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Lease vs buy POS hardware?

🛒 Buying Advice 👁️ 2,978 views 💬 9 replies 📅 Sep 10, 2025
Hey everyone,

Lease vs buy POS hardware?

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

Thanks in advance!
Margaret Rivera 👑 Master
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James Mitchell
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221 posts
Sep 11, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Henry Martin
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196 posts
Sep 16, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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Dennis Brown
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208 posts
Sep 20, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Frances Russell
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212 posts
Oct 3, 2025
The bar recipes is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Harold Nguyen
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221 posts
Oct 9, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Jonathan Park
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Oct 22, 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
Nov 5, 2025
I've been using MarketMan for 23 months and it has been working well for us
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Amy Simmons
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226 posts
Nov 9, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Frank Walker
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198 posts
Nov 18, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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