[NigelD]

Hello All

Have any of you arranged a facility to accept credit cards?
If you have do you feel it's been worth the cost?

To date I have told anyone that it's cheques only.

Thanks in anticipation for your feedback.

Nigel

[jeff1966]

Nigel,I posted the same question some months back.The cost vary a bit from bank to bank.I had all the paper work in front of me but decided to put it on the back burner for a while.The set up fees for the rental of the mobile unit plus all the extras,can't remember what it was per transaction put me off.You do have to sign up for a mimimum period of 18 months,but the way people are paying for things is changing alot of shops are stopping accepting cheques,plastic is the future!As a marketing point I thought it was a good idea,something you can put in your advertisements.Alot people are thinking of having there carpets cleaned but don't have the cash at the time.

[Chris R]

 See the is post

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=38257.0

And the info on credit cards

http://www.fsb.org.uk/data/default.asp?id=14&loc=FSBbenefits

and

http://www.fsb.org.uk/data/default.asp?id=5&loc=FSBbenefits

[Mark Lane-Matthews]

Hi Nigel
What company did you use? If it is streamline (Nat West) by joining the FSB you will not have to pay for a set up fee which is quite a saving plus you would get all the benifits  of being a FSB member.
                                                         Mark   

[paul wright]

tried this couple years back  cost at 20 month to streamline , had it on all my adds  ie thoms,yellow pages, bt book ,flyers,van    never got asked once if i take a card

[HQCS (John Kastrian)]

I have never been asked to take a credit card,the card machines are good if you get  a lot of customers asking but not cost efficient to most small businesses.
Commercial work is usually paid via bacs,domestic work cash or cheque.
John

[Steve Chapman]

Was wondering if there are any viable alternatives to the streamline thingy, like getting customers to pay you via paypal?

Has anyone tried this?

regards
steve

[stevegunn]

More and more shops are not taking cheques because chip & pin is more secure only had 1 cheque bounce in 7 years.But through the FSB its a lot cheaper to do it 

[John Kelly]

Probably within 2 years cheques will be obsolete or will incur additional charges.

[carpetguy]

There is, however, the increasing problem of credit card fraud, which has certainly stopped us from using plastic.

I still prefer cash ! You then know you.ve been paid