[Board] Square Register

[Nancy Gulley]

Does  Square have any idea as to how soon they might have a solution?
Nanc

On Friday, April 1, 2016, <stardot at comcast.net> wrote:

>
>  All -
> (I know it is April 1 but this is not an April Fool's prank.) I have been
> working to set up Square Register and have gone through almost all of the
> necessary setup. In many ways, I like it much better than QuickBooks POS
> and I was planning to implement it at Docks In. I have been testing sales
> using  small amounts of money and that all worked fine, but yesterday I was
> caught off guard by what may be an important issue. It seems that Square
> sells things only in unit quantities - you can't sell a fraction of an
> item. This makes it difficult to sell 14.7 gallons of gas. We can easily
> sell in units of 1/10 of a gallon, 147 tenth gallons instead of  14.7
> gallons, but this means the price per gallon would always be multiples of a
> dime (18 cents per tenth gallon would  be $1.80 per gallon, 19 cents per
> tenth gallon would be $1.90 per gallon, etc. and you can't make a price
> with fractions of a penny). Another option, probably better, would be to
> sell the whole  gallons at the desired price per gallon and enter any
> tenths as a separate item. Square says they are working on it, lots of
> businesses want to hook up a scale or sell in fractions of a pound, but for
> today a fraction of a unit is not a feature.
>
> I need some feedback - do you consider this to be a dealbreaker?
> QuickBooks POS is still fully functional. Rounding the price per gallon up
> or down a penny or two would not be a big deal, and we don't have so many
> fuel sales that entering two line items would be a huge hassle, but either
> way is less than optimal. Please let me know  your thoughts.
> Doyle
>
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