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🛒 Buying Advice 👁️ 2,047 views 💬 16 replies 📅 Nov 13, 2025
Quick question for the community:

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

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.
Kevin Rogers 👑 Master
1,490 points • Member since Apr 2025

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Raymond Chen
👑 Master
191 posts
Nov 14, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
Chris Wood
👑 Master
247 posts
Nov 14, 2025
Cost us about $101/month all in. Worth it.
Sarah Barnes
👑 Master
206 posts
Nov 14, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Tom Hill
👑 Master
198 posts
Nov 15, 2025
This is why we switched to Clover Go. No regrets.
Kyle Ross
👑 Master
236 posts
Nov 16, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
Karen Lewis
👑 Master
213 posts
Nov 18, 2025
I've been using Paychex for 23 months and it has been working well for us
Ashley Graham
👑 Master
219 posts
Nov 20, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Patrick Lee
👑 Master
196 posts
Nov 20, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache
Raymond Wilson
👑 Master
208 posts
Nov 20, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Jennifer Wright
👑 Master
221 posts
Nov 22, 2025
I've been using Ordyx for 13 months and it has been working well for us
Margaret Kim
👑 Master
215 posts
Nov 23, 2025
The tab management is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Raymond Ward
👑 Master
214 posts
Nov 24, 2025
The pre-authorization is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Janet Park
👑 Master
206 posts
Nov 24, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Hike POS, it has been working well for us
Ashley Miller
👑 Master
190 posts
Nov 25, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Janet Park
👑 Master
206 posts
Nov 27, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Paladin, it has been working well for us
Jessica Nelson
👑 Master
208 posts
Nov 28, 2025
Had the same problem, support was very helpful when I contacted them.

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