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Chip reader requirements update

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles salon operations well

Budget is around $258/month. What would you suggest?
Tom Cook 👑 Master
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Jennifer Carter
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236 posts
Jun 26, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Emily Rodriguez
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211 posts
Jul 5, 2025
The waitlist feature is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Jonathan Taylor
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215 posts
Jul 8, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Tom Barnes
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226 posts
Jul 19, 2025
Check out the waitlist feature setting, that might help.
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Paul Graham
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217 posts
Aug 12, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Raymond Sullivan
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205 posts
Aug 21, 2025
For salon, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Jerry Stewart
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218 posts
Aug 22, 2025
This is why we switched to Oracle MICROS. No regrets.
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Laura Sanders
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221 posts
Aug 22, 2025
Had the same problem, support was very helpful when I contacted them.
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Benjamin Turner
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231 posts
Aug 28, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Emily Foster
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221 posts
Aug 29, 2025
Training took about 4 days for our staff.
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Dennis Perry
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215 posts
Sep 3, 2025
The appointment booking is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Frank Moore
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228 posts
Sep 8, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Mike Murphy
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226 posts
Sep 12, 2025
I've been using Windward Software for 8 months and it has been working well for us
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Tom Barnes
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226 posts
Sep 16, 2025
For salon, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Dennis Brown
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208 posts
Sep 20, 2025
Cost us about $149/month all in. Worth it.
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Jerry Stewart
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218 posts
Oct 2, 2025
I've been using Stax for 8 months and it has been working well for us
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Juan Rivera
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210 posts
Oct 8, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Kimberly Anderson
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207 posts
Oct 13, 2025
Cost us about $66/month all in. Worth it.
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Scott Anderson
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205 posts
Oct 18, 2025
For salon, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Frank Walker
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198 posts
Oct 20, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal
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