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🛒 Buying Advice 👁️ 3,868 views 💬 22 replies 📅 Oct 13, 2025
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.
Sandra Nguyen 👑 Master
1,305 points • Member since Aug 2025

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Nathan Garcia
👑 Master
212 posts
Oct 13, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
James Mitchell
👑 Master
221 posts
Oct 26, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Benjamin Turner
👑 Master
231 posts
Oct 27, 2025
Had the same problem, support was knowledgeable when I contacted them.
Adam Scott
👑 Master
232 posts
Oct 29, 2025
This is why we switched to Epos Now. No regrets.
Frank Moore
👑 Master
228 posts
Oct 29, 2025
I've been using Gusto for 13 months and it has been working well for us
Emily Foster
👑 Master
221 posts
Oct 29, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Heather Stewart
👑 Master
244 posts
Oct 31, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
David Wright
👑 Master
198 posts
Nov 1, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Jessica Price
👑 Master
220 posts
Nov 2, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Susan Wallace
👑 Master
215 posts
Nov 9, 2025
I've been using Heartland Restaurant for 22 months and it has been working well for us
David Wright
👑 Master
198 posts
Nov 9, 2025
Cost us about $192/month all in. Worth it.
Nancy Sanders
👑 Master
217 posts
Nov 12, 2025
Great question! In my experience with ADP, it has been working well for us
Patrick Lee
👑 Master
196 posts
Nov 13, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Donna Washington
👑 Master
187 posts
Nov 14, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache
Sandra Nguyen
👑 Master
207 posts
Nov 14, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal
Luis King
👑 Master
228 posts
Nov 16, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Jason Baker
👑 Master
221 posts
Nov 21, 2025
I've been using Lightspeed Retail for 11 months and it has been working well for us
Harold Reed
👑 Master
227 posts
Nov 23, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Eugene Nguyen
👑 Master
210 posts
Nov 24, 2025
I've been using PayPal Zettle for 16 months and it has been working well for us
Emily Foster
👑 Master
221 posts
Nov 24, 2025
Had the same problem, support was hit or miss when I contacted them.

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