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
> www.issaquahhistory.org
>
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