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Offline Shawn (EIP)

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2012, 09:21:19 PM »
Sam is always there to kick me in nuts when I'm down and that's way too often  :o


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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2012, 09:36:10 PM »
Yea, but Sam is an equal nut-kicker provider. 

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2012, 09:57:41 PM »
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUk ME!  >:(

Sorry I had to get that out  ;D

cclaud3,  I just requested a higher limit how long did that take because man I'm in one hell of a jam!

Just remembered that there were 2 forms. 24 hours after the first one was submitted, another one popped up with a few more personal questions on it. I just filled in a few fields, since all of them weren't required. Money/limit was cleared within 2 days of the second form.

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2012, 10:11:20 PM »
I have been operating for almost 4 years and I don't use distributor credit or 30 days. I started the business that way and just don't see an advantage. I am sure there are some but doing it this way keeps me out of trouble. If I had the 30 days I would order shirts more without having a deposit and take jobs that have lower margins more. I am not trying to say it’s not a good Idea. I have been offered 30 days from all my suppliers but I just done use it. What are the advantages? Why is it bad not to use them? I can’t be the only one that runs their company this way.

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #19 on: June 19, 2012, 10:14:44 PM »
You could look at like you get your profit up front with a 50% deposit and then pay for the shirts when your customer pays you the balance.

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #20 on: June 19, 2012, 10:15:51 PM »
I have been operating for almost 4 years and I don't use distributor credit or 30 days. I started the business that way and just don't see an advantage. I am sure there are some but doing it this way keeps me out of trouble. If I had the 30 days I would order shirts more without having a deposit and take jobs that have lower margins more. I am not trying to say it’s not a good Idea. I have been offered 30 days from all my suppliers but I just done use it. What are the advantages? Why is it bad not to use them? I can’t be the only one that runs their company this way.

So, how do you pay?
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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #21 on: June 19, 2012, 10:17:59 PM »
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUk ME!  >:(

Sorry I had to get that out  ;D

cclaud3,  I just requested a higher limit how long did that take because man I'm in one hell of a jam!

Just remembered that there were 2 forms. 24 hours after the first one was submitted, another one popped up with a few more personal questions on it. I just filled in a few fields, since all of them weren't required. Money/limit was cleared within 2 days of the second form.

What kind of personal questions? Do they credit check you?

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #22 on: June 19, 2012, 10:25:36 PM »
 I've heard that running cards through your bank is a bad idea you want your money coming in and your bank to be separate , but my bank like many others do offer a cc program I just have to purchase or lease their stupid  card swiper and a 40 a month fee. Thoughts?

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2012, 10:36:19 PM »
I have been operating for almost 4 years and I don't use distributor credit or 30 days. I started the business that way and just don't see an advantage. I am sure there are some but doing it this way keeps me out of trouble. If I had the 30 days I would order shirts more without having a deposit and take jobs that have lower margins more. I am not trying to say it’s not a good Idea. I have been offered 30 days from all my suppliers but I just done use it. What are the advantages? Why is it bad not to use them? I can’t be the only one that runs their company this way.

One of my suppliers offers 3% "cash discount" if you don't use credit card.  They have COD, but that is an extra $11 bucks... now if you have Net terms with them you can get the 3% AND avoid the COD charge.

That's one benefit.

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #24 on: June 19, 2012, 10:50:56 PM »
I believe that all of my garment suppliers charge somewhere between 1.5 and 3% more on credit cards (as I do with my new Paypal invoices).

In California, it is not legal to up charge for Credit Cards, so it needs to be shown as a loss of cash discount.
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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #25 on: June 19, 2012, 10:52:26 PM »
I have been operating for almost 4 years and I don't use distributor credit or 30 days. I started the business that way and just don't see an advantage. I am sure there are some but doing it this way keeps me out of trouble. If I had the 30 days I would order shirts more without having a deposit and take jobs that have lower margins more. I am not trying to say it’s not a good Idea. I have been offered 30 days from all my suppliers but I just done use it. What are the advantages? Why is it bad not to use them? I can’t be the only one that runs their company this way.

So, how do you pay?

Customer does a deposit and I pay with that. I do about 80% basic tees so the 50% more than covers the shirts. Most of the time they pay the deposit with Paypal from my website. It takes a day or two to get into my account. I buy the shirts as orders come in. I do about 2 to 3 orders of shirts a week and pay with a check. The check takes a day or two to clear so no issues. (I have more than enough money in the account to cover the chance paypal take a day longer or the checks clear sooner.)

I have been thinking about starting a 30 day pay but it just hasn't been a problem yet. 

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #26 on: June 19, 2012, 10:58:14 PM »
I have been operating for almost 4 years and I don't use distributor credit or 30 days. I started the business that way and just don't see an advantage. I am sure there are some but doing it this way keeps me out of trouble. If I had the 30 days I would order shirts more without having a deposit and take jobs that have lower margins more. I am not trying to say it’s not a good Idea. I have been offered 30 days from all my suppliers but I just done use it. What are the advantages? Why is it bad not to use them? I can’t be the only one that runs their company this way.

So, how do you pay?

Customer does a deposit and I pay with that. I do about 80% basic tees so the 50% more than covers the shirts. Most of the time they pay the deposit with Paypal from my website. It takes a day or two to get into my account. I buy the shirts as orders come in. I do about 2 to 3 orders of shirts a week and pay with a check. The check takes a day or two to clear so no issues. (I have more than enough money in the account to cover the chance paypal take a day longer or the checks clear sooner.)

I have been thinking about starting a 30 day pay but it just hasn't been a problem yet.

same here but I quit PayPal or rather they quit me...

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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #27 on: June 20, 2012, 12:24:43 AM »
There's a link/form on their site to request higher limits. I had an account for a while and had to request a higher limit last month. I didn't even fill out some of more detailed sales info and they increased it anyway. Even released the previous funds that I would have waited another few weeks to get.
They did the same for me..I'm at 2500.00 per week now..They are very easy to communicate with.
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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #28 on: June 23, 2012, 06:08:16 PM »
After reading comments on this Square review , if i'm lucky enough to get my money I'm never using them ever again! It's been 48 hours+ still no email from these people.

Avoid Sqaure like the plague!!!


http://www.cardpaymentoptions.com/credit-card-processors/square-review/




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Re: any Square Up users face this issue?
« Reply #29 on: June 23, 2012, 06:32:43 PM »
We really never had any problems.

I've done several payments of over 1k and a few over 2k and never once had an issue.  Usually the card is not available for those purchases (wholesale customers in other cities).

We've since been offering "cash discounts" to those customers if they write us a check on delivery and they usually opt for that.  We've also moved unto a "real" terminal processing service for that business and don't deal with Square much.  But when we did, it worked well for us.