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Slightly tangential note - Square has the most gorgeous product videos I've seen from a startup. Their jobs section even lists an open position for doing these so I guess they do them in house. Very impressive.
I don't like how, as the customer, I have no way of seeing what exactly is being charged to my card. For all I know, anything could be running on that ipad (foreground or background) and i could be charged any amount without knowing. Sure, I can ask for a receipt, but even the legacy till they replace in the video has a customer facing display, not a shiny piece of aluminum with some fruit. It's interesting that vide…
When you would normally sign a printed receipt, you sign with your finger on the iPad with the Square app (most implementations I've seen have iPads on a swivel stand that turns around to face the customer). In the example video they show a customer being charged via Card Case which is the more integrated form of transaction but not the common case.
Awesome to see Square continuing to progress forward on a regular basis! The register app looks great! Does anyone know if it works well (or at all) with multiple iPads? Can you view/manage the inventory online?
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When you would normally sign a printed receipt, you sign with your finger on the iPad with the Square app (most implementations I've seen have iPads on a swivel stand that turns around to face the customer). In the example video they show a customer being charged via Card Case which is the more integrated form of transaction but not the common case.
I didn't see a swivel in the video.. they really should show that part.
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How is this any different than a traditional POS? The only exceptions would be cash registers with pole displays, which are limited to big box retailers that can afford them.
Not sure about where you're at, but it's a rarity to come across a register that doesn't have a customer facing display, with at the very least, the total you are being charged for your goods and/or services.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is this any different than a traditional POS? The only exceptions would be cash registers with pole displays, which are limited to big box retailers that can afford them.
Not sure about where you're at, but it's a rarity to come across a register that doesn't have a customer facing display, with at the very least, the total you are being charged for your goods and/or services.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is this any different than a traditional POS? The only exceptions would be cash registers with pole displays, which are limited to big box retailers that can afford them.
Not sure about where you're at, but it's a rarity to come across a register that doesn't have a customer facing display, with at the very least, the total you are being charged for your goods and/or services.
No other startup has ever been so primed for an Apple acquisition. Everything from execution, design sensibility, culture and even CEO is heavily Apple inspired but in a different but still complementary industry.
I don't like how, as the customer, I have no way of seeing what exactly is being charged to my card. For all I know, anything could be running on that ipad (foreground or background) and i could be charged any amount without knowing. Sure, I can ask for a receipt, but even the legacy till they replace in the video has a customer facing display, not a shiny piece of aluminum with some fruit. It's interesting that vide…
When you would normally sign a printed receipt, you sign with your finger on the iPad with the Square app (most implementations I've seen have iPads on a swivel stand that turns around to face the customer). In the example video they show a customer being charged via Card Case which is the more integrated form of transaction but not the common case.
1. They show me the price before submitting it. I ask for a receipt sent to my email, which they need to type in, but I get it on my own phone immediately. The clerks I've seen do this HATE having to type in my email address because they invariably type it incorrectly.
2. The ipad swivel. I sign with a stylus, type in my own email address and choose to send the receipt that way. The whole time I'm talked through it all by the merchant. I prefer this method.
3. The clerk just rings me up and never bothers to offer the receipt, but I ask anyway, because, like the grandparent post, I don't quite trust these things for some reason yet. The clerk has no idea how to do it, so I end up showing her and then tell her about the swivel mounts and the stylus.