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Multipurpose POS

Pinay Mommy — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:44:23 +0000

How would you like it if you can build long term relationships with your clients by providing great service because you have a way to record certain facts that can tell you what products will most likely be saleable to him or her? You can reward certain customers who have bought the most for the month for example by giving them specific discounts on items they are likely to buy since you have a record of the his or her buying habit. At the same time, you can track all your items with all the details, even with matching photo of each product. You do not have to count the actual item because you have your inventory automatically tallied. At the end of the day you can already know how much you sold with complete report on all all possible details you need.

With Quickbook POS, time has been cut short substantially that you make it easier for customers to be satisfied. With Intuit Quickbooks point of sale you can do everything within one screen from the start of the day till the close of the store. No longer do you have to make the buyers wait long just to be able to get your credit card authorization and when something does not connect you will have to do the manual process again, unlike the new technology where one swipe and everything you need will be under your fingertips. Another good thing about it is it backs up the data automatically every day.

With this system, gone are the days of manually punching in the prices (although that has already been solved with most, if not all, POS systems. Since every data you need is in one place plus the backup copy, all you have to do is print a report of everything you need. All you have to take care of is to have your cashiers trained to take care of your employees who in turn take care of your clients.

Closing the Cash Drawer

Pinay Mommy — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:55:32 +0000

When I was hired as a cashier before, our supervisor told us that we should keep in mind that after every transaction, we must close the cash drawer. This is so to prevent theft and because we were still using the old cash registers. That was 11 years ago.

Today, if you forget to close your cash drawer, are red sign flashes on your screen, so the cashier is immediately reminded. Aside from that, they are automatically recorded on your supervisor’s computer. So even if she/he is not looking, she/he can reprimand you for that. Think about how little things go high-tech nowadays!

Organizing Wires

Pinay Mommy — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:42:51 +0000

There are just so many wires in the house because of the many gadgets and appliances that we have. I really think that we should position them strategically so that we can gather the wires together and stash them in a wire loom.

That way, everything will look neat and tidy and not cluttered. It is really difficult when wires intertwine because when you remove one, you will have to untangle everything and it is hard to do so. You just might wonder how they got entangled so badly in the first place. But well these things happen even to the best of us.

It would take a PhD to untangle and sort this mess. Maybe I should go to go to electrician school!

Something to Consider

Pinay Mommy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:22:17 +0000

When you have many loved ones, you are thinking of the many things that they would like. You would like to buy these things for them for you know that these will be useful or that these will be highly appreciated.

One of the newest gadgets that I am considering to look for nowadays is the black berry playbook. While the iPad is nice, it is just too expensive. But I have been wondering about the Blackberry counterpart. For sure they will price it much lower than the iPad in order to compete with this famous gadget. But how low will they go? I hope I will be happy with the price that they will set.

Manny Pacquiao’s HP Veer Commercial

Pinay Mommy — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:00:04 +0000

Manny Pacquiao have really leveled up not only in his boxing career but also in his commercial endorsements. When I saw Manny Pacquiao Nike commercial I was really awed but when I saw his HP Veer commercial, I was like “Awesome!”

HP Veer Manny Pacquiao Commercial

If you know the history of Manny’s life, you would be amazed. He may not be fluent in English but he does try his very best in what he do. That is why it’s no brainer if he will have more successful commercial endorsements in the future from big companies.

Problem Unsolved

Pinay Mommy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:51:32 +0000

Yesterday, I blogged about how my PC crashed and how it prevented me from accessing the internet. I also shared to you my idea of booting my PC from the USB connector.

Well, to make this long story short, the USB booting didn’t work. I think the USB connection was not powerful enough to get the job done. It was a total failure. So, I gave my 250GB hard disk drive to my husband a.k.a. BELLA last night, so that he could copy all my important files today. Unfortunately, he was not able to find any SATA cable therefore he wasn’t able to do a backup copy.

So now, I am still using my husband’s reliable HDD for his laptop. And I think I have no choice but to buy a SATA cable when payday comes!

Anyway, I wish that it’s easy to fix computer problems just like giving a tap to hand dryers at public bathrooms if they don’t work. But PCs are tough, you need to be logical and patient in solving problems.It could take days if you will try to fix it by yourself and only hours if you pay a technician. Hayz…so I say…the saga continues…

My PC Crashed!

