Jay Caughron
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For those of you that do shows and such do you take Credit Cards and if you do what system do you use for processing them.
Jay
Jay
I started out using ProPay, which had the most reasonable pricing I could find for the very low volume of charges I'd be doing. I was using a knucklebuster and it was workable, but ProPay still cost me $60 per year or so just for the privilege of accepting cards. (And that's not including the per-transaction fees.)
Then came Square. There is no cost to sign up, and their per-transaction fees are very reasonable. Their smart phone reader is free, and the app that runs it is pretty slick. You can even take a photo of the item you're selling and have the photo be part of the invoice that you e-mail to the customer. And the invoice has the customer's signature, since they can sign it on your smart phone.
For me, Square was the best solution.
but what if you're one of those that don't have a smart phone? when i got ours, i asked for the dumbest on the planet.
Upgrade.
but what if you're one of those that don't have a smart phone? when i got ours, i asked for the dumbest on the planet.
I will someday when the Lawyer gets off his ...............(coc)
chair?
one of the reasons i don't have a smart phone, is that I'm not too willing to pay the extra $100 per month for the data pack per month, on top of what I'd be paying for the phone service. right now, with the minimum that i can get away with, the bill is $115 a month for the both of us. the real reason i even have this one, is that now i drive a fairish distance to and from work.
Using the Square service does essentially require a data plan, since you can't get a smart phone without one (as far as I know), and you can't use the Square service without a smart phone (again, as far as I know).
As time goes on and new apps become available, the 'phone' aspect of a smart phone becomes less and less important. You're not really buying a phone, you're buying a pocket computer that also happens to make phone calls.
And smart phones can be made so dumb people can use them.
Actual photo of my phone. The dial works (and sounds) exactly as you'd expect it to:
Go to Costco and talk to them about a droid. You might be surprised...
Brent the closest Costco is about 180 miles from me. I cant even afford the gas to get there let along the membership cost and then there's the phone................and and and and..........