<div>Greg</div> <div> </div> <div>When I had a store in St. Louis, if it weren't for credit cards, I wouldn't have been in business as long as I did. Not only for store sales, but also for in home tuning, repairs, etc. I also had gift certificates, and many times those were put on a cc.</div> <div> </div> <div>Now that I am self employed again in Hawaii, the first thing I did was get myself set up to accept credit cards. I'm not sure if it has increased my business, but I have had a couple of people use their credit cards to make it worth my while. In one instance, I had to leave a house before the customer got home, but called a short time later and gave me her cc for the $850 bill she owed me. I probably would have been paid, but a week or two later. In an other instance, a customer on another island wanted a string cover, and I took her cc number. Again, I could have waited for a check, but that also would have taken a week or so. I am about to start doing some work on one of the Army bases here, and they want to pay with a cc. That will be MUCH easier and faster than waiting for the government to issue a check. <br> <br> So all in all, Greg, it might cost a few dollars every month, and it is a little bit of a hassle to get set up, but in the long run, I think you'll find that it will be well worth it.  <br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both">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: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 9:43 am<br> Subject: Accepting credit cards<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_62094830-d0be-4c95-8bba-b24b9e951c62 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Can anyone say, definitively, that their business grew due to accepting credit cards? Can anyone else explain the various hassles they’ve encountered after having chosen to accept them? Has anyone had experience with the dreaded charge backs? All in all, is it worth it? Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté <A href="http://www.gregspianoforte.com/" target=_blank>www.gregspianoforte.com</A> 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) </TT></PRE></div> <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>