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Hardware recommendations for ConnectPOS

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Quick question for the community:

We're trying to figure out the best approach for our retail

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.
Rebecca Powell 👑 Master
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Chris Green
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223 posts
Oct 1, 2025
The barcode scanning is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Brenda Park
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231 posts
Oct 2, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Diane Adams
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225 posts
Oct 2, 2025
Training took about 2 days for our staff.
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Jennifer Wright
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221 posts
Oct 10, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal
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Raymond Henderson
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191 posts
Oct 12, 2025
The barcode scanning is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Amanda Scott
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203 posts
Oct 16, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Amanda Scott
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203 posts
Oct 18, 2025
This is why we switched to Square for Coffee. No regrets.
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Michelle Reed
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251 posts
Oct 21, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Benjamin Turner
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231 posts
Oct 22, 2025
Check out the customer loyalty program setting, that might help.
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Willie Long
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193 posts
Oct 27, 2025
Cost us about $117/month all in. Worth it.
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Diane Adams
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225 posts
Oct 29, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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Scott Peterson
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208 posts
Oct 31, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Future POS, it has been working well for us
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Amber Foster
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214 posts
Nov 4, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Joyce Ross
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198 posts
Nov 6, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Ruth Powell
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213 posts
Nov 6, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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James Park
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212 posts
Nov 8, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Brink POS, it has been working well for us
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Brenda Lewis
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199 posts
Nov 9, 2025
For retail, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Melissa Walker
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231 posts
Nov 9, 2025
Had the same problem, support was knowledgeable when I contacted them.
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Jennifer Carter
👑 Master
236 posts
Nov 11, 2025
This is why we switched to BestRx. No regrets.
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Joyce Perez
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193 posts
Nov 13, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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