Accepting credit cards

[Gary Telleen]

Greg,
I have accepted credit cards for about 10yrs now. I found an immediate 
increase in customers willing to invest money into their pianos. 
Regulation, action rebuilds, dampp-chaser installations and other costly 
repairs are typically paid for by cc. Many families do not have a couple 
thousand dollars in their checking account to rebuild their piano action 
when the necessary work is needed but are willing to pay for it in 
installments over time. I am finding more and more customers are paying 
for regular service work with their visa debit cards linked to their 
checking account, checkbooks are being used less and less. I realize 
that there are those on the list that will raise the "we are becoming a 
cashless society" and "I will not help another person get into debt" 
arguments. Their choices are there own. I run a business and will accept 
any legal form of payment that they want to give me. I highly encourage 
you to give the credit card acceptance a try. There may be times when 
you may not accept a card for 2 months, but that is offset with the 
months when we might accept 15 or 20 card payments.

Gary Telleen


Greg Newell wrote:
> Can anyone say, definitively, that their business grew due to accepting
> credit cards? Can anyone else explain the various hassles they’ve
> encountered after having chosen to accept them? Has anyone had experience
> with the dreaded charge backs? All in all, is it worth it?
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> Greg Newell
> Greg's Piano Forté
> www.gregspianoforte.com
> 216-226-3791 (office)
> 216-470-8634 (mobile)
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