ERD50
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DW had a very small retail store (way under $1mil) in sales. She was able to run her credit charges through an "association" of like retailers for something like 2.1%. ...
For CERTAIN, she came out ahead using CCs at 2.1% charges vs house accounts. AND 2.1% allowed her to rarely have more than a couple of hundred dollars in cash on hand - which was her limit for making a cash deposit to the bank at close of business (one employee taking 1/2 an hour to do so on average plus vehicle costs). Also, discriminating robbers only hold up cash businesses. In short, her math showed that her total costs of handling "money" were best served by USING CC. She would prefer them to cash. ....
Thanks Koolau; good to hear input from someone who has actually 'been there'.
-ERD50