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New
uses for Camera phones. I have talked to a few our merchants, that
have come up with an interesting use for the cameras built into their PDA
phones.
One of our merchants who sells at the swap meets, takes a picture of
anyone using a personal check. Another merchant takes a photo of the
customer's driver's license for large dollar amount purchases. You
may want to check and see if there are any ordinances or regulations in your
state, county, or city against doing this, but according to the reports, it
REALLY cuts down on fraud and chargebacks. If a customer knows you
have a picture of them holding the merchandise, it's pretty hard for them to
call Visa, and claim he did not make the purchase. Likewise, a bad check
passer will walk away knowing you will have his picture to give to the
police! Most states have laws against passing bad checks, and here a
picture speaks more than a thousand words!
A number of merchants, looking for "special's" have called in to ask if
we had any close-outs, old merchandise, etc. At the same time, I see
all sorts of 'stuff' that I wonder what the heck we are going to do
with..., The "
We have only placed a fraction of our available surplus inventory
on this page, so you have a reason to check back from time to time.
We already have a number of PDA's, card readers, PDA Phones, and more is
coming! We only accept orders of these items by phone, so you
can inquire directly about details of these items before making a final
decision. Some of the most "select" of these items are
available to our merchants only, and will not be sold to
resellers. 
With
Christmas approaching, we are getting a lot of last-minute requests
for e-commerce. With few exceptions, our highest recommendation
still goes to Kingcart.com. We have been using them for 2 years
now (our store is a King Cart store, although you cannot tell), and we
are still happy, and still paying only $10 per month (high volume stores
may be higher). You can try out KingCart for FREE, with
their 30 day trial. Most merchants can get 10 to 20 products
"up and selling" with KingCart, linked directly to their
MerchantAnywhere merchant account, in just 2 to 3 days! It
allows you to present "Real Time" UPS and FedEX pricing to
your customers, based on the weight (which you enter when you add the
products), your zip code, and the customer's zip code! You can
also apply a "formula" to the shipping calculations, to allow
for a percentage or dollar "add on" charge. 