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by stevencorona 4988 days ago
The website is confusing. They can buy things for you. I'm not sure how it works exactly (but I used it to signup for a $30 race).. I think they billed it to their own credit card and will charge me for it at the end of the month?
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Pretty close. We charge you right away (you would have received an email asking to approve the charge) and then use our own card.
How do you handle the credit card processing fees - do you end up charging your end-user more to compensate?
I'd also like to know how much the fee for this is.
I am probably reacting too quickly, but I note about 3 other places (not including the sibling comment to this one) where people have asked you whether or not you charge a markup and purchases, and you've not answered.

Granted, it's only been an hour, but that silence doesn't make me feel good.

(Sorry, we were at lunch).

Nope, at this point, we don't take any percentage or fee. We even pass along any discounts we receive (we get up to 15% off flower some purchases for example and we pass that along to you).

But your payment processor has to charge you something, who pays for that? I've been wondering that for other services as well, e.g. Google Wallet.
Great! Thanks. I'm inferring that you're on the East Coast... :