Appleinfo: Re: [apple-iphone] Credit Card Readers

mardi 13 novembre 2012

Re: [apple-iphone] Credit Card Readers

You can, the fee is a bit higher for manual entry rather than swipes - you can google square and find out everything on their website.

Patti

On Nov 13, 2012, at 12:39 PM, "Anne-Just Me !" <anne1313@cox.net> wrote:

> I was wondering if you could punch the account number in and not swipe it as most of the ones I would use would be over the phone. Thanks so much for that bit of information.
>
> Anne
> ----
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. R. Rosen" <jrosen82@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: "J. R. Rosen" <jrosen82@sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Credit Card Readers
>
> > I've been using Square for 1-1/2 years now. They are great! As Jim
> > said, they'll send you the free reader and charge you only 2.75% on a
> > swiped sale or 3.5% on a keyed sale.
> >
> > This is definitely much cheaper than a dedicated machine/bank/
> > merchant service company. No monthly fees--if you don't use it, you
> > pay nothing.
> >
> > The rates apply for V/MC/Amex/Disc. Swipe before noon, usually in
> > the bank next day... at the very latest, the following day.
> >
> > I've been in business over 30 years, and this is the greatest thing
> > since email on your cell phone!
> >
> >
> > On Nov 13, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> >
> >> > Is anyone using credit card readers with their iPhones? I need to
> >> get one and was hoping to get some input on reliability and cost. I
> >> think Apple sells one for about $10 - and so does Target. I have no
> >> idea what the processing fees are on the Apple one but it appears
> >> the one you can buy off the shelf at Target charges 2.75% per
> >> transaction.
> >> >
> >> > Any advice from folks using these?
> >> > Are there other better choices or is one of these good enough?
> >>
> >> Square (<https://squareup.com>)
> >>
> >> Reader is free; sign up for account; 2.75% fees.
> >>
> >> --
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
>

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