I remember when one fiber provider in Utah started charging a $7.00 handling fee when paying by check. Seemed excessive, but They probably got more to switch to use automatic payment methods.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 16, 2020, at 10:25, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > > OK, I found this with a Google search, so it’s not necessarily correct, but > it seems to have lots of relevant information. > > Seems like it depends on your state law (10 or 11 states prohibit it), and > you can’t charge for using a debit card, also some other details that must be > observed. > > https://www.valuepenguin.com/credit-card-surcharges-convenience-fees > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 11:01 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] billing again > > > apparently not illegal anymore, lots of vendors here are now passing along > their credit card processing fee right to you on the charge slip. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cameron Crum > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 10:44 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] billing again > > Charles has not been involved with IPPay for some time. Sonar is > $1.25/sub/month up to 5000 then it drops in tiers. Not sure about Emerald. > UCRM is free but who knows if it will be around in a few years or even > tomorrow. Ivan (Freeside) has not been around for a few years. Not sure what > happened to him, but he quit coming to the Wisp trade shows and stuff. But, > Freeside is "free" if you can get it set up with the ambiguous instructions, > or you can pay a "support" contract, but his main dev/support guy Jeremy went > to work for Matt Larson a couple years ago. I really don't know if Ivan even > still maintains stuff or not. ACH is a little cheaper but more difficult to > track. YOu will get approvals and then when it goes to settle in 24-48 hours > the money will not be there and it will decline. I think IPPay will now send > you an email or something, but I don't believe anyone has a way to automate > that failure to pay in their billing system so it requires effort to make > sure you are getting your money. It is illegal to charge to take credit > cards, but you can give a discount for paying by check or cash. > > Does that muddy the waters sufficiently? > > Cameron > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 10:28 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > So what is the relative costs of the different billing systems. > > I see platypus is free up to 100 subs then $104/month up to 250. Required > ippay. Does Charles Wu still own ippay? > > What are the costs of the others? > Sonar > Emerald > UCRM > > The one Ivan sells. Not sure of the name. > Others? > > Is ACH cheaper than credit cards from a fee/royalty point of view? > If so can you force a 100% ACH on the customers or will that be problematic. > I could always leave it up to them to pay any way they want but charge a > surcharge for credit cards. > > Send me a check, drop by with cash, set up auto bill pay with your bank... > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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