[ubuntu-uk] Lack of support for small business

[Gareth France]

How could I use paypal at a computer fair? I had considered using a 3G
dongle and setting up a webpage which I could use to market from and also
process transactions at the venue but I don't think people would entirely
trust that. I need something which looks legitimate rather than a botch.

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Alan Bell <alan.bell at libertus.co.uk>wrote:

> On 18/11/11 23:44, Gareth France wrote:
>
>> I'm not looking for a loan, I need to be able to process credit cards, if
>> you go to a computer fair do you go with £500 in your pocket to buy a pc
>> with? Or do you take your card? To get the card processing I need a
>> business account.
>>
>> No overdraft
>> No loan
>> No risk
>>
>>  https://www.paypal-business.**co.uk/take-credit-cards-over-**
> the-phone-with-paypal/index.**htm<https://www.paypal-business.co.uk/take-credit-cards-over-the-phone-with-paypal/index.htm>
>
> You might have more luck with the paypal virtual terminal thing, getting a
> terminal machine from a bank is *hard* for anything that isn't a bricks and
> mortar shop. It was no trouble for us to set up a bank account, but our
> business is software consultancy rather than selling computers. We had a
> nice long chat with the bank manager about the opportunity in the open
> source software (then he swapped over our passports and gave them back,
> which caused an interesting incident at Heathrow a couple of days later. .
> .)
>
> Alan.
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