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Buyer Beware on New Equipment

Just wanted to share an unfortunate experience. We were very excited to purchase a new barcode scanners. This was a first for our restaurant but we thought this Barcode Scanner was ultimately going to be a huge help for our teams.  Before purchasing, I see it says compatible with all terminals and then I even ask the chat if I need any special software... They say it's fine! So I spent $700+ getting these for my locations only to find in fact NO they don't work. I need a new printer. I work on disputing this but I need this up and running for the holidays so I get the printer. THEN guess what.... The printer that TOAST recommended. Guess what, the printer doesn't work with the terminal. So 2 weeks after ordering the scanner and a 2 hour phone call. I need $3000+dollars for new terminals. No thank you. I'm returning everything. 

Quadruple check what they are offering (oh and read the installation paperwork too because apparently THAT is where it will tell you if it works or not with your equipment. That makes total sense).

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1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Just wanted to follow up here. I have reached out to our product team with this feedback, and if anyone else has had a similar experience, please let me know. We are working to improve our processes to prevent this from happening again!



Robert Anderson, Community Manager
Toast

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au79teahouse
Main Course III

I have one of these from Toast and it works fine. I don't think you need a new printer for it to work. It's plug and play.

Rob
Community Manager
Community Manager

Thanks for reaching out to the community with your feedback. I apologize for how this process went. I will be sharing this feedback with the product team!

Hardware compatibility can depend on terminal generation, printer model, and software version. While many peripherals are compatible across supported devices, older hardware may require upgrades. I'm curious to know what model hardware you have. If you can share it, I'll add this feedback to the product team! 



Robert Anderson, Community Manager
Toast

I completely understand that at a certain point upgraded equipment will have more features than older. The frustration was the lack of transparency along the way and really not having a solution.

We have 14" Toast Flex Terminals

Toast POS application version
2.102.0

Just wanted to follow up here. I have reached out to our product team with this feedback, and if anyone else has had a similar experience, please let me know. We are working to improve our processes to prevent this from happening again!



Robert Anderson, Community Manager
Toast