Merchant Newsletter - August 28, 2004

Check Guarantee on TREO 600 Released!
Pocket CrossCheck for the new Handspring "SuperPhone" now available!

Treo 600 with Pocket CrossCheck & Pocket Merchant

I can't remember that crazy URL to enter my transactions! We hear that a LOT. So, to help our merchants remember, we now have created the convenient:

  www.EnterTransactions.com

which is certainly easier to remember!  It will take you to Transaction Central, and gives us a spot to alert you to critical hard-ware and software updates as well!



  Looking to save $$$?
The TREO 300 has many of the features of the 600, and being the 'older' unit, is available at a drastically reduced price!
The TREO 300 color Palm Smartphone with the Pocket Merchant card reader and printer is only $499.00 (plus shipping, and tax for CA.)  We have been able to get a supply of Handspring TREO 300 units, ready for activation.

  This includes software, hardware, everything you need!  You will need to have this unit activated by calling Sprint and either moving your existing Sprint number to this phone, or signing up for new Sprint service.

  REMINDER -On July 30th, Palm (PalmOne Corp.) announced that it will be ceasing operations of Palm.net on August 31, 2004.  Palm.net is the wireless service that is used by the Palm VII, Palm VIIx, and Palm i705 PDA's for their wireless services. See Palm's notice here.  If you have a Palm VIIx, see our newsletter with important information here.

Important update to our June 5th newsletter!  The card association has said that a swipe card must also be imprinted in order for the merchant to win a fraud chargeback.  For a mail or Internet order, the product must also be shipped to the billing address or signed for at the time of purchase. They will not accept photo copies of the front and back of the card or a different address for the product to be shipped to.  See the original Fraud Protection issue here.

  See all of our newsletters in our newsletter archive!  Get tips and tricks, previews of new product announcements, tips to prevent fraud, Free stuff, and much, much more!

Is this check any good? 

Are you getting burned by bad checks?  Advanced Merchant Solutions, Inc. (the parent company of merchantanywhere.com is proud to announce the introduction of the CrossCheck Check guarantee system for its merchants.  Check Guarantee is VERY different from ACH.  ACH is only a request for funds, and it can come back, days later, NSF (Non-sufficient Funds), Account closed, or payment stopped.  When a check comes back this way, you have been BURNED!

When you are out in the field, you can now use your TREO 600 to get an immediate check authorization from the powerful CrossCheck™ check guarantee service! You can enter the information with your stylus, or you can use the Pocket Merchant™ or SideSwipe™ magnetic card readers to take the information right off the magnetic strip on the back of their driver's license (specific states only, look on the back of your license for a black stripe to see if your state has this feature). NOTE: Some Drivers Licenses that deviate from the AAMVA standard may not read properly, and require input via the stylus.

 

 It has been a long time  since a PDA phone has been introduced with such critical acclaim. The Handspring (Now PalmOne) Treo 600 has been the subject of rave reviews since its introduction, and many of our merchants have inquired if we would support it.

We are proud to inform you that the Palm OS 5 / Treo 600 version is now available on our FREE Upgrades Page!

The Old and the New:   Our advanced software technology enables us to retain our award-winning features and functions, and recompile it to take full advantage of the new ARM and XScale processor families, as well as the new features and speed of Palm OS5!  This is NOT just the same version that 'runs' on OS5, it was optimized, byte-by-byte to take full advantage of this new, and powerful platform!

Pocket Merchant includes a leather case with a belt clip so it can be easily attached to pocket or belt...
Accept Credit Cards Anywhere!

Click here for more info on the Pocket Merchant

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