The Newest Options for Accepting Credit Cards

Comment by Nels Johnson on December 28, 2010 at 10:46am

Connie, I went to their site, the product you talk about is listed at $529.00, not $129, where did you get that price info?  Did you go to the site that you show?

Comment by Bruce Meyer on December 28, 2010 at 11:24am

Hey Nels.  If you do the drop-down menu on that $529 price it shows $129 for 3G.

Comment by Pat Sorbini on December 28, 2010 at 11:56am

I think the device is less important than the merchant acct that goes with it. ProPay also offers a nifty phone swiper now, but the rates didn't gp down and the cost of the equipment was pretty high if I remember. I think we'll see tons of these coming out now and I hope they get competitive. We deserve a break! I'm loving the Square for now, mostly because it is so cheap, but we'll see.

Comment by Pat Sorbini on December 28, 2010 at 12:33pm

Well the square doesn't print a recipt. It's either email one or write one up. I think it's a small price to pay for the absence of fees. I keep a stack of knuckle buster recipts with my biz card stapled to it and just do a quick thing while they are signing. Easy peasy.

Comment by Connie Mettler on December 28, 2010 at 1:13pm

Nels, I got that price directly from the people who run 1nbCard.com -- I talk with them semi-regularly as they are the real sponsors of this site...

Comment by Michael Skeen on December 28, 2010 at 2:40pm

There is also the phone text message option of getting receipts to folks.  We've used that more than any other form.  Very quick and easy to do.

Comment by Bonnie Blandford on December 29, 2010 at 11:10am

I liked this but I'm a Droid person until next quarter when Verizon gets the iPhone... And I make the money to pay for it! But it says it's only good on the 3 series.

Comment by The Key of A on December 29, 2010 at 12:01pm

So, you can't use the Sabre if you have an iPhone 4??

I am with First National Processing and use the tried and true Nurit 8000 as a store and forward machine.  I've had it for almost a year and it's awesome, prints receipts and most of all I have the customer confidence and I think we, as vendors can all agree, that customer confidence in handing you their credit card at a festival is very important!  :)

Comment by Pati Deuter on December 29, 2010 at 7:54pm

Looks nifty...the downside is that if you are not in a receiving area there is no "off - line mode" leaves you hanging.  Also ...there is a problem if the phone disconnects suddenly as cell phones do...the money will be lost in cyber space and you had better have back up paper work....ie knuckcle buster receipts or you are screwed.....I am hunting for an alternative to Way systems and will share if I find something.  So far, a 900$ investment in a machine seems to be the norm or a lease at 60+ a month which does not include a lot of extra fees....I am searchinng... I will check out the Nurit 8000 as suggested...thanks.

Comment by Gary Haynes on December 30, 2010 at 8:05pm

Refurbished Nurit 8000 from 1NB.  Think it was about $350.  Works well, does offline, though I haven't had to use it.  Good rates, good customer service.  There wasn't a Blackberry solution last year when I signed up.

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