frank ozereko on thu 13 feb 03
Hi all,
I missed the thread that was going on concerning credit cards. Did anyone
mention the fact that NPS has discontinued the use of the "jigsaw" machine
for swiping cards and now merchants have to buy a new one for nearly $600
called the Omni One?
I'm writing this for a friend who doesn't have a computer (yet). She is
interested in finding a used Omni One machine, or hearing if people have
found a replacement for the "jigsaw" that works.
You can contact Angela at 413-549-5195, or email me and I'll contact her.
My email: fozereko@art.umass.edu
Thanks a lot,
Francine T. Ozereko
Nick Molatore on fri 14 feb 03
I don't do a very large volume of credit cards sales, so I didn't want =
to buy an expensive terminal. Also, I mostly do craft fairs and so =
don't have a phone line. I found a service that has no monthly fee, no =
minimum volume and only charges about 2.5%. I call a toll free number =
on my cell phone and key in the information. It has worked great for =
me. I did have to buy a $30 imprint machine. The money from sales is =
directly deposited into my checking account the next day. Info can be =
found at:
http://www.merchante-solutions.com/
-Nick
dalecochoy on fri 14 feb 03
Francine.
That's a real crime to me.
I used to lease a telephone terminal/computer and printer back when I had a
store ( no more). This cost me $45 a month back in '95. Now I use the old
"ca-chunk...ca-chunk" swiper that they sent me free after I returned leased
machine. I then had to turn in all copies to bank within three days after
CALLING to get authorizations. This meant after a show I had to call them
all in and then run to bank with forms. You DO take a chance with denials
this way. ( If you swipe electronically AT a show you are pretty safe) but
most transactions that were later denied got resolved.
Now, for a few years, my bank ( Keybank) has gone "paperless". I only use
the swiper for a customer copy and one for me. If the swiper ever breaks
I'll simply just write all the info on a form. Only cost for swiping is that
I buy a bunch of forms fairly cheaply every couple years. But, I phone in
all receipts with no paper or trip to the bank. I like this. It's fairly
easy and not too time consuming.
I fully see the need for a quick computerized terminal if you are a big
store with mucho sales, but most aren't. I still see people at conventions
who have a phone line run and extra costs and wonder why. If you were
worried about a big sale you could always go and call and get an
authorization before customer took the merchandise.
The point here...possibly your friend should check some other banks or
perhaps change system within their bank.
You didn't mention if they had an actual store front.
Regards,
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "frank ozereko"
Subject: Credit card machine
> Hi all,
>
> I missed the thread that was going on concerning credit cards. Did anyone
> mention the fact that NPS has discontinued the use of the "jigsaw" machine
> for swiping cards and now merchants have to buy a new one for nearly $600
> called the Omni One?
>
> I'm writing this for a friend who doesn't have a computer (yet). She is
> interested in finding a used Omni One machine, or hearing if people have
> found a replacement for the "jigsaw" that works.
>
> You can contact Angela at 413-549-5195, or email me and I'll contact her.
> My email: fozereko@art.umass.edu
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Francine T. Ozereko
dalecochoy on fri 14 feb 03
----- Original Message -----
From: "dalecochoy"
Subject: Re: Credit card machine
> I'll simply just write all the info on a form. Only cost for swiping is
that
> I buy a bunch of forms fairly cheaply every couple years. But, I phone in
> all receipts with no paper or trip to the bank.
By this statement I meant no equipment costs. There's still all those bank
"Gravy" costs that we all know and love!
Dale
Jennifer F Boyer on fri 14 feb 03
If you can do a web search for her, you can find her a used one.
I typed Omni Credit Card into Google and came up with lots.
Here's one
http://www.cheapcardswipers.com/
frank ozereko wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I missed the thread that was going on concerning credit cards. Did anyone
> mention the fact that NPS has discontinued the use of the "jigsaw" machine
> for swiping cards and now merchants have to buy a new one for nearly $600
> called the Omni One?
>
> I'm writing this for a friend who doesn't have a computer (yet). She is
> interested in finding a used Omni One machine, or hearing if people have
> found a replacement for the "jigsaw" that works.
>
> You can contact Angela at 413-549-5195, or email me and I'll contact her.
