  But they can then pay you thru paypal using their credit card.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Smith</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SW FL</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>