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You may not have encountered a Square mobile credit card reader, but the odds of it might have just gone up. Company CEO Jack Dorsey announced today that Wal-mart has been added to the list of retail stores that sell the Square reader. This comes in addition to Apple, Target, Radio Shack, and Best Buy stores. Great for those times when you absolutely, positively have to take payments now.
When users install the Square app on iOS or Android, they have the option to set up and account and have the readers sent to them free of charge. If the 2-5 day shipping time isn’t going to work, $9.99 at one of the aforementioned stores will net a user the reader on the spot. But it wouldn’t make sense to get the Square reader into 9000 retail locations just to serve users will a need for instant gratification.
We suspect that Square hopes to lure in new users that have no idea what Square is. They will see the device in shops, and not know they could get it for free in the mail. They could just plunk down $10 and get started right there. Have you ever used Square?
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king21
February 01, 2012 at 12:27pm
i use it when i do repairs on clients computers its fast and easy plus u can email them a receipt to there email
germanogre
October 24, 2011 at 9:29pm
"Thanks for shopping at (major retail chain), let me just swipe that card for you. Oops! Sorry about that. *cashier picks card up off floor and swipes it on their phone on the way back up* "Have a nice day."
Corfy
October 24, 2011 at 7:08pm
I have a Square reader, but I haven't used it yet. Our subdivision has an annual community yard sale, and I thought it would come in handy for that. Unfortunately, the last yard sale was scheduled for a weekend that my wife and I weren't home (so we couldn't take part). Ah well, I'll have it for next year's sale (or if a similar situation pops up between now and then).
