chisel Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Is it possible to set a surcharge for various payment methods? ie. If a customer pays by credit card, add 2%, or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Most credit card companies will remove your ability to use thier card if you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACscr Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Is it possible to set a surcharge for various payment methods? ie. If a customer pays by credit card, add 2%, or something? I have to laugh anytime someone wants to do that. Makes me think the company is cheap. This would be a manual process, but if you want to do something like that, i would recommend giving a discount or actually account credit to users that pay in cash. As in a check or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generic Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Most credit card companies will remove your ability to use thier card if you do. dont know of one that allows it. definitely not allowed for visa/mastercard discover or AE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisel Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 In Australia it is common practice to have a surcharge when paying with credit card, online or in-store. Thanks all for the replies, a few things to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generic Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 sorry, always forget this is a world wide audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastsydneyboy Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Another Aussie here.... In addition to the credit card surcharge, I'd like to be able to add a fee for payment by cheque. We are hit by very high bank fees every time we deposit a cheque, so we'd like to encourage customers to use other methods like direct deposit or credit card. Without the cheque payment fee, we are losing money on very low margin items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizzy420 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Just do what the gas stations did. Back in the 1970's they used to charge a surcharge on credit cards. Then after the credit card companies took them to court and spent years and millions of dollars, they got a judgment forcing the gas stations to not charge that surcharge. So, two days later, all the gas stations started giving "cash discounts" for cash customers instead of credit card surcharges and laughed their asses off at the credit card companies. Nothing says you can't give cash discounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacwebhosting Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hi There are tons of companies who do this who are reputable companies. Such as British Airways infact most airlines I have used do it Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastsydneyboy Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 In fact, in Australia the law was changed a couple of years ago (?) to specifically allow merchants to add a credit card surcharge. In fact, we often have different surcharges for different card types with Amex and Diners attracting a higher charge than Visa and MC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesli Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 When your clients bounce checks, pass those fees along to your clients. That's just a cost of doing business; and if your clients don't bounce checks, then they won't have to pay these additional fees. Nonlocal clients are also charged a USD$2 handling fee for any mailed-in payment. Mailed-in payments mean that someone has to open the envelopes, endorse any checks, go to the bank, and deposit the checks/cash/money orders. That, combined with passing bounced-check charges along to the clients (and disallowing checks after three bounced checks in a two-year period), means that my business doesn't lose money, yet clients are allowed to pay any way they wish. You will need to spell these measures out in your TOS, and depending on local laws there may be certain clients who can successfully challenge these fees. But in most cases, they're utterly reasonable charges and will not be disputed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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