That first auto show was a success for Volunteer Welding, and they’ve been back every year since.
“After our first show, we decided we needed to work with Pinnacle for our merchant services,” McMurtry said. “We came in to look at their system, and they were actually able to save us money.”
Pinnacle now provides merchant card services in Volunteer Welding’s Nashville and Knoxville branches and keeps them up to date with the latest technology.
“At last year’s auto show Pinnacle provided us a wireless system,” McMurtry said. “We hooked it up to our laptop and were able to go online and verify everything. We could swipe the customer’s card, create a batch file remotely, and then take the laptop back to our store and print out the receipts from our register.”
Goldie opened a second store, Trendy Pieces, the same day Phase II celebrated its 20th anniversary. Pinnacle provides credit and debit payment processing at both locations.
“I get called on weekly by people who stop by my store to offer their financial services, but I won’t give them the time of day,” Goldie said. “You don’t feel like a number at Pinnacle. A lot of small business owners like me like that feeling.”