They are using a service to do the registration online, it's that service that is charging the fee, the NSS is not getting any of that.
If you mail in the form and use a CC. the NSS is having to eat the credit card transaction fees (which they do for everything we process). On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Mark Minton <mmin...@caver.net> wrote: > Geary, > > That explanation doesn't hold up because you can use a credit card > with the mail-in form but there is no fee mentioned (as Bill Mixon also > pointed out). I hope they don't try to tack one on. I'm not sure that would > even be legal because they would be charging you more than you authorized. > Too bad they don't offer a PayPal option. > > Mark > > > At 03:28 PM 3/3/2014, Geary Schindel wrote: > >> I forwarded Mark's email related to fees to Julie Schenck Brown who is >> the convention chair. Here is her response. >> >> Geary >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Julie Schenck Brown [mailto:jesche...@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 2:26 PM >> To: Geary Schindel >> Cc: Carol Tiderman (cti...@ymail.com); Valerie Howell; Jeff Martin >> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] 2014 NSS convention in Huntspatch >> >> The fees are only incurred when registering online and are based on the >> credit card use fees established by the charging company. Thus, the 2014 >> NSS Convention is not making any profit in the fees, just recouping the >> actual transaction fees for using a credit card. As Mark and Bill >> mentioned, if you send in a paper copy and pay by check there are no >> additional fees. >> >> Thanks, >> Julie >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Mark Minton [mailto:mmin...@caver.net] >> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 2:12 PM >> > To: texascavers@texascavers.com >> > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] 2014 NSS convention in Huntspatch >> > >> > One caveat about registering for the NSS Convention online. >> > I started out going that route, but when I got to check out, they >> wanted a whopping $8.63 fee for online registration (for two people). >> > I terminated the session and downloaded the paper forms. There doesn't >> appear to be any fee for mailing in the registration. Maybe they've hired >> an outside firm to handle online registration, but that is a ridiculously >> high fee. >> > >> > Mark >> > > Please reply to mmin...@caver.net > Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
