.As we get into the full swing of the holiday season, one tip of advice to give you. If you are using your Debit card, run it as a credit and not use your pin. The reason is that some merchants do not clear the pins numbers in their machines and now they have your account number AND your pin. In addition, when you are attending craft shows and the vendor offers to take credit cards, make sure they are running it electronically and not using the “knuckle busters”. They now have your account number, address, and name in their files if they don’t run them electronically. They are supposed to keep your receipt secure, but let me inform you, many do not. There are a number of very low cost options for running credit cards for c rafters and small businesses. Our business uses “Square”. All the security stays with the credit card processing company. Even if you have me text or email you a receipt, I do not have access to that information. Very secure and I can offer credit card processing at a great rate.
Happy crafting. Don’t forget to buy local products. Try to minimize purchasing buy/sell items at craft shows. The craft vendor should be crafting the item, not purchasing somewhere else and reselling to consumers.