<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Dave,<br> <br> I've been taking VISA/MC payments since '96 and have gotten enough business on plastic to make it worthwhile. It helps to have a notice on your invoice/receipt that you take credit cards. Sometimes people like to pay that way to get the frequent flier miles, or sometimes it makes the difference between getting the job or not. I've taken credit card numbers over the phone when the owner is out of town - easier than writing and mailing a check.<br> <br> The system I use doesn't require rental or ownership of a terminal <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.cellcharge.com/"><http://www.cellcharge.com/></a>. I can punch the numbers into my phone (cell or land line) and I just need the imprinter (Addressograph Bartizan portable 990) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.imprinters.com/main/products/details.html?ddmProduct_Details=990"><http://www.imprinters.com/main/products/details.html?ddmProduct_Details=990></a> and credit card slips. The imprinter is compact – about 4-1/2" square by about 2" thick.<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> <br> Dave Doremus wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="midp06110400c0eeba7b8ef1@%5B192.168.1.1%5D"> <meta http-equiv="Context-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <title>credit cards</title> <div>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.</div> <pre>-- </pre> <div>----Dave<br> <br> <br> -----------------------------<br> Dave Doremus, RPT<br> New Orleans<br> ------------------------------</div> </blockquote> </body> </html>