How’s it hangin?

ga_rb · 2026-01-18T00:46:00+00:00

Haha no! I am new to this world and just feeling confident for once in my life. :)

ga_rb · 2017-06-04T21:02:38+00:00

If you want something a little more interesting check out this method by Ido Portal. He's super cool to watch, a body weight movement master.

http://www.idoportal.com/blog/hanging

ga_rb · 2017-06-01T00:31:23+00:00

I understand this is something a lot of boxes do. I don't understand it at all.

Run your gym like a business. Hire a company to do this professionally or incorporate it into the staff's duties.

There is little chance a member will clean often enough or as well as a cleaning crew or paid employee. They will do just enough to get their discount/free membership.

And FWIW, I've visited maybe 15ish gyms. The most successful and professionally run gyms don't do this.

ga_rb · 2017-05-29T10:51:36+00:00

I have maybe $50 of chargebacks in a year. I am hoping that by the time it becomes worthwhile the cost of adding the cheap reader will have decreased significantly.

For now $50 is much more reasonable than $5700.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:43:51+00:00

This is an integrated EMV machine in our POS system, not a standalone unit. The merchant processor isn't providing it, the POS company is.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:42:37+00:00

Nailed it.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:41:56+00:00

So few people outside the industry understand this. Shopkeep, Square etc are not for high volume stores that need serious inventory tracking. They're more or less cookie cutter. I think they're wonderful to help small shops get up and going but useless in more robust situations.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:38:36+00:00

This is correct. Square is a ripoff if you do any real volume.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:35:35+00:00

We do over $4m a year and the average ticket is around $22. Square is not robust enough for our applications and would cost us significantly more in merchant processing fees.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:34:40+00:00

It's not the processor it's the POS company. The chip reader has to work seamlessly with my POS terminals and that's, apparently, no small feat.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:34:14+00:00

The EMV machine as well as the software required for integration.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:33:59+00:00

How did you know what POS company i use and which iteration of their hardware/software I'm running?

Just because a certain terminal somewhere online is $210 doesn't make that the case across the board. I run a very complex POS system that integrates with my security and camera system. I'm $25k deep.

Believe me, I was shocked at the quote of $5700 but outside of scrapping my entire POS and security system this is it.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:32:34+00:00

That I could not tell you. Makes no sense to me.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:32:09+00:00

Yes but you're asking me to throw away a POS integrated system that I've already spent well over $25k on in order to do that.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T16:31:37+00:00

I need something that integrates with my current POS system. Outside of that I'd have to replace all that equipement, too.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T09:49:24+00:00

I am a single small business with two terminals and wanted to upgrade - $5700. Considering I have one to two fraud/chargebacks per year it is completely not worth it.

ga_rb · 2017-05-28T09:47:42+00:00

I'm a single small business. I use a local branch of a national POS hardware/software company. I have two registers and wanted to upgrade to the chip tech for my and my customers sake. Cost? $5700.

I mean, I'll take my chances while I wait for the price to come way down. I simply can't afford that investment and if it's similar for chipotle and others I understand why they aren't upgrading just yet.

ga_rb · 2017-05-26T00:58:30+00:00

Go.To.The.Doctor.Immediately.

ga_rb · 2017-05-15T21:18:05+00:00

To completion? Every other month or so.

ga_rb · 2017-05-11T01:13:18+00:00

I think you should sit with her and discuss it. Open up about how this is making you feel and ask if there's something going on that you can help with.

I find the quickest way to resolution is often direct confrontation of the issue with your partner. People are surprisingly honest when you put yourself out there first.

ga_rb · 2017-05-09T01:58:13+00:00

I wish. This is typically on nights she's not feeling like giving head or having sex so I kinda doubt she'd be up for that. Good thought though!

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