American Opening a Cafe in Helsinki

[Rick1]

Why do you not use those small debit/credit pin card machines? (like in taxi's e.g.)

[Upphew]

Why do you not use those small debit/credit pin card machines? (like in taxi's e.g.)

No need for the machine(s) off-season and they come with monthly payments? I've noticed that almost all ice cream kiosks want cash only.

[Rick1]

Market must be too small then (or there is another benefit of non-registration).

[Rosamunda]

For next summer I might try and look into mobile phone payments. But given our minute margins, and the fact that we have to renovate next spring, I don't think we'll find a cheaper solution than paying the bank to count our coins (and I'm sure they know that).

[Keplerinvaimo]

Re Nordea and the coins: I got round this with our class account by depositing the coins to a personal account and then transfering the sum with internet banking to the class/'business' account....

[Rosamunda]

Why didn't I think of that?

So, Nordea didn't charge you to deposit them in your own account? I guess I just assumed that they charged a flat rate for coins regardless of whether it was a business or a personal account

You made my day (and it has not been a particularly great one, so thanks!)

[Keplerinvaimo]

No charge to personal account. I'd emptied the moneybox into the bags at the branch, filled in the slip and deposited via the kolikko-piste. I made the mistake of presuming that because I'd done the hard work and counted the money myself that the same would apply to the class account. No such luck. They still took the fee. The downside of using the coin-drop is that is takes a few days to get to the account...

Happy to help!

[Rosamunda]

I always use the coin drop but they are charging me something like 1,5% plus a fixed charge of a few euros.

[espoo10]

It is same problem hapened with my husbund
He came here and invest for buisness but immigration dident give him permition
Somebody advise him to hire some finish persion whocan file visa for you
Is little complicated but it work
You can make parnership with some finish persion like he is 0 % in compney and you are full and he can give you job
It will take only three month to have work visa then you quit finish persion,
You can ask my husband he know better
His e mail is lamour_28@hotmail.com

[clarku]

Hello! If you need any help at your cafe I am an American student studying in Helsinki for the year and looking for a job to help me get by in expensive Finland. I can send you my resume and I have some experience serving Finns because I opened up my own restaurant on Ravintola Paiva!