Lease vs buy POS hardware?

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Sharing my experience in case it helps others.

We recently made some changes to our setup

Has anyone else seen this?

Catherine Kim 👑 Master

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Jessica Murphy

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Nov 14, 2025

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

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George Ramos

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238 posts

Nov 14, 2025

Had the same problem, support was frustrating when I contacted them.

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Willie Martinez

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217 posts

Nov 15, 2025

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

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Lauren Powell

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215 posts

Nov 16, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal

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Tom Barnes

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226 posts

Nov 16, 2025

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

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Jessica Price

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220 posts

Nov 16, 2025

Had the same problem, support was slow but eventually helpful when I contacted them.

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Maria Butler

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217 posts

Nov 17, 2025

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

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Helen Martinez

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Nov 20, 2025

I've been using POSIM for 10 months and it has been working well for us

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Amber Reed

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198 posts

Nov 20, 2025

Cost us about $120/month all in. Worth it.

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Elizabeth Mitchell

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203 posts

Nov 20, 2025

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

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Margaret Davis

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210 posts

Nov 21, 2025

Training took about 4 days for our staff.

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Sharon Richardson

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234 posts

Nov 24, 2025

Cost us about $60/month all in. Worth it.

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Carlos Hall

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192 posts

Nov 26, 2025

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

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Susan Johnson

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225 posts

Nov 27, 2025

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

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