Re:Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register
by jonknee on Saturday February 09, 2013 @11:29AM
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Isn't that the same as any coupon? Why not set up a "Groupon Coupon" that applies a $100 discount. It should end up with the sales tax at the end like you need.
Re:Cube (YC W12) Goes Deeper Than Your Standard iPad Register
by ricardobeat on Saturday February 09, 2013 @03:41AM
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I don't think customers are expecting that. I wouldn't.
One little quirk is that Groupon does NOT collect sales tax, so we're required to collect tax at the time of redemption.
We need our POS system to handle a payment of type "Groupon" for $X and then a second payment for $Y.
So - for example - if a product is $100 and tax is 5% (total due: $105), we need the total due to show as $105 (naturally), then apply the Groupon payment of $100 and show a balance due of $5, to be paid by credit card or cash.
Last I checked Square register doesn't support this, Shopkeep doesn't support this, and a few others I checked don't either. It's not rocket science - just the ability to accept 2 or more payments for each sale (Groupon + cash or Groupon + credit card) and have the balances get calculated correctly.