I found the EZ Scans from Scholastic to be very user-friendly. I loved the
ability to run cash, checks, or credit cards without added steps. Not
having to figure tax by hand was wonderful! In years past, we've used
calculators with the tape rolls attached. It was wonderful to "zap" and go.
We did have one check get stuck under the drawer but were able to fish it
out. My assistant and I used the training mode the day before the book fair
to become accustomed to the machine, and our volunteers usually only needed
minutes of training before they were proficient. Being able to run the
financial reports for daily sales and to see which items were selling best
was helpful as well. It was so easy to balance the drawer at the end of the
day as well as plan reorders. I highly recommend them.
Sandi Prescott, Teacher-Librarian, NBCT
Arapahoe Charter School
"Every Child, Every Day"
9005 NC Highway 306 S
Arapahoe, NC 28510
sandi.prescott@arapahoe.charter.k12.nc.us
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of heidi buzzanga
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 5:17 PM
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Subject: Book fair cash registers
Hello All-
Our school just finished up our annual Scholastic Book Fair today. We were
given cash registers and cash drawers to use (first time ever) We found
them fairly complicated and had to constantly be helping with transaction
problems with the volunteers, instead of assisting students with selections.
But the real kicker was "losing" checks, money and credit card slips all
week. Quite by chance, we discovered that the lost items can get lodged
inside the cash drawer... You actually have to take out the drawer
compartments and then trickily remove drawer itself, and viola! found
items!!!
Has anyone else had issues with the registers/drawers or perhaps thought
they were beneficial?
Thanks for any input!
Heidi Buzzanga, LMSVillage School, 2/3 LibraryHolmdel,
NJhbuzzanga@holmdelschools.org
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