> My email: fozereko@art.umass.edu
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Francine T. Ozereko
>
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Lois Ruben Aronow on fri 14 feb 03
I have one word for you - EBAY. I bought a Hypercom T7P for less
than $200. They have all kinds of credit card machines. My guess is
you can find the model you are looking for there for a good deal less
than your bank wants you to pay.
>> I missed the thread that was going on concerning credit cards. Did =
anyone
>> mention the fact that NPS has discontinued the use of the "jigsaw" =
machine
>> for swiping cards and now merchants have to buy a new one for nearly =
$600
>> called the Omni One?
>>
>> I'm writing this for a friend who doesn't have a computer (yet). She =
is
>> interested in finding a used Omni One machine, or hearing if people =
have
>> found a replacement for the "jigsaw" that works.
>>
>> You can contact Angela at 413-549-5195, or email me and I'll contact =
her.
>> My email: fozereko@art.umass.edu
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Francine T. Ozereko
>>
>> =
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Mary Seyfarth on fri 21 mar 03
My two partners and I are starting a small business,
Purple Clay Imports. We are importing stoneware
garden planters from China. Next month are going to a
big retail show and we need a credit card machine.
Please advise. Thank you .
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Rikki Gill on fri 21 mar 03
Mary, at the risk of seeming meanspirited I would like to point out to you
that we on this list are very hardworking people who make our own product,
mostly do not reap great monetary rewards, are very threatened by people who
"buy cheap and sell dear" and whose livelihood you and others like you
impact. I would like to ask you to really look at the economics of you
entering shows with imported, usually low priced knock offs, and ask
yourself if that is the kind of person you really want to be. Someone who
shows creativity only in finding a way to profit from the creativity of
others?
Please don't add insult to injury by asking for our help. At least, that
is the way I see it.
Rikki Gill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Seyfarth"
To:
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:16 AM
Subject: credit card machine
> My two partners and I are starting a small business,
> Purple Clay Imports. We are importing stoneware
> garden planters from China. Next month are going to a
> big retail show and we need a credit card machine.
> Please advise. Thank you .
>
> __________________________________________________
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claybair on fri 21 mar 03
Mary,
My advice.............
import a credit card machine from China
& sell some stoneware garden planters made by potters in the USA.
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary
Seyfarth
My two partners and I are starting a small business,
Purple Clay Imports. We are importing stoneware
garden planters from China. Next month are going to a
big retail show and we need a credit card machine.
Please advise. Thank you .
Catherine White on fri 21 mar 03
I guess I shouldn't sit here laughing, but after all the emails about "Made
in China", what else can one do?
Catherine in Yuma, AZ
My inability to emulate occasionally results in originality.
----- Original Message -----
> My two partners and I are starting a small business,
> Purple Clay Imports. We are importing stoneware
> garden planters from China. Next month are going to a
> big retail show and we need a credit card machine.
> Please advise. Thank you .
Lois Ruben Aronow on fri 21 mar 03
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:16:45 -0800, you wrote:
>My two partners and I are starting a small business,
>Purple Clay Imports. We are importing stoneware
>garden planters from China. Next month are going to a
>big retail show and we need a credit card machine.
>Please advise. Thank you .
>
The major "brands" are Hypercom and Trans. Most credit card companies
support these machines. If you already have an account, call them and
make sure.
I have a Hypercom T7P. It has a printer attached. Most people I know
have a Trans 330. It has no printer. Just depends what your needs
are. If you're going to be swiping, having a printer attached
eliminates the need to imprint the card. If your going to be taking
orders over the phone, or from paper (no credit card present, as they
say), you won't need a printer attached. It's cheaper without the
printer.
The biggest advice I can give you is EBAY. You can get a used T7P for
under $200, and a used Trans 330 for under $100. If you rent it from
your provider, you end up spending way too much money. Buy it
outright off of Ebay.
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Tony Ferguson on fri 21 mar 03
Mary,
I can't say it any better than Rikki. None the less, as friendly as we
usually are, I can't believe you are asking this group for help. When you
sell that cheap crap you miseducate the public about the value of the ART in
general as well as the work we do and our struggle for a meager existence.
I bet you would certainly receive more soul and satisfaction if you made it
yourself. Chances are if you were savy enough to set up importing you could
do the same with learning the craft and its business.
Thank you.
