jb, we are looking into using square at the church where i work. they are using it at the farmer's market and i said ... this is too good. i think i remember having a lot more fees and percentages with the 'regular' merchant accounts!
square just 2.75%
or maybe gopayment with intuit (quickbooks)
how to say this? this feels like when the shift started for me for phone service and i went to a magic jack that piggy backs on any internet with no phone bill all across the country. and a pre-paid cell phone ... to keep my costs down. none of my adult children have traditional phone service. they have cell phones. and one has a magic jack for his business.
how can the banks and traditional merchant accounts charge so much and hassle you so much when you can go as a little vendor at a farmer's market and accept cc payments? i will have to do the math to see how it all adds up but it feels like the traditional business accounts are getting slammed..
SS being the faithful customer has only gotten us the shaft with the traditional cc merchant account, so I am on this, I have signed up and will get the free reader and app within 7 days. You know technology has changed SO MUCH it was inevitable that this would change too. I remember having to have the second phone line, the wireless model of the cc machine to use it out in the gift shop (which is now a guest room).
I mean come on, everything is so much easier, and cheaper, this s/b too! So I am excited, I am soooo done with these super high fees.
I cringe every time someone gives me an overseas cc.
Thanks to everyone here for their feedback and info. I just mentioned to an innmate that we get a dozen calls per year promising lower fees, etc but like in EVERY SINGLE THING WE HAVE DONE IN THIS BUSINESS,
my professional association of innmates HERE have brought about changes. No one who calls and tells me I know nothing, and they can make it all work for us. NONE. YOU ALL have made the difference!
So I thank you!
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