The company told me that I must lease a credit card processing machine in order to get a merchant account. I told the young sales rep that my business was 100% internet based. He told me that I must lease the equipment to get a merchant account; it was standard business practice. I discovered later that I needed no physical credit card processing equipment for an online business; all I needed was the Authorize.net account which I could have obtained WITHOUT the cc machine lease. I returned the machine in brand new condition. I never used a single transaction/sale. And they are still trying to get almost $6000 from me for equipment I never used and returned quickly. Also, I started getting additional charges that were never stated in the lease. Shame on this company for beguiling new businesses.
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