Business accounts are trivial. At least here (Virginia, US). I wouldn't do business without a business account.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Actually it may not be but opinion wanted on this So you use your personal credit card for business purchases? That is what I am doing at the moment. Until I get more paying customers that are long term I really don't want to want to go down the road of getting business accounts setup. Even then I am thinking of using prepaid cards for purchases. Jon On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: IIRC, the protetctions for business use of credit cards are the same as consumer protection. I could be wrong, though. You're subject to a maximum of $50 for fraudulent transactions, and generally that's waived. That being said, as in all things, you have to be doing some basic bookkeeping. Reconcile your accounts, ensure that every charge is appropriate, etc. It's amazing to me how many people don't do this. I work for an accounting firm. I'm sure Ed can tell similar stories. Your name and address are essentially public information, not personal information. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I seem to remember a while back a discussion on online purchasing and use of prepaid cards for that purpose. Are any of you doing that or do you use a regular credit card attached to your PII? I am just now starting to do online purchasing for my consulting and really do not like the idea of having my cc #, name and address stolen by hackers because some online company was a little forgetful or not following best practices. FYI I don't do online banking at all and unless I end up being forced to do so don't plan to change that. If you are using a prepaid card which company do you use? Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover, or some other? Thanks a lot for your opinion on this, Jon Harris ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
