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          <div><h3>A Different Kind of Enterprise</h3></div>
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          <div><p><span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">The Fairpay Cooperative is an experiment in building a different kind of enterprise.  Our mission is to facilitate the lowest cost and most practical payment solutions for social enterprises, non-profit organizations, and community focused small businesses.  We are committed to complete transparency of all operations and finances and a democratic governance by our work contributors and patrons.  We believe in fair exchanges of value, and the generation of profits for society, not shareholders.</span></span>
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          <div><h2>Services</h2></div>
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          <div><p><span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">We offer guidance in evaluating your transaction processing needs and potential merchant services providers, retail point-of-sale systems, online payment gateways, and alternative payment solutions.  We have no affiliation with any vendors and operate as an independent advocate for your organization in order to assist you in determining and implementing the best payment solutions and negotiating the best rates with ethical providers.</span></span>
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          <div><h2>How We Work</h2></div>
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          <div><p><span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">We believe that it's not possible to truly know the value of services provided before they are performed, so we prefer to offer our services on a non-contractual basis.  If we believe that we can add value to your organization and have established a level of mutual trust, then we will provide our services.  Upon completion we will present our estimate of the value provided, but we will defer to your assessment of the value received, and in many cases we will happily accept barter exchanges.</span></span>
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