The credit card world has changed for vendors because of all the perks credit card companies must give customers to stay competitive. This industry movement has resulted in skyrocketing merchant fees. The brutal gas station market began offering cash pricing to avoid credit card fees associated with transactions whenever possible. Many industries followed soon after. With fees as high as 3% merchants must create a creative way to build them into the cost of doing business and/or offer cash discounts. At Squeals Landscaping Inc. we try to avoid credit cards because we have not built the fees into our services. All of our prices are for cash, check, or wire transfer. We charge a 3% convenience fee for credit cards to cover our additional processing costs. This decision was made because of our high volume and low margin business model we have created to stay successful in the landscape world.
Sales Tax
Customers often ask about sales tax on our jobs. Some landscape companies charge sales tax on top of the contract price. We do not, and here is why.
Our previous Attorney General, Mike Cox, provided a legal opinion that sales tax should not...
Benefits of Fall Planting
Benefits of Fall Plantings
Football season, falling leaves, pumpkins, and crisp cool air are all telltale signs that fall has arrived. Many people don't realize the many benefits of planting during the fall months. It is an ideal...
Green Shortage
A Shortage of "Green": Trees and Sod
Why has the price of trees and sod increased?
As the economy continues to improve, so has the demand for new landscaping or the repairing of or adding to existing landscapes. This is great...
