Black Friday POS deals?

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Hey everyone,

Black Friday POS deals?

I'm running a cafe in Boston, MA and looking for advice. We currently have been looking at different options. Any recommendations or experiences to share?

Thanks in advance!

Jerry Stewart 👑 Master

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Sharon Walker

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Sep 29, 2025

I've been using Lightspeed Restaurant for 22 months and it has been working well for us

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Heather Brooks

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Oct 1, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Jessica Campbell

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Oct 1, 2025

Check out the mobile ordering setting, that might help.

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Amber Reed

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Oct 3, 2025

Training took about 3 days for our staff.

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Kevin Robinson

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Oct 4, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Amber Reed

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Oct 10, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Diane Myers

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Oct 12, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Eric White

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Oct 15, 2025

I've been using iQmetrix for 23 months and it has been working well for us

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Heather Stewart

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Oct 16, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Siriusware, it has been working well for us

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Maria Butler

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Oct 17, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Diana Brooks

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Oct 25, 2025

For cafe, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Rebecca Foster

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Nov 3, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was updating the firmware

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Sharon Rivera

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Nov 9, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Laura Jackson

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Nov 9, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Apricot by Square, it has been working well for us

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Laura Jackson

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Nov 10, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was updating the firmware

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Michelle Reed

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Nov 20, 2025

For cafe, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Elizabeth Green

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Nov 20, 2025

Training took about 3 days for our staff.

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Chris Green

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Nov 27, 2025

Cost us about $59/month all in. Worth it.

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