[TheForge] Merchant accounts

[James Binnion]

That is different, if you are business partners with them but your  
post made it sound like they were processing for other craftspeople  
as a "service" which is a violation.

> Actually, it's not a violation.  We are one of their vendors.  They  
> sell my stuff at events too.  At the end of the events, if we have  
> any stock left, they take it to the next fair.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Binnion" <jbin at well.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Merchant accounts
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>>
>> On May 31, 2006, at 8:47 AM, Daniel Kretchmar wrote:
>>
>>> There is another booth called "By my Hand Design" that is at all the
>>> same events I am at.  They accept credit cards for me and  
>>> several  other
>>> merchants.  We pay them the credit card service fee and also give  
>>> them
>>> consideration when it comes to orders from me to them. If  
>>> someone  wants to pay
>>> for an item at a event with a card.  I send them over to "By my   
>>> Hand" with an
>>> invoice and they come back with a receipt and I hand over the  
>>> item.  It all
>>> works out even in the end.
>>
>> That is a violation of their merchant services agreement and  
>> could  cause them to loose their account if their bank ever found  
>> out that  was happening. If there is ever a dispute over the  
>> charges that could  blow up in their face big time.
>>
>> James Binnion
>> jbin at well.com
>>
>>
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James Binnion
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