Yeah, plus people just don't understand the surcharge. Unfortunately, you just have to raise prices across the board to cover the expense - then everyone pays.
I received a settlement letter about this a long time ago, which is the only reason I knew about it. On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Simon Westlake < [email protected]> wrote: > I guess I should've tried adding 1 to the filename ;) > > Looks like from that document it's still not so clear cut though. I > haven't really kept up on this, but according to the article, 10 states > still prohibit it, as does AMEX. > > Either way, it's something I would put some time into researching before > implementing, as it the couple of bucks you'd make on the surcharge would > quickly by eaten by having to defend it in any way.. > > On 9/18/2015 1:45 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: > > I'm pretty sure you're allowed to charge for it now. > > > http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/credit-card-surcharges-allowed-1281.php > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Ryan Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> Don't charge your customers for using a credit card or they will pull >> your merchant agreement. For good reason. I hate companies that do this. >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Simon Westlake < >> <[email protected]>[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Darin, >>> >>> Not a lawyer, but be careful - I'm pretty sure it's against most of the >>> CC issuer policies to do this. >>> >>> >>> http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/credit-card-convenience-fees-cost-surcharges-1280.php >>> >>> >>> On 9/18/2015 1:30 PM, Darin Steffl wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> If some of you with Powercode would be interested in this feature, can >>> you please vote for it on the feature request link below? >>> >>> Basically, this feature would automatically apply a fixed or percentage >>> based fee to the bill for all credit or debit card payments. It would also >>> warn the customer of this charge before they setup auto pay or submit >>> manual payment. We would continue to allow ACH or eCheck withdrawal for >>> free but charge for customers to use credit/debit payment method as those >>> costs are 2-4% of the total customer bill, which we don't want to eat the >>> cost of. >>> >>> Please vote for this feature if you think you might be even a little >>> interested in this so it is available when you are. >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> >>> http://community.powercode.com/forums/309535-feature-requests/suggestions/9130852-payment-processing-fee-for-credit-cards >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Darin Steffl >>> Minnesota WiFi >>> www.mnwifi.com >>> 507-634-WiFi >>> <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook >>> <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >>> >>> >>> >> > >
