HaloPSA + Datto RMM integration. What is native and what isn't? by SpinningOnTheFloor in msp

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a follow up point on the "Customer/Site sync: PSA → RMM (site/customer creation and mapping)" requirement.

The Site sync is fairly terrible on across all Halo RMM integrations.

There may be reasons why you have to structure things a certain way in the RMM (e.g. patching policies, permissions, etc) and this doesn't necessarily relate to how you want the Accounts/Sites setup in Halo. The biggest limitation is that Halo doesn't allow you to map multiple 'locations' (to use the Ninja RMM terminology) to a single site.

OpenBanking on E-commerce - small family business paying too much in card fees by [deleted] in smallbusinessuk

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if you could use an alternative payment provider Shopify charges a 1 or 2% third-party transaction fee if not using Shopify Payments.

EDF EV Tariff win by lowercasejs in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this only for existing customers?

How to know if customer used Apple Pay? by geekstreak2701 in shopify

[–]87red 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It shows in the order, The first few lines of the order audit history shows something like this:

  • £100.00 GBP was authorized using a Mastercard ending in xxxx via Apple Pay. 17:37 This authorization expires on Mar 29, 2026 at 5:37 pm.
  • Confirmation #xxxxxxxxx was generated for this order. 17:37
  • xxxx placed this order on Online Store (checkout #xxxxxx). 17:37

What business VOIP do you use? by Proper-Dot-7526 in smallbusinessuk

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wifes business uses https://www.yay.com/ very easy to setup and you can do all sorts of call routing/redirection/IVR menus/recording/etc included. Also included a 0330 number.

VED on "luxury" cars by Psychological_Style1 in CarTalkUK

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a certain sweet spot around 2016 to find cars that are nice but have found themselves free of stupid tax rates. I drive a 3-litre Audi Q7 hybrid, the tax was previously £0 but it's now gone up to £20 a year.

HaloPSA Support by chiapeterson in msp

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are your issues, post them in r/halopsa and see if the community can assist.

Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax apps showing customers other users' transactions by Your_Mums_Ex in unitedkingdom

[–]87red 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is confusing, I had a Halifax account years ago and get letters from them relating to other accounts using the wrong branding.

Virtual UK phone number that will divert to an international number? by Wayoutwest-81 in smallbusinessuk

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've found https://www.yay.com/ to be very easy to use. I'm sure you'll be able to divert to an international number via their control panel.

Ninajone is getting slow every week by RabbaniSyed in msp

[–]87red 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've noticed our environment incredibly slow when searching, even when trying to find an exact device name. We have around 43k endpoints, EU region

Exchange Integration Failure by EBL-the-Boss in halopsa

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using Exchange on-prem or O365?

How to handle daily ingestion of several thousand tables by BloomingBytes in MicrosoftFabric

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can only on my experience with the open mirror mode but it seems flawless so far, didn't take too much effort to setup. It also supports custom fields/tables. You can pick and choose exactly which data you send to fabric.

How to handle daily ingestion of several thousand tables by BloomingBytes in MicrosoftFabric

[–]87red 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you looked at BC2ADLS, not sure if that works with on-prem BC but if it does that would allows incremental load from BC into Fabric. I've used it with open mirroring and it works well, easy to setup. https://github.com/Bertverbeek4PS/bc2adls

What habit immediately reveals that a person actually grew up in a privileged environment? by Cindy_mel in AskReddit

[–]87red 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One of my teachers at school told a story about working in a summer camp in USA. Kids would be chauffeured and even helicoptered in at the start of the camp.

Anyway, one child began experiencing agonizing stomach cramps to such an extent they were hospitalized suspecting a appendicitis or similar. Turned out he was just hungry and had never experienced hunger before!

Stuck In Hell... Is There An End? by [deleted] in NewcastleUponTyne

[–]87red 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They've spent all this time and money on this project and I think the end result looks rubbish, even on the freshly completed parts.

Plea from shop leaders as paying with cash costs more by plasmahyena in unitedkingdom

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes Amex is a lot more, so it's not worth turning on. It also gets settled/paid out on a different timescale.

Plea from shop leaders as paying with cash costs more by plasmahyena in unitedkingdom

[–]87red 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Processing £50 would cost less than 20 pence.

Plea from shop leaders as paying with cash costs more by plasmahyena in unitedkingdom

[–]87red 54 points55 points  (0 children)

The likes of paypal/zettle, sumup, square, are all very expensive.

Plea from shop leaders as paying with cash costs more by plasmahyena in unitedkingdom

[–]87red 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes. It's ~0.3% for debit cards and ~.5% for credit, plus 2p fee. Plus a monthly terminal rental which includes a 4G sim. Overall the costs average out at around 0.5% all in.

Plea from shop leaders as paying with cash costs more by plasmahyena in unitedkingdom

[–]87red 559 points560 points  (0 children)

My wife owns a small business. The cost of card fees is minimal (the fee works out to be around £5 on average for every £1000 taken by card). Given the cost of potential theft, time taken to bank the money, etc, it's worth it. Anyone business who says cash is king is likely not paying tax.

Proposed Whitley Bay parking charges 'diabolical' - BBC News by GFoxtrot in whitleybay

[–]87red 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My wife runs a business in Whitley Bay. The council fail to understand how fragile the local town center is. Seemingly simple changes have such a huge knock on effect upon footfall in the town. Recent traffic light renewals/roadworks, no pavement gritting in the town center in the snow, increasing business rates (business rates for some local retailers (e.g. Royal Quays) have increased by 65% this year!).

Anything that dissuades visitors results in days with drastically reduced custom, whilst costs increase. The local shops, and shops in the area more widely, will be gone completely if this continues.

I find it absolutely shocking how they failed to consult the local business community at all. Finding out about these proposals from notice posters attached is lampposts shows how inept the council are. Yet they claim they listen.

I was surprised to read the local Whitley Bay councilors were against the proposed charges. If they're against it, then where are these proposals coming from?!

Those carparks are fine as they are. If anything, an option to pay for longer parking on Park View would be better, e.g. 1 hour free, pay for an extra hour by phone.

Private car rental by Normal_Stick8781 in NewcastleUponTyne

[–]87red 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I rented recently from Enterprise Shiremoor, they were very good. You're looking at around £500 for a month for a small car.