Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register

Re:Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register by coffee on Friday February 08, 2013 @01:58PM (#5189493)

The Square register was a huge flop with most merchants (though they are addressing these issues with more recent updates). Most merchants I've interviewed that use an iPad as a POS solution have tried it, and dumped it for something that actually met their needs. Again, they are addressing these issues, but that was the feedback I received less than 6 months ago.

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Re:Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register by specialist on Friday February 08, 2013 @04:15PM (#5190191)

Anecdotally:

I've eaten at local places that used Square. I have no idea if they're happy customers.

I've seen increased use of Square at our local public farmers markets. The guy I buy my beef from loves his. It's lower initial cost, higher transaction cost, and super easy to use.

(I support any disruption that eats into the VISA/MasterCard/Etc oligarchy.)

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Re:Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register by WrkInProgress on Friday February 08, 2013 @03:42PM (#5190004)

Can you expand on why it was such a flop with merchants ?

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Re:Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register by coffee on Friday February 08, 2013 @03:56PM (#5190093)

Sorry, I don't have much info other than it didn't have the critical features they needed in order for it to be useful. The details of those features I never asked about. What I can tell you is that I mainly spoke with cafes, restaurants and other food service related merchants. Only spoke with a handful of retail merchants... Hope that helps!

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