Accepting credit cards

[Greg Newell]

David,
	While I'm certainly not a big fan of carrying anything more than I
am already, I wonder if more sales couldn't be had of extras like caster
cups and the like if they weren't worried about how much was in the account
at that moment. There have been quite a few companies sending me stuff of
late as I just restructured the business to a sub S corp from an LLC. There
is one company with a rate of only 1.15% which seems quite low
comparatively. Naturally they don't tell you much else until they get you to
sign up. Monthly fees, per transaction fees, etc. all add up. Thus the
question. Is it worth it? I may be selling bigger ticket items soon so I
wonder if it's important to have for that.

Greg Newell
Greg's Piano Forté
www.gregspianoforte.com
216-226-3791 (office)
216-470-8634 (mobile)


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Ilvedson
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 3:31 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: RE: Accepting credit cards

Don't you have to take an imprint of the card or is the number and signature
good enough?   I sure wouldn't want to carry around anymore stuff...
My wife works for a performance venue and they take credit cards.   The
following work day she has to enter the info and send it electronically to
the card company.   I believe charge a minimum fee per month for the
privilege.

I rarely get asked if I take credit cards.   Most people still write checks
when they have to...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044