Bell Ringers Upgrade Productivity

by TFleming | November 14, 2008 at 04:48 pm

49 views | 2 Recommendations | 0 comments

As we slip into the holiday season is not uncommon to see the Salvation Army donation kettles popping up everywhere. This year though donating has become much easier with the introduction of debit/credit card machines on site with the bell ringers.

This season, five bell-ringers in El Paso County, Colo., will be the first to accept debit and credit cards along with spare change and bills. Salvation Army officials say the kettle tradition needs to be tweaked as consumers increasingly carry only plastic.

Bell ringers are giving the credit card-kettles mixed reviews. But some shoppers who saw the new kettles liked them, saying they've walked past kettles in the past and wanted to donate but had no cash.