This morning I was reading my daily news with the latest updates in the credit card processing industry when I ran across this headline: MerchantService.com offers Free Ak-47 with New Merchant Account. As a full disclosure, you should know that I pro-second amendment – yet I found this post to be quite unusual. How do you put merchant services together with an AK-47’s machine gun?
As I read the post it seemed that MerchantService.com was not being fully serious. Instead they were pointing out that store owners should have a hand gun to protect themselves – especially if they live in a high crime area with poor police presence. Nevertheless, I think that this press release was a publicity stunt by Merchant Service and it probably worked. You can read the full press release here.
