Well, now the time where you are actually handed, or hand over cash. How are you supposed to process all of this?
Well, if you have been paying attention to the forums lately, then you may know about the decision made by Citigroup and First Data to stop processing online credit card transactions for firearm sales. If you didn't know, then... surprise surprise! First Data and Citigroup control the majority of all credit card transactions in the U.S. and are now deciding that they do not want any part of a LEGAL transaction.
Now, in light of this, there are alternatives which I am reviewing currently and will blog about my decision on Thursday. In the mean time, my decision for the safest online transaction would still have to be credit cards.
There are other forms, and I will get to them in the future, but credit cards are the way to go. They are quicker then waiting for snail mail, and have fraud protection that can help both buyers and sellers.
If you are looking to set up any type of regular payments, then you should consider accepting credit cards. You will make yourself available for a large amount of people who can only purchase firearms, etc with credit cards.
Come back Thursday January 17, 2008 to see who I have decided to use for my credit card processing.