Moving, Money and Feeding the Beast

Hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year and not too terrible of a headache the next day. The week seems to be grinding away. We have been hip deep in moving and getting our new house ready. My new landlord agreed to not charge a deposit if we cleaned the place up and painted. I didn't realize a pool service was so expensive! Movers are coming next week and I will be setting up shop off of Riverside Drive in Mid-Town Tulsa by next Thursday.

Working from home of course compounds the headache of any move. Regrettably a kink has to be tossed into the works when Cox Communications told us today that it would be a two week wait to get our business phone lines and internet transferred to our new address. So I believe their going to lose a nice account with the bundled services I currently have with their company. To be honest for a communications company to have that kind of disregard for a business customer is unacceptable and more than likely everything including cell phones, internet, toll free, phone and fax lines will be going over to AT&T. Hopefully I will save a little money and at worse break even with the switch and not get my teeth kicked in with charges, fees and taxes.

Finally I want to share that Sam's Club is now offering credit card merchant services for small business members and for a small fee non-members. I have been a member of Sam's Club with mixed feelings for going on 20 years. I know I am feeding the Wal-Mart beast that has dried up so many small town squares and home town main streets. However my businesses from college until today have relied on their bulk supplies and recently their gasoline, which is usually 2-3 cents cheaper than anyone else in town, for our day to day operations. And now Sam's Club is offering credit card and internet merchant processing. I am sure my business very soon will be leveraging the low rates and customer oriented services for our home floral shop and internet business. I am all about saving money and granting more options for my customers to pay me for my services and time. If you run a small business and are burdened with the ridiculous fees and rates your merchant service provider is offering, Sam's Club is worth checking out.