Credit Card Charges

Posted by dan on March 16, 2007, 10:40 pm

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HI,
I want to setup a line item called 'Amex Charge' which takes the value of
the total sale and automatically calculates 2.5% of it and adds it to the
sale. Is this possible and if so how? If not, then what suggestions can I
have to add credit card charges to the sale?

Dan

Posted by Akber Alwani on March 17, 2007, 2:45 am

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HI Dan, tell me do you have back office system i.e. MS Dynamics GP (Great
Plains) or not if so then you can handle the similar task with creating the
tender type. However the other way around if going through RMS is that you
can create the Sales Tax type AMC -Amex Charge give the percentage to it and
when on POS press Shift F12 to make it active /deactive.

There could be some 3-party products for this but I am not sure it is
available in market. If you like my idea please comment.

"dan" wrote:

> HI,

> I want to setup a line item called 'Amex Charge' which takes the value of

> the total sale and automatically calculates 2.5% of it and adds it to the

> sale. Is this possible and if so how? If not, then what suggestions can I

> have to add credit card charges to the sale?

> Dan

Posted by Raj on April 18, 2007, 7:46 pm

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Hello there,

We have a similar situation particularly while selling Liquor on commission
basis. I would like to give my customers opportunity to pay for the liquor
using credit card but charge them a "convenience fee" similar to what is
charged by government agencies and utilities companies when you make payment
by credit card. Is there a way RMS can calculate the fees automatically for
the items of Liquor department purchased when a customer wants to pay by CC.
Any suggestions how this can be accomplished? This can be a flat fee based
on slabs like upto $50, next upto $100 and so on.

Also by doing so I think it may a violation of cc agreement but it has been
a widespread practice around here, since State controls the liquor sales
through retailers like us and just pay commissions.

"Akber Alwani" wrote:

> HI Dan, tell me do you have back office system i.e. MS Dynamics GP (Great

> Plains) or not if so then you can handle the similar task with creating the

> tender type. However the other way around if going through RMS is that you

> can create the Sales Tax type AMC -Amex Charge give the percentage to it and

> when on POS press Shift F12 to make it active /deactive.

> There could be some 3-party products for this but I am not sure it is

> available in market. If you like my idea please comment.

> "dan" wrote:

> > HI,

> > I want to setup a line item called 'Amex Charge' which takes the value of

> > the total sale and automatically calculates 2.5% of it and adds it to the

> > sale. Is this possible and if so how? If not, then what suggestions can I

> > have to add credit card charges to the sale?

> >

> > Dan

> >

Posted by Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt on March 19, 2007, 1:29 pm

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Read your agreement with AmEx and also consult local regulations. This
practice is at best 'discouraged' and is actually illegal in several
states. Here's a link to a discussion of the topic; this is really from
the consumer's point of view, but it's a start...
http://www.gofso.com/Premium/LE/06_le_ic/fg/fg-merchants.html

Glenn Adams
Tiber Creek Consulting
http://www.tibercreek.com
glenn@tibercreek.com
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dan wrote:

> HI,

> I want to setup a line item called 'Amex Charge' which takes the value of

> the total sale and automatically calculates 2.5% of it and adds it to the

> sale. Is this possible and if so how? If not, then what suggestions can I

> have to add credit card charges to the sale?

> Dan

Posted by Jason on March 25, 2007, 10:23 am

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You might want to check your merchant agreement. Usually this practice is a
breach of your contract.You can give a "cash discount," but can't charge
extra for credit cards.

Anyway, to answer your question, you could use a negative discount scheme to
make this work. We add a charge for certain government credit purchases to
cover excess costs in our country.

> HI,

> I want to setup a line item called 'Amex Charge' which takes the value of

> the total sale and automatically calculates 2.5% of it and adds it to the

> sale. Is this possible and if so how? If not, then what suggestions can I

> have to add credit card charges to the sale?

> Dan