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OK, here we go again. I got a letter today from Elavon telling me I have to go to their web site and get verifiedthat I am PCI compliant - AGAIN!! If this is going to be a yearly thing I am going to scream! May do that any way. I might feel better.
Now the kicker - if I do not do this by Nov 29, 2009 I will be assessed a $20 PER MONTH non-compliance fee! It gets better! I have just been informed I will be charged $55 per year because I have a credit card machine (and I am supposedto be happy it is not the $175 per year that I COULD be charged. Another way to squeeze small business.
This nickel & dime chipping away at me makes me wonder if it is worth staying in business. Every time I turn around there is another fee, tax, something..... Maybe I should just get on the welfare rolls. Oh I forgot! I actually worked so since I get social securtity I cannot get welfare. One cc processor is going to charge me $195 to discontinue using them or I just give them $5 per month. THIS kind of crap is what puts me over the edge! I am not using someing and have to pay for it. I have to prove I am not doing something (whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty) or pay $20 per month and even after I prove I do not use it, I have to pay $55 for the year - EVERY YEAR after I prove I am in compliance. Excuse me while I retire to a corner in a fetal position.....
Now the kicker - if I do not do this by Nov 29, 2009 I will be assessed a $20 PER MONTH non-compliance fee! It gets better! I have just been informed I will be charged $55 per year because I have a credit card machine (and I am supposedto be happy it is not the $175 per year that I COULD be charged. Another way to squeeze small business.
This nickel & dime chipping away at me makes me wonder if it is worth staying in business. Every time I turn around there is another fee, tax, something..... Maybe I should just get on the welfare rolls. Oh I forgot! I actually worked so since I get social securtity I cannot get welfare. One cc processor is going to charge me $195 to discontinue using them or I just give them $5 per month. THIS kind of crap is what puts me over the edge! I am not using someing and have to pay for it. I have to prove I am not doing something (whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty) or pay $20 per month and even after I prove I do not use it, I have to pay $55 for the year - EVERY YEAR after I prove I am in compliance. Excuse me while I retire to a corner in a fetal position.....