Pinay Mommy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:01:52 +0000

First, I had viruses all over my PC. It took me months until I finally decided to reformat it. Then, just a few days ago, a brown out struck our neighborhood bring down my PC again. So, I have no choice but to reformat again so that I could supply the missing files that was stored in my hard drive and was corrupted by the power failure. After a reformat, it went well for few minutes. I shut it down so that I can attach my other (backup) hard drive back. Unfortunately, it didn’t turned on again. At first, I thought my monitor was damaged but when my husband checked, it was doing fine. Now guess how a blogger by profession felt when all memories and important files were lost! Not only that, how tiring it is to download and reinstall programs again!

So, I have no choice but to think of ways on how I can access the internet. So thanks to my husband’s idea. I am accessing the internet now using my his new laptop hard drive. He was supposed to replace his laptop’s hard drive but since I was not able to access my means of living, he lend it to me temporarily. So, I immediately partitioned and installed Windows XP and some other programs to it. I was able to finish around three in the morning! That was desperation in action.

Since I don’t have an additional SATA cable, I needed to wait for my hubby to come home tonight. I need his USB adapter from his external drive so that I can boot using his laptop hard drive through USB and attached my other back-up hard disk drive on my SATA cable. There I could transfer my files into his laptop drive and once done, I will partitioned and reformat my backup hard drive to become my PC’s master drive. Good bye 80GB! Hello 250GB!

Anyway, it seems to be that fixing a PC is complicated but when you are faced with grave threat to your money making machine. Well, you have no choice but ask for help and dig on your stored knowledge to help your PC get back into business. It was like how a body builder work his butt out on a dip station just to get those dream abs! Oh well, I just hope it will do well tonight. I hope my master plan works. Wish me luck tonight!

Broken LCD Screen *

Pinay Mommy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:19:42 +0000

Long time ago, I was really hoping to buy an external hard drive and an additional sd card for my digital camera. I wanted to have additional space for my downloaded images, digital scraps and pictures taken.

Unfortunately, I was in for a big surprise. Just last month, I have discovered that my digital camera’s LCD screen was broken. At first, we can still take pictures even without a preview from the LCD but after a few days, we couldn’t take pictures anymore. I decided to bring it to a Kodak Service Center but they can’t cater me since I bought mine at SM Appliance last March 2008. Aside from that, SM Appliance could not attend to me since I lost my proof of purchase.

Anyway, I decided to look for an LCD replacement online but it led mo to an international seller. If I will buy from him, the cost will be enough for a new digital camera. So, I guess I should save up and buy a new one instead of an LCD replacement if that is the case. What do you think?

Personalized Holiday Gift Ideas!

Pinay Mommy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:31:00 +0000

In my previous post, I mentioned that Christmas is just around the corner and every child is looking forward to that day and even the big people in the house. No one can deny that deep inside our heart we long to receive gifts even how small it is as long as it comes from the heart.

Since people are more into the digital world, it would really be nice to give and even receive technological gadgets such as wooden USB flash drives, digital camera, Bluetooth USB dongle, business card flash drives or a personalized thumb drives. These items are just few of those that make a perfect Christmas gift in this day and age.

Anyway, I heard that Pexagon is having an awesome discount sale on their personalized gift items. They are offering a whopping 20% off on all personalized holiday gifts such as personalized pens, wooden USB flash drives, business card flash drives and personalized thumb drives.

Their wooden USB flash drives are available in 2BG and 4GB capacities. Their sides can be customized using laser engraving and are available in two color choices. Their business card flash drives can be a perfect gift for your boss. It looks like a business card but has a small USB cable with a capacity of 2GB in which the front side can be engrave with personalized notes up to three lines. So as their personalized pens and thumb drives can be laser engraved, all for FREE!

So, if you’re planning to give your boss or techy friends some cool personalized digital stuff, don’t forget to drop by at www.pexagontech.com and avail their 20% off!

Refurbished Equipments

Pinay Mommy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:46:00 +0000

My first real job was cashiering in a famous department store chain in Cagayan de Oro. I was assigned in almost all departments that sells from small ticket items such as school supplies to as big as living room sets. From this experience, I was able to gain knowledge in transacting credit cards using a POS system or manually calling the companies.

Anyway, I noticed that big companies sell their POS equipments every now and then even though they are not yet broken. They do this as a way of constantly upgrading their equipments. Some companies like www.visionpos.com buy these old ones and transform them into refurbished ones. A refurbished point of sale equipment still functions just like the brand new ones but of course cheaper and much more affordable.

While big companies may have the liberty to change and upgrade almost every year, small companies and those that are still in the start-up phase are considering refurbished POS equipment. This helps them save money and also lower the capital requirements for business assets.

Even I myself buy refurbished gadgets; I do believe that we don’t have to pay a big amount for the same functionality. Besides, refurbished equipments can last long just like new ones. It all depends on how one uses it.