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video store
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:41 pm
by Jordan Morley
Just to let dale know his software rocks. Nnow a question could this be used in a video store?
If not what "FREE" software is out there?
Tracking
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:03 pm
by daleadmin
Jordan Morley,
My POS software will allow you to ring up video rentals but it will not track the videos as they are checked out and returned.
Dale
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:15 pm
by Jordan Morley
ok. what can this software be used for. I don't own a store yet but i want to soon.
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:40 am
by IAN
well i first thought of being able to scan each video with own barcode then return it... then if you return it the money comes back in then thought of that having the video as 0.00 price then adding the rental as another code.. but i am unsure how you can track diferent barcodes to your customers and return them and send to someone else...
by doing it the second way you can have offers like rent 2 get 3rd half price or so
apart from that im stumped, but what we should remember that this software turns a pc in to a purley a cash register with scanning and inventory databases etc etc
may be dale hase something else he built that could work for you to track the videos to the customers
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:25 am
by Jordan Morley
well any free pos software out there to meet my needs. FREE
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:00 pm
by IAN
not realy just a till.. what you want is some thing like for tracking and booking in and out the pos would be seperate.. think of a place where that happens every day,, i give you a clue it has lots of books and "sshh" signs in the readers corner!
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:36 pm
by Andrew
Jordan,
The only thing that springs to mind is Lexifile from
http://www.lex.sk.ca - their DOS version is free now but it is more geared towards Libraries so can be a bit daunting to those not used to MARC records etc.
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:16 pm
by Jordan Morley
ok. thanks for the help. but a library is not what i want. A video store.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:39 am
by IAN
your forgetting you take a book you log it out to a customer same as a video! its exactly the same then use a pos to charge after (dont forget thelibary software could track fines too)?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:10 am
by Andrew
Yup Lexifile supports fines - let us not forget most Libraries nowadays have a video/DVD collection so LAS (Library Automation Software) is already used in this respect.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:44 am
by Jordan Morley
Dugh. i completely forgot that. Thanks
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:19 pm
by Kaz
Here's an option for dos software
http://www.theultimatevideo.com/.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:04 pm
by Jordan Morley
is it free?
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:44 pm
by Andrew
If you click the link, it says right there on the homepage: $250 registration cost.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:04 am
by IAN
all you need is someone like dale with no time left on his hands to make it for you lol
