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Helen Martell

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A lot of people (me included) have card payment machines. Mine charges 1.6% per transaction and no other fees. (So £1.60 in £100). Initial outlay for the unit was about £25-£30. I use it a lot to take payments for my gardening jobs, but I did initially buy it to use at art and craft fairs, and it has made a big difference in that respect. Our art group also has one now.
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Collette Hughes

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That seems very reasonable Helen. Last time I looked they had a monthly fee. Do you have to use your mobile for the signal? 
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Martin Cooke

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I have one too (from Sumup). No monthly fees, just a flat rate of 1.6%. Yes, you use a mobile for the connection. Very easy to use. You end up with another bank account that you probably don't want, but any sales can be transferring out of the account within a day or so. Loads of fellow artists have them nowadays, at least where I am.
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Marjorie Firth

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Unfortunately our club can't get a signal! We're on the coast in an area where a mobile signal is difficult. It's becoming a problem as people don't carry cash....we often get repeat visitors to our exhibitions so, although we have lost the odd sale, we generally do fairly well. I think it will become more problematic though.
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Peter Smith

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We only have a staffed exhibition for a short time each year, it wouldn't be worth us investing in one and being in the town centre there are plenty of ATM's close by.  We accept bank transfers as well which people do for their phones. 
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Martin Cooke

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The only real investment is the 40 quid or so it costs for the card reader, and if that results in a single sale that wouldn't otherwise have been made you could argue it is worth it. 2/3rds of my sales come from people expecting to be able to use cards. The other potential benefit of these things is that by entering your inventory into the system (which you would want to do anyway because you'd want to it keep a record of sales, esp. if it was shared across the club), you also get a fully-operational website without doing any more work (complete with web address) for free ie people can buy your stuff online.

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Peter Smith

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We've already got a website and a Facebook group which I run. Unfortunately our treasurer is in his mid 80's and doesn't even use e-mail! 
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