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Unbelievable. You hijacked this thread from one of the legendary contributors to the Think Tank, who is deceased? Otis was a fine man. Why bring him into this?

Dewar's Pizza Bakery: The POS and online ordering system can be made to integrate like this. The card number is keyed and will be charged at that rate.

GimmeGrub_com: The cost for a credit card transaction is not dependent upon the batch it is in. Each transaction is priced individually. Swiped (card present) transactions have the lowest cost. When the card number is keyed you will always pay more for the transaction whether the number was...

FlagCityPizza: Chances are that your sales data will be totally incompatible with a new system. Did you have any success with turning back the date on your computer?

You can access a Foxpro database using Microsoft Access with an ODBC driver. The biggest question is what are you going to do with the data when you get it? I can’t think of much beyond your customer list that would have any value for you.

We would love to help you! Here is the Point of Success Roundtable address: http://www.posroundtable.com/wowbb/

Remember we also have a support forum at www.posroundtable.com. It would be faster to get help there than here!

You need to set up a gift card tender type. Go to Office Manager > Tools > Tender Types. If you don’t already have a gift card tender type, set it up. Next, assign the default gift card tender type. Go to Office Manager > Tools > Select the tender types. Select the gift card tender type in the...

Do you mean issue a gift card or turn on gift card processing? Turning on gift card processing is something you need to talk to Mercury about. It isn’t instant but it’s fast. To issue a gift card you need to set up a product code for activating a new gift card and another for reloading gift...

Maponics will do a map for $79 with digital delivery. You need to print it. www.maponics.com

I am a HUGE fan of incentive-based compensation. Incentive pay means that an employee is rewarded for doing what they are supposed to do rather than corrected for falling short. When they do better than average, they are compensated better than average. I big bonus is that you don’t need to...

I voted for 6 because it is far more readable than the script in the other versions. Your name is the most important marketing message. 6 says it best. 6 is not the prettiest, but the name is easier to read. One more tip: Mixed case is easier to read than ALL UPPERCASE. Why not combine the...

My vote is for Microsoft Publisher. It’s easy to do a marketing piece (brochure, post card, flyer and much more) using their Quick Publications templates. Nothing will make you an instant desktop publishing expert, but Publisher will let you use the skills you have to easily do attractive...

steveo922: Implementing a POS system can be one of the hardest things any business can do. It’s hard because everything changes - Orders are done differently, staff needs to be trained and problems are found along the way and need to be fixed. All the change can create a blinding level of...

But it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Avast! http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/wordpress/

No! What terrible news. I think we’ve all had the same experience with Otis. What a great guy. When I first heard that Otis’ pizzeria was in a trailer in Quartzsite Arizona I resolved to visit him. Quartzsite is on I-10 between Phoenix and Los Angeles. In February of this year I went through...

I responded to your other posting about credit card security, but I’ll do it here too because it’s such an important topic… Most of the rules governing credit card data security come from credit card associations. Here is a web site that will tell you everything you need to know...

Following up on my previous post, I ran across a simple list of things you can do to optimize your position on search results pages. The article is an interview with Matt Cutts, a Google engineer whose blog I have read for a long time. Here’s the link to the interview...

royster13: I’ve had this happen too, and it’s not just GoDaddy, it’s everywhere. If it’s available, buy it now.

GoDaddy has a good, simple, affordable page designer and hosting offer called “Website Tonight.” You get a 5 page site for $5 or less per month, you can also register your domain name with GoDaddy, and you can build your site with their online page editor. It’s very easy to do. As for “getting...