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POS-ABILITIES
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H-P Offers ZERO % Financing, E-Commerce, Technology Could Help
Increase Sales |
VOL. 2
Febuary 2009 |
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 Welcome to Pos-abilities!
Vendors supplying their own
version of 'Economic Stimulus'!
These days when it seems that all the companies
offering 'credit terms' are running for the hills, a handfull
of the leaders are actually giving more. Both of these
offers apply to any Point of Sale package, Laptops and
Printers.
Hewlett-Packard announced on Thursday 2 new
Finance/Leasing packages for all business types.
The first option may be the most popular with our
customers. ZERO% financing for 12 months and $1 Buyout
at the end. You may think that there must
be a catch. An offer this good, can't be true.
But it is!
For the life of your technology. For the good of your business.
The economy has slowed, but the demands on your business haven't.
Large and small companies alike are finding it harder to make the
financial commitments needed to enhance or even maintain IT
infrastructures. While the temptation is to make quick fixes, the
fact is, such fixes sacrifice business performance and ultimately
increase long-term costs.
12 MONTHS, SAME-AS-CASH
HP Financial
Services can help in a way that you may not have considered. We can
help you invest in your business while preserving precious capital.
For a limited time only, get the technology your business needs and
the flexibility you deserve with our 12 months, 0% a same-as-cash
option for ownership.
Offer details
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Same-as-cash, 0% lease financing for 12 months w/ $1 buyout
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Available to commercial customers only
· Qualifying
transactions
- In the United States, transactions between
$1500 USD and $150,000 USD
- In Canada, transactions
between $5000 CAD and $150,000 CAD
· Qualifying equipment
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Not all HP products are eligible for 0% lease rate
- Laptops,
Desktops, Workstations and Monitors-includes Smart Buy equipment
only
- Printers, Scanners & Multifunction-includes commercial
printing hardware with the exclusion of HP Indigo, HP Signage
(Scitex) and HP Halo technology
- Industry Standard Servers and
Blades-includes HP ProLiant servers and blades2
- Business
Critical Servers-includes HP Integrity Blades BL860, BL870; HP
Integrity 2600, 3600, and 6600 series2
- Storage-includes HP
StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays, HP StorageWorks Enterprise
Virtual Arrays, HP StorageWorks All-in-One systems, HP ProLiant
storage servers, and HP StorageWorks Commercial Nearline Tape
Systems2
- Networking-includes HP ProCurve Networking2
- Ink,
Toner, Paper, Service and Care Pack Services are not eligible for
special promotion.
2ND OFFER - 36 MONTH LEASE OPTION
HP Financial Services can help in a way that you may not have
considered. We can help you invest in your business while
preserving precious capital. For a limited time only, get the
technology your business needs and the flexibility
and affordability you deserve with our 36 months, 0% lease
rate. Offer details · 0% lease rate for 36 months with FMV
purchase option1 · Available to commercial customers only ·
Qualifying transactions- In the United States,
transactions between $1500 USD and $150,000 USD - In Canada,
transactions between $5000 CAD and $150,000 CAD · Qualifying
equipment - Not all HP products are eligible for 0% lease
rate - Laptops, Desktops, Workstations and Monitors - includes
Smart Buy equipment only - Printers, Scanners &
Multifunction-includes commercial printing hardware with the
exclusion of HP Indigo, HP Signage (Scitex) and HP Halo
technology - Industry Standard Servers and Blades-includes HP
ProLiant servers and blades - Business Critical Servers-includes
HP Integrity Blades BL860, BL870; HP Integrity 2600, 3600, and 6600
series - Storage-includes HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Arrays,
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays, HP StorageWorks
All-in-One systems, HP ProLiant storage servers, and HP StorageWorks
Commercial Nearline Tape Systems - Networking-includes HP
ProCurve Networking - Ink, Toner, Paper, Service and Care Pack
Services are not eligible for special promotion Call
(877) 627-0636 today to take advantage of this great offer. Don't
delay, this promotion ends April 30, 2009
In
addition to Hewlett-Packard, we have Special Financing in place with
Microsoft Finance and our selected Partners 'NorthStar
Leasing'. We can help you get the technology you need to
compete in todays tight
market.
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Technology, love or hate it, but use
it!
What is the difference between a
'Cash Register' and a 'Point of Sale System'?
There are many similarities and some times the cost
difference between the two may seem not worth the investment.
After all, you can go to your local Sam's Club or office supply
store and pick up a Cash Register for under $200.00, but what are
you getting? Actually not more than if you used a calculator
and hand written receipts. A Cash Register will keep track of
your total sales, hold the money you receive, print a receipt for
the customer and MAYBE give you some limited reports such as the
total of sales for a specific period or type of tender.
A Point of Sale (POS) system on the other hand is
a Computer Program that has been specifically
written to perform a certain type of job and for a certain
industry. POS systems are unique for Retail, Restaurants,
Salons, Services and other specialty markets. There are as
many differences in what they do, as there are in types of software
packages available. The right POS for your business depends on
several things.
First the nature of your business. Are you
considered Retail? Do you sell specific types of items in a
limited variety? Do you have many things the same except for
size, color or other attributes? Do you sell items that come
in pieces and could be a 'kit'? Do you have Age Restricted items?
There are an unlimited number of questions, each unique to how you
do business.
Are you focused on Food? Is your business
primarily Carry Out or Quick Service? Are you more Fine Dining
than sit down service, full bar and maybe even entertainment?
Do you want to allow customers to Order on Line? Do you offer
Delivery? Again, unlimited choices that are unique to your
establishment.
So once you have decided what your business is, how do
you decide what you need for a Point of Sale system? And what can
you expect to get?
Any POS that you purchase should give
you the ability to run multiple reports and drill down to find out
what you're selling, when you're selling it (time of day to assist
in effective scheduling), who is selling it (your best sales
people), who your customers are, waste, distributor pricing, order
entry, journaling and much more. Hardware wise you must decide
on Touch or Non Touch. If you do retail and most of your items
are Bar Coded then you may be able to get by quite easily with a Non
touch system and a decent Bar Code reader. On the other hand
if you sell many items that are not Bar Coded or sell Food items
with modifiers- you will want a Touchscreen for SPEED and ease of
use. What about the computer? These days you have a
choice between Component and All-in-One systems. Components
are separate CPU and Monitor while an All-in-One is exactly that -
the CPU and the Monitor are joined as a single unit. Price
wise, the Component is less expensive, convenience wise, the
All-in-One offers simplified placement and ease of movement.
This is just a brief overview. Next time we'll get
into some of the other options.
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