Accepting credit cards

[Willem Blees]

Greg



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.



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. 

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.  



Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Newell <gnewell at ameritech.net>
To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 9:43 am
Subject: Accepting credit cards



Can anyone say, definitively, that their business grew due to accepting
redit cards? Can anyone else explain the various hassles they’ve
ncountered after having chosen to accept them? Has anyone had experience
ith the dreaded charge backs? All in all, is it worth it?
Greg Newell
reg's Piano Forté
ww.gregspianoforte.com
16-226-3791 (office)
16-470-8634 (mobile)



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