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Lease vs buy POS hardware?

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Hey everyone,

Lease vs buy POS hardware?

I'm running a restaurant in San Jose, CA and looking for advice. We currently have been looking at different options. Any recommendations or experiences to share?

Thanks in advance!
Rebecca OBrien 👑 Master
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Eugene Rogers
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224 posts
Jul 9, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Laura Sanders
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221 posts
Aug 4, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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Scott Adams
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238 posts
Aug 8, 2025
Training took about 1 days for our staff.
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Kevin Robinson
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214 posts
Aug 11, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Willie Martinez
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217 posts
Sep 30, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Chris Perez
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171 posts
Oct 9, 2025
I've been using Lightspeed Restaurant for 14 months and it has been working well for us
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Chris Wood
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247 posts
Oct 10, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Epos Now, it has been working well for us
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Jessica Campbell
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232 posts
Oct 13, 2025
For restaurant, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Luis King
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228 posts
Oct 23, 2025
Cost us about $147/month all in. Worth it.
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Laura Jackson
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194 posts
Nov 3, 2025
Training took about 1 days for our staff.
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