We have a lot of eCheck/ACH.  Our policy is that the first time a customer
"makes a mistake" is the last time they are allowed to use eCheck/ACH.

Regards,
Chuck

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Sovereen, David A <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I disagree.  With IPPay, the fee for ACH is .10 or .15 fixed (I don’t
> remember, but its something like that), whereas credit cards are a
> transaction fee plus and percentage.  For recurring payment, ACH helps the
> bottom line.  Losing 2% month after month adds up after
> months/years/decades.
>
> Dave
>
> On Jan 17, 2016, at 10:17 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is one of the reasons I just don’t accept e-checks.  All someone
> needs is a used or unused check to know the routing and account number, and
> if you accept it without seeing proof it’s their account, you could
> basically be complicit to check fraud.  To even consider accepting an ACH
> payment over the phone, I would want that customer to set that up ahead of
> time as a payment method, including the voided check thing.  I know,
> there’s also risk with a card not present transaction, but more checks and
> easier to fix.  It just seems creepy that anyone who has seen one of your
> checks can take money right out of your bank account, and that money is
> gone, and it’s a difficult process to get it back.
>
> The other reason is the minimum monthly fee to accept ACH payments through
> my bank is too high, and I don’t feel like setting up a separate processor
> for e-checks as opposed to scanning paper checks.
>
>
> *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 17, 2016 9:08 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Auditing IPpay
>
> We pay like $100 a year for an efax account.  Customers get a toll free
> number to fax to, we get it via email.
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Jan 17, 2016 9:30 AM, "Mark Radabaugh" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Fax - an obsolete technology that just needs to FOAD.
>>
>> For what it’s worth http://www.vitelity.com/services_vfax/ works really
>> well, or if you want to run the platform yourself http://www.faxback.com
>>
>> The customers with check bouncing issues probably don’t have access to a
>> fax in any case.   The comment on security issues was in relation to having
>> an image of the check floating around in email, which is a potential
>> liability I don’t need given the customers propensity to get their email
>> passwords hacked on a regular basis.
>>
>> SMS to a cell phone might not be bad other than I don’t like giving
>> everyone (and certainly not disgruntled suspended customers) our cell phone
>> numbers ;-)
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Efax?
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>> On Jan 16, 2016 3:58 PM, "Mark Radabaugh" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Are you seriously telling me I have to get a fax machine?
>>>
>>> Making them SMS a picture of the check isn’t a horrible idea.   Probably
>>> need to think about the security implications a bit.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 16, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Maybe that is why some payees insist that you mail or FAX them a voided
>>> check before they accept ACH payments from you.
>>>
>>> *From:* Mark Radabaugh <[email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, January 16, 2016 7:12 AM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Auditing IPpay
>>>
>>> What really pisses me off is the lusers that figure out that a EFT
>>> transaction always authorizes then bounces a couple of days later, so they
>>> give you a bogus account to get service turned back on until the check
>>> bounces.   The bank doesn’t charge them because they made up the account in
>>> the first place, but we still get the $10 fee from the bank.   Not only did
>>> they not pay the bill, they cost us fees.
>>>
>>> There is a whole list of people we won’t accept EFT’s from anymore.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 15, 2016, at 6:58 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> That may be the case, but there's no way I could really begin to track
>>> that.  We do card transactions daily.  If I try to compare Powercode's
>>> transaction list to Chase my eyes would get dizzy, especially if you throw
>>> in delayed transactions from some days.
>>>
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You may have a couple cards that took longer to settle too. I'd check
>>>> again tomorrow or Monday and see if the money shows up. The vast majority
>>>> of time, we see funding in 48hrs, but sometimes it is longer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Josh Luthman <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We do minimal ACH, but I definitely appreciate the heads up =)
>>>>>
>>>>> We get (or at least used to...) an email when an NSF happens.  Haven't
>>>>> seen that in quite some time, but we also quit doing ACH and probably have
>>>>> 3-5 customers using it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Cameron Crum <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> One thing you might check is make sure the ACH charges actually went
>>>>>> through if you have them. IPPay will get an approval from the bank and 
>>>>>> give
>>>>>> your system the approval, but if the funds are NSF on the day they draw 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> transaction will reverse. There is no mechanism for IPPay to report that
>>>>>> via their API so it is up to the end user to check their IPPay report. 
>>>>>> Just
>>>>>> an idea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Sterling Jacobson <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That’s around what I was told and am expecting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’ll have to check the numbers again to make sure.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 15, 2016 11:38 AM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Auditing IPpay
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've done fees/total charge and it was 1.99-2.01% I believe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Sterling Jacobson <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, I see that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I should be able to audit what Platypus/IPPay says was charged,
>>>>>>> with what goes into the bank account directly.
>>>>>>> There are functions for doing that within Platypus, I just haven’t
>>>>>>> used them in years J
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe I’m not so concerned about that as much as I’m wondering if
>>>>>>> the IPPay fees, and merchant fees are on par with the rate I think I’m
>>>>>>> supposed to be getting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 15, 2016 11:26 AM
>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Auditing IPpay
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Merchant fees come out as their own charge at the end of the month.
>>>>>>> You should receive 100% of what you charge.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Sterling Jacobson <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’m wondering the same thing for Platypus billing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At times it seems the merchant fees are a lot higher that I thought
>>>>>>> they would be looking at the raw incoming in our QuickBooks and the 
>>>>>>> monthly
>>>>>>> outgoing line item for IPPay and AMEX etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, January 15, 2016 10:39 AM
>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Auditing IPpay
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone do any sort of checking to make sure what you charge in
>>>>>>> billing (ie Powercode) actually shows up in your account (ie Chase)?  I
>>>>>>> don't suspect anything, but the thought occurred after I saw we're short
>>>>>>> $500 today from what we charged in cards on the 13th.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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