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Re: Is anyone here using their smartphone to swipe credit cards for on-the-spot sales
My wife performs her music at festivals and other event and I sell her CDs. We've been using Square since it came out. Never had a problem. I love it.
We both signed up for the PayPal system the day it was announced, which was awhile ago, and neither of us have ever received our card reader from PayPal. We both have had a merchant account with PayPal for years using it for online sales all the time. They've lost our credit card sales business, I wonder how many other potential users they lost? It seems to me that everyone else at these events are using Square too. Maybe there is a reason for that... |
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Re: Is anyone here using their smartphone to swipe credit cards for on-the-spot sales
Just saw this today. Free Credit Card Reader.
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Re: Is anyone here using their smartphone to swipe credit cards for on-the-spot sales
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FYI Square's reader is also free. I believe Paypals is too. And, I can't believe I'm going to say this with Paypal in the sentence... they have a better reputation. |
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Re: Is anyone here using their smartphone to swipe credit cards for on-the-spot sales
Another happy square user here. But......the one thing I don't like is if a card is not available to swipe there is an additional charge to go to your account online and enter the info manually. Maybe 1% more I think? Does not sound like much but it is. Because that happens to me sometimes when a corporate client may give me card info over the phone for a job in the thousands. It adds up. The more your taking in the more you give up. And I don't even understand why the penalty is there?
Also with square they hold your money longer when you are a new user or your charges are big for the first time. It can take a little while before everything is in your account the next day. Steve
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Re: Is anyone here using their smartphone to swipe credit cards for on-the-spot sales
Been using paypal here at events for must be 3 yrs now and it is solid on ios at least.
Chip reader would be better than swipe imo because the swipe part gets dirty or something. The card info can be input manually even if the swipe fails and if the client has paypal, their info email comes right up at the end of the process so you can tap send a receipt by email or txt. love paypal |
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Thanks, Josh C.
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