I know that sometime ago this issue was discussed on the forum but I can't find hide nor hair of it now.
What do other folk do about taking payment for expensive items? I can neither afford nor justify a merchant account at the moment but as some of my prices are in the £100/£120 area I think its highly unlikely that folk at a fair will be paying in cash!
Keith and I have discussed this bloody issue to the walls and back and still haven't come up with a solution. We have, we think, the following options:
- A 20% deposit secures your item type thing, whereby punters who want a particular piece can pay a deposit on the understanding that the balance is payed within 7 days, at which point the item will be mailed/delivered to them
- Get a 'dongle' - Keith is convinced you can get devices that will allow you internet connection even where there is no wifi. That we we can take paypal.
- Take cheques - but who carries cheque books nowadays?
I know from experience that if a customer can't have what they want 'now' they are unlikely to return. I have lost sales like that in the past (on wood stuff, not jewellery) but I have no reason to suspect that this market is any different.
Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated.
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