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What to look for in a general POS

🛒 Buying Advice 👁️ 3,969 views 💬 23 replies 📅 Jul 5, 2025
Quick question for the community:

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

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.
Raymond Wilson 👑 Master
1,480 points • Member since Aug 2025

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Frances Chen
👑 Master
220 posts
Jul 6, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Patrick Lee
👑 Master
196 posts
Jul 22, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Harold Reed
👑 Master
227 posts
Jul 31, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Hike POS, it has been working well for us
Karen Lewis
👑 Master
213 posts
Aug 13, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
Harold Mitchell
👑 Master
213 posts
Sep 17, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Jennifer Carter
👑 Master
236 posts
Sep 20, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Eric Coleman
👑 Master
219 posts
Sep 29, 2025
Training took about 3 days for our staff.
Megan Foster
👑 Master
195 posts
Oct 1, 2025
Training took about 2 days for our staff.
Sandra Taylor
👑 Master
237 posts
Oct 2, 2025
The receipt customization is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Kenneth Ramos
👑 Master
200 posts
Oct 4, 2025
For general, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Peter Stewart
👑 Master
228 posts
Oct 15, 2025
Had the same problem, support was excellent when I contacted them.
Nancy Jenkins
👑 Master
211 posts
Oct 16, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Carol Reed
👑 Master
228 posts
Oct 20, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Hike POS, it has been working well for us
Frances Russell
👑 Master
212 posts
Oct 22, 2025
I've been using Stax for 24 months and it has been working well for us
Susan Moore
👑 Master
207 posts
Oct 24, 2025
I've been using Talech for 17 months and it has been working well for us
Carol Reed
👑 Master
228 posts
Oct 24, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Peter Stewart
👑 Master
228 posts
Oct 28, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Jack Hall
👑 Master
224 posts
Nov 1, 2025
Cost us about $133/month all in. Worth it.
Lauren Howard
👑 Master
222 posts
Nov 1, 2025
I've been using Cumulus Retail for 22 months and it has been working well for us
Rebecca Foster
👑 Master
218 posts
Nov 4, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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