<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#d8d0c8 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><SPAN class=500483714-02122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>If you accept credit cards on your PayPal account, you will pay a % fee on ALL payments received through that account, cash as well as credit.  My work-around is to have two PayPal accounts -- one for credit cards and one for cash.  A bit cumbersome, but it works (and saves me $.04 on every virtual cash dollar!).  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500483714-02122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=500483714-02122007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Annie</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Cy Shuster [mailto:cy@shusterpiano.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 02, 2007 2:52 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Accepting credit cards<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">You can create a PayPal account for free, and accept the occasional credit card for a fee of something like $3-$5 per $100.  Your customer needs only an email address and web access, and does not have to join PayPal (last time I checked).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Strangely, many government customers prefer to use plastic (prisons, community colleges).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>