Due to per-transaction processing fees that are levied on us when we run cards, Jet now has a $5 minimum on credit card purchases.*  We know it can seem convenient for customers not to carry cash, but since most of our transactions are for amounts less than $10, the fees that we have to pay on our end add up quickly.  We always prefer cash to cards but will continue to accept them for larger transactions -- or checks if you have a video account with us.  This will help keep Jet's prices low.

Our experiment in accepting cards for the Post Office has also come to a close.  Since it is not normally part of the way that CPUs do business, accepting cards made our accounting paperwork difficult.  It also cut in considerably to our already-low commission on postal transactions.  Therefore, we are back to accepting cash and checks only at our CPU.  However, there is an ATM at the nearby Quality Shop on Stevens Avenue, about a block away.

*Because privately-owned credit card companies want their services to appear to be on par with cash, they had prohibited businesses from imposing minimums for some time.  However, the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 has allowed for businesses like Jet to impose up to a $10 minimum on credit card transactions.