My mom does arts and crafts stuff...jewelry, baby clothes, wreaths, etc. I set her up with her own retail site, but most of her stuff is sold by word of mouth. She's now looking to expand her little empire and has been talking with a lady at her church that owns a trendy little soda fountain/bistro which also has a small retail section. They are talking about setting her up with a little corner booth to sell her stuff on a consignment-type of setup, but the owner wants to keep my mom's money separate from the main business.
My mom is going to leave a cash box there for the lady to use as a cash till, but she's looking for a way to process credit card payments. I've been looking at Square (squareup) and its PayPal equivalent, but both would require that my mom leaves either a tablet or phone to process the payment, since the dongle plug into the headset jack. On top of that, there's no easy way to print a receipt, unless they do a hand-written bill. The only other option that I could find would be a VeriFone POS terminal, but that's getting into some major $$$.
Has anybody here done any CC payments or have any other thoughts on the subject?