We accept Visa and Master Card in our bookstore, but not in our museum or
library. To my knowledge we have not had a situation where a visitor wanted
to charge their admission fee (ours is $3.00) as well. We used to also
accept Discover and American Express but found that the use of those cards
were so infrequent that it wasn't economically advantageous to pay for the
ability to process them.

Heidi Campbell-Shoaf
Curator
Historical Society of Frederick County
24 E. Church St.
Frederick, MD 21718
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From: "Susannah West" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:33 AM
Subject: charge cards


> I would appreciate hearing folks' thoughts re small museums being able to
> accept charge cards.  I know that we've lost some tours as well as
> occasional gift shop sales because people are not able to charge their
> purchases.  However, I can just imagine people wanting to charge their $3
> admissions, and that would definitely NOT be to our advantage!
>
> Susannah West
> John Rankin House, Ripley, Ohio
>
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