Merchant Newsletter - February 25, 2006

You can give your customers time payments!


Time payments for your customers = more sales for you!

 
The consequences of becoming a victim of identity fraud include: having a scammer open up accounts in your name (and running up debts to those accounts), losing your job, being denied insurance, or even being arrested for crimes you didn't commit.

However, what you may NOT be aware of is that fully 50% of reported identity fraud is perpetrated by relatives, friends and neighbors, co-workers, or acquaintances of the victim.

That's a truly amazing statistic. And whereas many people think that computer crimes account for most identity theft, computer crimes, in fact, only accounted for 11.6% of all identity theft where the cause was known in 2004. 

This means that you should take extra precautions in your office, especially any files you have on your personnel.  Personnel files are a Identity theft goldmine, as they have every bit of information in them!  


Only in Canada... Giving homeless alcoholics a regular supply of booze may improve their health and their behavior, the Canadian Medical Association Journal said in a study published on Tuesday.

Seventeen homeless adults, all with long and chronic histories of alcohol abuse, were allowed up to 15 glasses of wine or sherry a day -- a glass an hour from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. -- in the Ottawa-based program, which started in 2002 and is continuing.

"Once we give a 'small amount' of alcohol and stabilize the addiction, we are able to provide health services that lead to a reduction in the unnecessary health services they were getting before," said Dr. Jeff Turnbull, one of the authors of the report. Gee, free room and board, and free booze too?  Where do I sign up? (ed.)



Merchants with repeat or trusted customers can often spur additional sales by offering payment plans on their goods.  With an initial payment covering the costs, they can split the balance into 3, 6 or even 12 monthly payments, making it easier for customers to say yes to their products. 

Transaction Central Recurring (TCR) is a service that will automatically bill each customer for you!

Entering the proper charge for the proper person every day can be tedious.  That is why TCR (Transaction Central Recurring) was developed.  Just enter each customer ONCE, and TCR will automatically bill each customer the proper amount on the right day, until the number of payments is reached, or you tell it to stop!

Using TCR is simple, as it is an extension of the Transaction Central interface you are using now!  After entering a sale, you have the option of transferring the card information to a recurring payment, or you can just enter a recurring payment directly.  You can select the billing cycle;

Where can you find someone to enter all your recurring transactions and back up your transactions and billing files every day for only ten bucks per month?  Even Kathy Lee can't get work done that cheap, but you can!  TCR will do all this, and give you reports as well!  Click here for the form to add TCR (Transaction Central Recurring) to your account now!  Start multiplying your business, and increasing your sales.  TCR is just an additional $10 per month!

Transaction Central recurring can charge your customer's credit card, or even their checking accounts (If you are set up to accept electronic checks, also known as ACH)  If you want to add electronic checks as well, it is only $4.00 per month, and 30 cents per check.  Click here to add ACH to your account now!


MAC Tools Distributors can use this feature to automate their "truck accounts"  You can tell the system to bill a customer every Friday, leaving you time to spend with your family, instead of entering charges all night!  Just divide the amount by the number of payments, and you have your weekly amount to bill!

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