Dear Rubin,
You are a GOD! I was heavily engaged in tinapos, and thought it rocked.
I could (over) extend it to include this current application, particularly
the extensions you mentioned.
This is for a non profit (obviously :^) summer activity here in "Scary
Barre" if I can pull it off.
Thanks and stay tuned... If tragic can be funny this may be hilarious!
Regards,
Flint
On Wed, 14 May 2008, Rubin Bennett wrote:
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:53:41 -0400
From: Rubin Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: A friend in need...
Ugh... bad netiquette replying to myself... fifty lashes...
Check out OpenBravo POS: http://www.openbravo.com/product/pos/
Openbravo is the new incarnation of TinaPOS, which looked cool and then
died a while back.
Also when I search Sourceforge, I tend to sort on 'last file' date to
weed out projects that have languished on the SF servers for years with
no updates.
Rubin
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 11:44 -0400, Rubin Bennett wrote:
Not free, but may fit what you're looking for:
http://www.merchantos.com/sign-up/
More generic options:
http://sourceforge.net/search/?words=point+of
+sale&type_of_search=soft&pmode=0&words=%22point+of+sale%
22&Search=Search
There are a number of pieces to keep in mind when deploying a point of
sale solution:
Inventory
Sales
Registers/ cash drawers
Back office functionality
Services: How to charge for Tune-ups/ overhauls, etc. Also how to do
things that have 'recipes', like changing a flat: Labor rate Plus
part(s).
My very first network (back in 1995) was a Bicycle shop POS system, back
in the bad old days of WFW3.11 and LANTastic (oh, the horror!). I used
Checkpoint (a fairly ugly but functional POS system based on FoxPro, and
we also used Bike-a-log for cataloging parts and ordering. I was the
service manager of the shop and my boss and his wife needed a new
network set up in the new, 15,000 square foot store we were building.
We had wands for scanning barcodes, barcode printers, 4 registers, a
receiving workstation, a server, and 4 backoffice workstations. I had
no freakin' idea what I was doing back then, but I got it working.
If you need help I may be able to offer some guidance; I do love my
bicycles (just bought my first bike in 14 years... a Cannondale Rush 5L!
Now I just need to get out and ride the damn thing :)
Rubin
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 10:55 -0400, Paul Flint wrote:
Greetings List Lurkers,
Does anyone out there have any recommendations for software to operate a
Bicycle Rental and Repair store? Some of the requirements include:
1. Standard Point of Sale
2. Rental Form
3. Reservation via web
These are notional and I am currently thinking flexibility.
Maybe Sugar CRM?
Regards,
Flint
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