POS systems in Yakima now available

You don't need to come over to the West side for a system. We are excited to have a POS professional as our associate. Central Washington is now covered from our Yakima POS and cash register office. Gary Swart has years of experience in the POS field right in the Yakima Valley.

You will find Gary is well versed in all applications of point of sale rather you need a system for a small market or a restaurant with online ordering and delivery. Our customers also enjoy our solutions are not tied to a specific credit card system. We are a POS dealer not a credit card provider and we let you use the merchant services that you want.

Give Gary a call at 509-961-1971 or toll free at 800-863-2274 to set up a demonstration or visit on on the web for more information regarding POS System Provider in Yakima.

POS - Back to the basics. Stopping the unknown silent partners.

What has changed about the initial purpose of the first Cash Register/POS to now? Nothing has changed at all, the first goal of a Cash Register/POS remains the same, stopping employee theft. That is why Mr Ritty invented the first cash register. He knew his bartenders were skimming and under reporting sales. What he started has evolved into modern day POS systems.

So many of today's end-users seem oblivious to the fact they will end up hiring a dishonest staff member. Sure, they will hire some awesome honest and loyal employees over the years but sadly they will encounter the bad ones too.

I can recall several cases where as the POS provider a disgruntled restaurant owner would contact me to let me know my system does not add up, miss-reports or otherwise is messed up. After meeting with the client it only takes a few minutes to identify the issue, they have a bad employee that is stealing.

Don't overlook these issues when selecting a provider and a solution. As an experienced provider I'm always amazed at the new solutions today that have zero security features. There are systems on the market today that don't report voids correctly, matter of fact it reports like the sale never happened. The problem is the sale did happen and the employee collected for the sale and voided it. Don't be naive it is going to happen to you, it is a matter of when not if.

This brings me to the pint of today's post. We recently installed a system in an establishment that was still using hand written tickets. After two months using Heartland Restaurant POS they were able to identify a server stealing thousands of dollars. It is an ugly side of our business but just remember when looking for a system get it from someone that understands the risk and will help you configure your system correctly.

And just to leave you with a dropped jaw, I have personally been involved in helping discover several internal thefts that resulted in over 100K being stolen from each establishment and dozens and dozens in the thousands of dollars.

Contact us at 800-863-2274 and we can help you select and implement a system. We will follow that up with support to ensure you get the most from your system and stop your unknown silent partners.

Free SAM4s cash register manuals and more

Our friends at the cash register guys have published a new page full of highly sought after tools and downloads for SAM4s cash register end-users. These tools include manuals, cable guides, software and software manuals.

To access these valuable tools visit the page SAM4s Cash Register resource page at the CRG.

The SAM4s SAP-530R in now integrated with Heartland Merchant Services

To maximize your credit card payment security you should always integrate your payments with a POS system with an out of scope interface. SAM4s and Heartland Payment Systems come together using the Datacap Tran Server and an Ingenico Pin Pad in an out of scope model. This protects the card data keeping you safe from hackers.

To find out more regarding Cash Registers and Credit Card security visit SAM4s Cash Registers 

Cash register vs POS system

Both a cash register and a POS system both have their place of course in the market. Where a cash register really shines is in a mom and pop operation and where you want to keep cost down. While POS systems can do everything under the sun you need to ask yourself, do you need everything under the sun, do you want to pay for everything under the sun?

So before you drop thousands for a POS system check out a commercial grade cash register. I think you might be surprised.

Call us at 1-800-863-2274 to find out more information.