Tony Ferguson
On Lake Superior, where the sky meets the Lake
Stoneware, Porcelain, Raku and more
by Coleman, Ferguson, Winchester...
www.aquariusartgallery.com
218-727-6339
315 N. Lake Ave
Apt 312
Duluth, MN 55806
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rikki Gill"
To:
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: credit card machine
> Mary, at the risk of seeming meanspirited I would like to point out to
you
> that we on this list are very hardworking people who make our own product,
> mostly do not reap great monetary rewards, are very threatened by people
who
> "buy cheap and sell dear" and whose livelihood you and others like you
> impact. I would like to ask you to really look at the economics of you
> entering shows with imported, usually low priced knock offs, and ask
> yourself if that is the kind of person you really want to be. Someone who
> shows creativity only in finding a way to profit from the creativity of
> others?
> Please don't add insult to injury by asking for our help. At least, that
> is the way I see it.
>
> Rikki Gill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Seyfarth"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:16 AM
> Subject: credit card machine
>
>
> > My two partners and I are starting a small business,
> > Purple Clay Imports. We are importing stoneware
> > garden planters from China. Next month are going to a
> > big retail show and we need a credit card machine.
> > Please advise. Thank you .
> >
> > __________________________________________________
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> > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!
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> >
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Gail Dapogny on sat 22 mar 03
Mary,
Please think about this "small business" you are setting up. Are you so
indifferent to art that you want to cheapen it by bringing in mass produced
knockoffs and selling them as handcrafted art? In such an endeavor where
making a buck is just about the only aim, you very pointedly involve
yourself in destroying the integrity of art. And of course you mislead
the unknowing public. It's dishonest. And it goes without saying that you
hurt those of us who spend our time creating things made of clay.
Perhaps worst of all, you cheapen yourself.
The best of importers are in that business because they care--often
passionately -- about what they are bringing into this country. They
research and educate themselves about art and artifacts. Not infrequently,
they travel to the country in question to become even more knowledgeable
and to verify what they are importing. You hurt them also.
Please think about these things.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Gail Dapogny
>> > My two partners and I are starting a small business,
>> > Purple Clay Imports. We are importing stoneware
>> > garden planters from China. Next month are going to a
>> > big retail show and we need a credit card machine.
>> > Please advise. Thank you .
Gail Dapogny
1154 Olden Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-3005
(734) 665-9816
gdapogny@umich.edu
http://www.silverhawk.com/ex99/dapogny (single historical photo - no longer
registered with Silverhawk)
Rare - Earth - Design on sat 22 mar 03
Perhaps to keep a perspective of that which is just, western potters should
label their wares "knockoff" celadons, chuns, etc. The 1950's and early
1960's
everything from Japan was "cheap, rubbish,crap, destroying home
manufacturing
with the intent of making every westerner poor". Now it is praise for
"raku", "tea ceremony"
"anagamas" "tenmokus".
Please, please, understand the idiocy of making general, sweeping, imagined
statements about products which have not been seen, or described and so
making a nonsense of the original message about imports, which I do not
agree
with, I am not American, but it is a well thought out arguement and does
raise valid points to discuss.
I also know hand made, mass produced pottery in Europe which is complete
crap, and no doubt the same exists all over the world. I have seen some
imported stoneware pots from China, mass produced? I don't know, but
they are great pots, wonderful glazes, ripped off? I doubt it.
People may think they were the originators of an idea, but I tell some of
them
I already seen things the same or similar when travelling the world as a
teenager in the early 60's. I don't want to go on.
Regards,
Bob Hollis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail Dapogny"
> Mary,
> Please think about this "small business" you are setting up. Are you so
> indifferent to art that you want to cheapen it by bringing in mass
produced
> knockoffs and selling them as handcrafted art? In such an endeavor where
> making a buck is just about the only aim, you very pointedly involve
> yourself in destroying the integrity of art. And of course you mislead
> the unknowing public. It's dishonest. And it goes without saying that
you
> hurt those of us who spend our time creating things made of clay.
> Perhaps worst of all, you cheapen yourself.
>
> The best of importers are in that business because they care--often
> passionately -- about what they are bringing into this country. They
> research and educate themselves about art and artifacts. Not infrequently,
> they travel to the country in question to become even more knowledgeable
> and to verify what they are importing. You hurt them also.
>
> Please think about these things.
>
> Thank you.
> Sincerely, Gail Dapogny
>
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