Lease vs buy POS hardware?

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Quick question for the community:

We're trying to figure out the best approach for our cafe

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.

Raymond Ward 👑 Master

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Marcus Bradley

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223 posts

Aug 11, 2025

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

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Paul Murphy

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209 posts

Oct 11, 2025

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

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Carlos Jenkins

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257 posts

Oct 21, 2025

Cost us about $152/month all in. Worth it.

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Heather Brooks

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202 posts

Nov 8, 2025

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

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