[Board] Square Register

[Dick Blidberg]

I think we should be able find a way to work around the issue.  If the 
system has other benefits that make the POS change worthwhile. e.g.: 
might just charge fuel X.X gallons as a single unit at a total cost.

On 4/1/2016 11:15 AM, 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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