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QB POS Software, worth the price? RobertM 01-28-2007
Posted by scfundogs on January 30, 2007, 2:22 pm
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> Thanks for all the replies. I spoke with Intuit and their POS software
> won't work with any other credit card processor except Intuit and their
> software won't work with my Nurit terminal. All charge card and check
> sales must be manually entered into their POS software, and that's what
> I'm doing now with QB2006 so there is no advantage to QBPOS unless all
> sales are cash. The sales person also seemed to lose all interest when
> I wasn't ready to buy today. I explained that these things take time
> and research. Whatever hardware and software is setup may be with me
> for a long time so it must be something that will work for my
> application.
>
> Bob

Huh. I happen to know of two retail stores using QB POS, possibly v5.0,
who are using their own cc machines with their own choice of merchants.
It may not be supported and the swiping & auth. of the card won't
automatically post in the computer but its a simple matter of manually
receiving payment in the system. Maybe they changed 6.0 to not allow
manual entry of a cc payment.
--
Tara


Posted by RobertM on January 30, 2007, 3:41 pm
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 scfundogs wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all the replies. I spoke with Intuit and their POS software
>> won't work with any other credit card processor except Intuit and
>> their software won't work with my Nurit terminal. All charge card and
>> check sales must be manually entered into their POS software, and
>> that's what I'm doing now with QB2006 so there is no advantage to
>> QBPOS unless all sales are cash. The sales person also seemed to lose
>> all interest when I wasn't ready to buy today. I explained that these
>> things take time and research. Whatever hardware and software is setup
>> may be with me for a long time so it must be something that will work
>> for my application.
>>
>> Bob
>
> Huh. I happen to know of two retail stores using QB POS, possibly v5.0,
> who are using their own cc machines with their own choice of merchants.
> It may not be supported and the swiping & auth. of the card won't
> automatically post in the computer but its a simple matter of manually
> receiving payment in the system. Maybe they changed 6.0 to not allow
> manual entry of a cc payment.

I am only stating what the Intuit sales rep told me. I have
not seen nor have I used QBPOS so I cannot say firsthand
what does or doesn't work. Their web site says the demo is a
1 hour download with DSL. Four hours into the download it
indicated there was still 4 hours and 55 minutes to go. I
aborted the download.

Bob

Posted by RobertM on January 30, 2007, 3:51 pm
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scfundogs wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all the replies. I spoke with Intuit and their POS software
>> won't work with any other credit card processor except Intuit and
>> their software won't work with my Nurit terminal. All charge card and
>> check sales must be manually entered into their POS software, and
>> that's what I'm doing now with QB2006 so there is no advantage to
>> QBPOS unless all sales are cash. The sales person also seemed to lose
>> all interest when I wasn't ready to buy today. I explained that these
>> things take time and research. Whatever hardware and software is setup
>> may be with me for a long time so it must be something that will work
>> for my application.
>>
>> Bob
>
> Huh. I happen to know of two retail stores using QB POS, possibly v5.0,
> who are using their own cc machines with their own choice of merchants.
> It may not be supported and the swiping & auth. of the card won't
> automatically post in the computer but its a simple matter of manually
> receiving payment in the system. Maybe they changed 6.0 to not allow
> manual entry of a cc payment.

It may also be that the Intuit sales rep is not familiar
with their product or else he was lacking in communication
skills and was unable to explain what their product does. In
any case, after speaking with him, my understanding is that
their product will not do the job that I want to do. Like I
mentioned, as soon as he knew I wasn't going to buy today,
he had no further interest in discussing their software. I
clearly got the message that he wished I end the call so I did.

Bob

Posted by Gary E on January 30, 2007, 4:23 pm
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Bob,

All of your comments are consistent with other folks who have contemplated
QBPOS. I'm glad you had the foresight to research it a little before going
down to a big box store and picking up their package.

Gary

> scfundogs wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for all the replies. I spoke with Intuit and their POS software
>>> won't work with any other credit card processor except Intuit and their
>>> software won't work with my Nurit terminal. All charge card and check
>>> sales must be manually entered into their POS software, and that's what
>>> I'm doing now with QB2006 so there is no advantage to QBPOS unless all
>>> sales are cash. The sales person also seemed to lose all interest when I
>>> wasn't ready to buy today. I explained that these things take time and
>>> research. Whatever hardware and software is setup may be with me for a
>>> long time so it must be something that will work for my application.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> Huh. I happen to know of two retail stores using QB POS, possibly v5.0,
>> who are using their own cc machines with their own choice of merchants.
>> It may not be supported and the swiping & auth. of the card won't
>> automatically post in the computer but its a simple matter of manually
>> receiving payment in the system. Maybe they changed 6.0 to not allow
>> manual entry of a cc payment.
>
> It may also be that the Intuit sales rep is not familiar with their
> product or else he was lacking in communication skills and was unable to
> explain what their product does. In any case, after speaking with him, my
> understanding is that their product will not do the job that I want to do.
> Like I mentioned, as soon as he knew I wasn't going to buy today, he had
> no further interest in discussing their software. I clearly got the
> message that he wished I end the call so I did.
>
> Bob



Posted by Laura on January 31, 2007, 9:28 am
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I would start by researching what POS systems work with your current Nurit
terminal. Many POS systems will create an import file for QB. Else you can
just do a manual daily/weekly sales journal entry keeping the POS as a stand
alone system. That's how we handled it at the liquor store that I support.

> Thanks for all the replies. I spoke with Intuit and their POS software
> won't work with any other credit card processor except Intuit and their
> software won't work with my Nurit terminal. All charge card and check
> sales must be manually entered into their POS software, and that's what
> I'm doing now with QB2006 so there is no advantage to QBPOS unless all
> sales are cash. The sales person also seemed to lose all interest when I
> wasn't ready to buy today. I explained that these things take time and
> research. Whatever hardware and software is setup may be with me for a
> long time so it must be something that will work for my application.
>
> Bob
>
>
> Jay B wrote:
>> i wouldnt do it.
>> look for companies that specialize in what your business does.
>> i've used a company like prism visual systems.
>> i think there website is prismvs.com
>> there are a number of others.
>>
>>
>> RobertM wrote:
>>> I'm currently using QB2006 Pro with excellent results as a financial
>>> package and just received the advertising from Intuit for POS
>>> software/hardware package. I have a small retail store with 500
>>> different inventory items and it's a big pain tracking inventory and
>>> marking up price stickers all the time. I'm considering POS software and
>>> I'd appreciate any comments on QB POS software and hardware,
>>> compatibility issues, etc. The QB POS package includes a credit card
>>> reader, but I'm already using a Nurit terminal with a service other than
>>> Intuit. Will that pose a problem? What about my Nurit check reader
>>> terminal? Will it interface with the POS hardware? Or does Intuit assume
>>> the user will process checks and credit cards through Intuit?
>>>
>>> Bob


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