<div>$79 a Month??? Oh my god. Try namesecure.com it's only $3.99 a month!! As for Credit Cards use Paypal and you only have to pay about $3.00 per $100 sale. </div> <div>Seroe Michaud</div> <div>www.michaudspiano.com<BR><BR><B><I>Willem Blees <wimblees@aol.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">I started accepting credit cards when I moved to Hawaii this summer. I am not sure yet if it is "making" me any money yet, but it is convenient. The reason I got it is in case the repairs or regulation are more than the customer can write a check for. <BR><BR>There are two instances where accepting a CC came in handy. One was a customer on a neighboring island who wanted a string cover. She gave me her credit card number over the phone, and I send her the string cover. The other was when I had done about $800 worth of repairs,
but the customer was on the mainland, (the caretaker let me in). I could have waited for a check to arrive on both cases, but it was nice to have the money right away. <BR><BR>But it does cost a little. There is a regular monthly fee of about $25, plus a small percentage of the total sale. So the question is, can you justify the cost of the convenience. I can accept all four major cards. <BR><BR>Accepting a cc is actually very easy. On your receipt, or tuning ticket, as I call it, I write down the cc number and exp. date, and then have the customer sign it. When I get home, I call a 800 number, and enter all the numbers. The cc company send my money directly to my bank in about 3 days.<BR><BR>I signed up with this company at the convention in KC this summer. It's First National of Omaha. For more information give them a call at 800-228-2443, or visit their web site at fnms.com <BR><BR>BTW, after I signed up,
through the Discover card, I was also able to set up a web site. It cost $79 per month, but I can quit any time. Take a look at my site at <A href="http://www.willemblees.com/">www.willemblees.com</A><BR><BR>Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR>www.pianotuning.com</DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: MICHAEL MEZHINSKY <pghpianotuning@yahoo.com><BR>To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 6:08 pm<BR>Subject: gift certificate / credit card<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_5569d0eb-39cc-4469-aac7-a4c5a368aa17> <DIV>Thank you for your response to my gift certificate question.<BR><BR>Can you help me with another issue? Is there a benefit to accepting credit card payments for piano service? Every once in a while, customers ask me if I accept credit cards. However, I do not carry a <SPAN class=yshortcuts
id=lw_1196395559_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">laptop computer</SPAN> with me. Is there a less expensive way to accept credit card payments? Is there any way to do it through email or using a cell phone? Any ideas on this would be very helpful and greatly appreciated</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael Mezhinsky RPT</DIV> <DIV> <HR SIZE=1> Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51732/*http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/" target=_blank>See how.</A> </DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_5569d0eb-39cc-4469-aac7-a4c5a368aa17 --> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> More new features than ever. Check out the new <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#0000ff size=4>Roe
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