[_] [OT]Extracting regular payments
Tim Gaunt
info at thesitedoctor.co.uk
Mon Apr 23 12:42:37 BST 2007
Yeah that's the only thing I could think of too -£500 setup though and then £100-or-something similar per year after that. Protx did used to do something too which was stopped but I think it's being started up again, that's still £240pa (then both +transaction fees of course) Tim -----Original Message----- From: Joel Hughes [mailto:jh at jojet.com] Sent: 23 April 2007 12:40 To: underscore at under-score.org.uk Subject: Re: [_] [OT]Extracting regular payments Hmm...I think WorldPay have a nice recurring payment thing. Joel -----Original Message----- From: info at thesitedoctor.co.uk Sent: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:29:39 +0100 To: underscore at under-score.org.uk Subject: [_] [OT]Extracting regular payments Afternoon! We've got a number of clients who pay a regular amount on a monthly (or annual) basis but there are one or two who will avoid paying on the basis of paperwork. I've spoken with the big chief and he has suggested setting up a direct debit which would make sense but having spoken with my bank I've been told that we're "not large enough" and I should request the client sets up a standing order instead which, other than a lot more work for my clients (making it less likely to happen) seems somewhat noddyish. How do others here take regular monthly payments from their clients? I'm thinking about setting up a merchant account and using someone like Protx to process the payments but the additional cost involves just puts me off. TIA Tim p.s. Yes I did use "extracting" on purpose as it's as painful as trying to extract teeth from what I've found so far. p.p.s. The "baseball bat" method does work well but it's a fair distance to travel to some of my clients so unpractical on a monthly basis. -- underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk -- underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk