From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 4 10:42:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21339 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 10:42:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [207.149.232.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA21278 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 10:42:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA11107; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 10:40:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rgrimes) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199803041840.KAA11107@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Fund In-Reply-To: <199803032130.NAA17979@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Mar 3, 98 01:30:01 pm" To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 10:40:10 -0800 (PST) Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, dannyman@sasquatch.dannyland.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I wish somebody would think seriously about that. It would be *far* easier > > for me to donate money using my VISA card than with a check. (Not to mention > > the fact that the fee for a $25 check in the bank here is not much smaller > > than the value of the check itself...) > > Try a postal money order. > > Seriously, accepting credit card donations is expensive work. Aside > from the 5% cut that the bank gets, you have to treat the money like > it's on elastic. As a ``merchant'' whos does ~$20,000k/month in Visa/Mastercard I can correct some of this. First the rates are 1.85 to 3.5% depending on type(Visa/MC/American Express/Etc), size(lots of small ones cost more than a few large ones) and style(Card in Hand Swiped/Card in Hand Inprinted, Phoned in number, Internet secure transaction, etc) of transaction. > > And unless you have someone else handling it for you, you won't get a > bank's attention until you're talking in six figures a year. If your bank won't listen to you at 5 figures a year find another bank... smaller banks are much easier and far more flexiable in doing business -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message