Also don't forget, if your museum is an institutional member of AAM, one of your benefits of membership is (from the AAM website): Reduced-cost credit card processing through QOS. As an AAM institutional member, your business office will realize significant savings through lower bank costs with no monthly transaction minimums: QOS, (866) 217-6767; It's a member benefit few museums know of or use... Pamela > -----Original Message----- > From: Erica Maniez [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:45 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: charge cards > > Hi, Susannah, > > We used to accept charge cards when we were getting a decent non-profit > rate > with our bank. We don't have an admission fee, but we allowed credit cards > for all types of purchases with the exception of facility rentals. > > When our bank changed their fee structure to a minimum charge of $25 a > month, or 3%, whichever was higher, we couldn't afford it anymore. The > most > we ever did in credit card sales a month was $100 or so. > > Since switching back to cash or check only, I haven't seen a decline in > our > gift shop sales, although the gift shop has been on a general upswing over > the last couple years. Perhaps it would be even higher if we could offer > credit card. > > Many stores that I frequent have minimum limits for credit card charges > now > - anywhere from $5 to $10. Sometimes they will refuse to accept them under > that limit, and other times there is a small transaction fee of 25 cents > or > so, to help them make up the fee. This is an idea you could try. > > Hope this helps! > Erica > > Erica S. Maniez > Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society > 425/392-3500 > [log in to unmask] > www.issaquahhistory.org > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l- > faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by > sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The > body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).