I want to accept credit cards...HELP PLEASE! - Plumbing Forum

**johnsilver** · 08-23-2011, 07:53 AM

Hey guys, i need your help ASAP. Do any of you know a good payment solution for evertytime we go and make our works at houses? I'm willing to start accepting credit cards since i had to refuse them from a lot of clients before...i feel like i'm losing market and clients..Thanks! I'd really appreciate your help

**lordofthepipes** · 08-23-2011, 12:04 PM

we use chase payment-tech and it works wel for us. talk to your bank, im sure they can set you up. we call in cc over the phone and pay 1.99 for visa, mc, discover. more for rewards cards and amx.

**speedbump** · 08-23-2011, 02:29 PM

While I type my Wife is on the phone with Verizon; or should I say Verizon's music. She hooked up with a Virtual CC company a couple of years ago. I hate it, but it's cheaper than anything else. Yesterday, it quit working. We have since discovered that only people with Verizon are having this problem. Sounds to me, like Verizon made a change of some kind. She has been on hold for over an hour and I'm getting ready to leave; before things start flying.

Another thing; I refuse to take Amex. They are outrageous. Something like 4.5% or more.

**havasu** · 08-23-2011, 02:35 PM

As an end user for AMEX, I love it. They are on top of their game and go out of their way to protect me. I usually will not shop at an establishment who doesn't accept them. I'm just wondering if a lost sale is better than losing a few percent on the transaction fee? Just wondering.....

**speedbump** · 08-23-2011, 03:49 PM

You have to draw the line somewhere. They recently went up again and that's when us and many other companies stopped accepting them. I took them off my shopping cart and we don't accept them here in the shop. The other cards are under two percent.

I agree, as the end user, they are great.

**cjplumber** · 09-10-2011, 04:05 AM

check up paypal.com or intuit (also call quickbooks) I had use both but intuit payment solutions is better works for me and you can run cards online no machines to rent or equipment to buy all you need is your computer and you are set.

**SilverBack4Jack** · 10-05-2011, 04:30 PM

If you have an Iphone or android phone check out an app called square up. No minimum transaction and a flate rate of like 2.9% or something

**PrecisionPlumbing** · 10-11-2011, 03:09 PM

If you take credit cards alot, use only your bank. Other companies are scams. If you will only be using it once a month use square up