Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2008-07-19 18:18:12 - Graham Ellis
Here are four statements I've come across in the last 24 hours
"We accept credit and debit cards"
"We don't take credit or detit cards for payments of under 10 pounds" (which struck me as very negative with words like "don't" and "under".
"We only accept credit cards for payments of five pounds and more" (which had me worried because I was about to pay in cash - but fortunately my bill was under the five pound limit above which the rule, if literally taken would have to be paid on a card!
"We don't accept credit or debit cards"
One of our best decisions - made before our training industry generally accepted credit cards - was to accept Visa and Mastercard, and our recent decision to accept American Express too has been rapidly vindicated. And because of the nature of our business, we don't have to apply any limit - we can proudly say "We're happy to accept payment my Visa, Mastercard or American Express for your hotel stay in Melksham, for you event at Well House Manor, or for your Open Source Training Course