re: Providing card info prior to service

Being a small business owner in skilled trade it makes perfect sense and ive started doing the same prior as like was mentioned earlier, making sure you are able to pay for the service as well and make sure we get paid. No offense to you at all but when someone writes a check or invoice me, its more problems for us to collect as well as time for cash flow. My guy was there he gets paid, my truck is there witj paid for fuel, my insurance, my equipment etc. when i have to wait 30 days to get paid from an invoice or i get a bad check, that hurts me and is more time on my side to collect. Or then the ones on oh well my card isnt working etc after. Again not saying thats you, however a-lot of people are. The card readers are also costly as well as another monthly fee. Then putting a technician in charge of charging the correct amounts, parts etc is a nightmare. Operating small or on customer locations is tough.

Now of course this isnt for everything as something's are quoted on a job basis but for a general service that is a flat fee, yes. Its x amount to do this and we charge upfront. If we are doing a project, we charge a deposit up front and then remainders at certian completions