Square chip reader and working with parkinson's

I have a motor tremor in my hands and find it hard to insert the chip card into the reader.  i was thinking of inserting the card into the reader and then inserting it into my ipad  is this feasible.  and then i was thinking of getting the 49.00 reader  since there is a slot for the whole card and that might solve my problem of inserting the card  does anyone have the 49 reader and how do they like it

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  • The weighted optional base for the chip read slides in and there is a cap that holds it in. Go to the main Squareup.com website for POS. I have all inventory, send electronic receipts, it gives you hourly, daily, weekly, compared to year before sales charts. Tax options so I can just print out how much I owe, etc. tells me my top sellers, everything. I was doing that all manually before. Just gave me back countless paperwork hours.
  • what little slide in piece are you talking about and what is square's pos system

  • Ps, that little slide in piece on the base can be tricky for people with hand problems, I just leave it off as do my friends.
  • I love the chip reader with base. It stays in place on my checkout counter. It takes about 4 hours to fully charge and it has gone 10 hours with no problems. I re entry switched to Square's POS system and also the loyalty points. I have had excellent response from my face-to-face customers. I am waiting for their e-newsletter to be tweaked a little more and hope to move it all over to Square shortly. No more this provider for this, that provider for that.
  • I don't know what would be considered a lot of transactions- I looked, and my last show my square transactions were 35 transactions over 2 days and one evening, the show before that was 61 transactions over 3 days.

    I have never noticed my ipad lower than about 70% and my $49 reader always seems to be full.

    We do turn off the ipad in between some of the sales.

    Last summer I was at a 4 day show where it was on from 10-8 each day. Never saw any depletion.  I'm not sure why nothing seems to run down for me. Of course I'm recharging everything each night.

    I think my husband feels that by turning off the ipad we are saving the square battery, but that is just a guess.

  • Does anyone know if the bluetooth reader battery life is used up more with more transactions or is it just how long it is in use regardless of the # of transactions?

  • We also have the $49 reader and it has been very reliable and easy to use.  The battery life is extremely long and we haven't had to recharge even after 2 shows.  Worth the money. 

  • double yeh

  • thanks i ordered the 49 reader and dock and have a generator i will use till i get a backup battery  fig i will have customer insert card if i have a problem   i only have one more show this year  yeh   

  •   The $49 card reader should be much better for you.  I usually give the reader to the customer to insert the card and remove the card. Warning, it does have a battery and must be charged.  Just in case I forget to charge, which is often with me,  I also carry a small portable charger.    I

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