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Lease vs buy POS hardware?

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Sharing my experience in case it helps others.

We recently made some changes to our setup

Has anyone else seen this?
Harold Reed 👑 Master
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Marie Adams
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212 posts
Oct 16, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal
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Jack Hall
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224 posts
Oct 17, 2025
The inventory by pour is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Eugene Bennett
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205 posts
Oct 19, 2025
Training took about 2 days for our staff.
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Sharon Walker
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205 posts
Oct 25, 2025
The pre-authorization is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Nathan Garcia
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212 posts
Oct 28, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Dennis Brown
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208 posts
Oct 29, 2025
The inventory by pour is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Steve Hall
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191 posts
Oct 29, 2025
Cost us about $83/month all in. Worth it.
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Dennis Davis
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211 posts
Nov 4, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Raymond White
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200 posts
Nov 5, 2025
Great question! In my experience with SumUp, it has been working well for us
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Diana Brooks
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206 posts
Nov 13, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Joyce Davis
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206 posts
Nov 15, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Sean Stewart
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210 posts
Nov 16, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Jonathan Taylor
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215 posts
Nov 20, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache
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Angela Reed
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210 posts
Nov 21, 2025
Training took about 1 days for our staff.
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Sandra Cooper
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198 posts
Nov 24, 2025
Had the same problem, support was excellent when I contacted them.
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Elizabeth Green
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212 posts
Nov 24, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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