Introducing the Square Stand • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing the Square Stand

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Post by function_seven » Thu, May 16, 2013, 3:44 PM UTC

skeletonjelly wrote: post #49

function_seven wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming you're not in the US. Swiping here is still very much the default. I've used the chip readers, but they appear on my statements with less information than a swipe, so now I avoid them, they give me no additional benefit

I fail to see how the chip provides less information for a transaction to appear differently on a statement. Something is afoot.

Yeah, I don't see any reason why is wouldn't, either. But on my statement, the chip transactions I had didn't list the merchant name or category (this was with AMEX), just some gobbledygook terminal number and a generic "Withdrawl".

It could be the way the merchant was set up, or maybe it's not done that way anymore, but I still don't see the point at this time.

Re: Introducing the Square Stand

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Post by gerbil » Wed, May 22, 2013, 3:34 AM UTC

csmattryder wrote: post #60

gerbil wrote: post #17

Square should admit that their real purpose is to track the customer without their direct permission and sell the data to the highest bidder. Square is for morons who love Facebook profiling coz it's free.

You're new to Hacker News, but you're encouraged to 'show your working' here along with your comment. I welcome to see the data that Square is tracking purchases, and if it is, how is this any different to XYZ Supermarket's loyalty program/card, and how are they doing this without breaking any laws. (Oh, and they've handled $15bn in transactions, sans Starbucks, I doubt they need the moolah!)

What do you mean by show I am working? Projects? Love to, how?

As for comparing Square to loyalty cards, I have to give actual consent to the card issuer, with Square, they track me as a customer without permission or consent just because the merchant has done a deal with them.

Re: Introducing the Square Stand

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Post by gerbil » Fri, May 24, 2013, 10:23 AM UTC

ryguytilidie wrote: post #59

adnrw wrote: post #52

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Green means they've recently registered

This explains a lot of misconceptions lately, haha, thanks.

What is your point exactly?

Re: Introducing the Square Stand

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Post by dang » Tue, May 15, 2018, 5:25 PM UTC

diasol wrote: post #34

evo_9 wrote: post #3

What an absolutely brilliant & simple move by Square. POS register systems are a huge, costly market and this is an incredibly attractive option, esp at that price - talk about disruption! Nice job guys!

Groupon already does this and cheaper http://breadcrumb.groupon.com/

The updated link is https://upserve.com/platform/restaurant-pos/

(The old link does not redirect, and we got an email asking us to update it.)