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Typo Boy - Jun 11, 2012 4:02:39 pm PDT #922 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Anyone ever used Wepay to accept credit cards? I've heard some people complain that they if they are not sure the business is legit they will make the vendor contact the customer and have the customer call Wepay - which would be really bad for business. The complaints seem to be from a very small number of sources, but the thing is I've never heard Wepay say they don't do that. Anyone have any Wepay experience? Digital River is a bit more expensive, but not super expensive, and I've never heard any complaints. I don't want to pay for a terminal, and there are reasons I need a non-Amazon site, though I will use Amazon as well.


Stephanie - Jun 11, 2012 4:14:19 pm PDT #923 of 1416
Trust my rage

I use Square. It is so easy and after a couple of phone calls they seem assured of who I am and transfer my rather large deposits very quickly.


Typo Boy - Jun 11, 2012 4:30:34 pm PDT #924 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Square looks like it is for accepting card in person, not on-line.


Stephanie - Jun 11, 2012 4:51:43 pm PDT #925 of 1416
Trust my rage

We do it over the phone with no card all the time, but I'm not sure about through a website.


Typo Boy - Jun 11, 2012 9:36:10 pm PDT #926 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I checked Square's site and they have a grid which specifically shows that you can't accept credit cards on-line with them.


Stephanie - Jun 11, 2012 11:13:56 pm PDT #927 of 1416
Trust my rage

That's too bad because they are otherwise excellent.


Liese S. - Jun 12, 2012 2:43:43 pm PDT #928 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, Square is great. What about Intuit's credit card processing?


Typo Boy - Jun 13, 2012 9:15:26 am PDT #929 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Intuit offer a merchant account I think - one with one of the lowest terminal fees I've seen, but still a merchant account. I queried Wepay and they told me they have stopped using "contact the customer" as a way to verify charges. Which I guess is good. It worries me a bit that they used to do this. On the other hand, they actually answered my question.


Typo Boy - Jun 13, 2012 9:15:59 am PDT #930 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

So now I'm thinking WePay for on-line, and Square for in person.


Ginger - Jun 13, 2012 9:27:52 am PDT #931 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Costco is supposed to have low merchant fees.