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Stores / Re: POS software for your store
« on: December 27, 2013, 10:04:35 AM »
I was talking to another thrift store owner who has a couple of shops in neighboring towns. She did use a POS system, but her employees spent more time getting the POS right than actually stocking shelves or helping customers. In this business, you can't just put up generic categories and let it go like you can in a restaurant or even a store like WalMart.. Our inventory changes DAILY. I use OpenCart as a generic way to keep my sales tax in order. I have very basic items like $.50 toy, $1 toy, $5 toy.. etc. If someone orders a big ticket item, I just add up the amounts in that category to equal my subtotal. The system figures the tax and I'm done. I have a couple of log ins so that I can see if I process a sale, or my wife. When I get employees, I just add them to the system. While it's true, I don't know exactly what I'm selling every day, but I don't know EXACTLY what I have in stock at any given time either.
The only downside to my system that I've found is the lack of theft protection. But I'm a pretty trusting guy. Don't have a need to solve that yet.
The only downside to my system that I've found is the lack of theft protection. But I'm a pretty trusting guy. Don't have a need to solve that yet.