Credit cards at the gate for entry....what is the problem ??

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Reed Granrt

Don
If you do not mind, I would like to play the devil's advocate here. I am a small business and sometimes I have customers waiting on me when I get here in the morning and I have customers to come in after I close. But lets explore the Best Buy store you spoke of. If you open your doors 30 minutes early, next week you will have some one there 15 to 30 minutes before that new opening time. But lets go one step further. Who is going to pay for those employees extra time on the clock. Are you if the store says I will open 15 minutes early but the price will be 10% higher. At some point in time, you must pick a time to open and pick a time to close unless you have enough business to absorb that extra time (Walmart). I now that in my business, I average over 12 hours per day and I luv to go watch my grandchildren play ball. I bet your boss has a time for you to start and a time for you to get off. What if he walks in tomorrow and tells you we are going to work 15 minutes longer time. What will be your reaction. Ok that doesnt mean that these store should not periodically look at their hours, but no matter the business, you have to have structure and structure will not please every one. Ok lets say those people went to another business to purchase. Where did they go since all of them open and close at or about the same time except (Walmart). In my business, it is so competitive that we all do good to stay open in this miserable Congress atmosphere. I just want to hold on and hope it will get better.
Credit cards, I have taken them when business was good, but now as business has dropped off and the fees went higher, I found very few (and I mean very few) that want to offset those additional prices. Credit cards in most situations are a convenience for the user and not for the taker. If they become an advantage, then by all means we or they should do it but until it is an advantage and will help me add to my bottom line, then I must say no.
reed

The Business owner must decide if he wants to improve his bottom line PERIOD , by serving his customers one way or another it all depends on YOU the owner on what you want to do to succeed in this Business environment, Your call on how you want to service your customer base. By the way In my lifetime I have always service my customers first cause the customers may not always be there ? just my opinion