Simple .csv Import To Cash Register

[greg101]

I don't know if this is the right forum for this question, but if its not, maybe someone can point me in the right direction.

Does anyone know of a cash register that allows a simple import of a .csv or other excel file? I can not for the life of me find one which baffles me. Its 2012. Sharp has a software utility but it is terrible and inflexible and it is WAY too easy to loose your data. All of it. I've never seen a software utility that is so inflexible and inconvenient.

I already have all the data for my 1,000+ products in excel. Retyping everything one by one, the way you have to with Sharp, is just stupid. I can't believe they built something so asynine and inflexible. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

 

[Traildriver]

Google "point of sale" systems and see what that gives you... Hope that helps...

 

[greg101]

Yes I've googled all kinds of pos terms. Nothing comes up as a solution. The software based POS systems all have import capability. But I need a physical register. Any other thoughts?

 

[Traildriver]

Not in the industry so this may be a reach... visit and talk to owners / managers of some locally based stores (independent hardware etc) and see what they have in use.

 

[greg101]

Good thought, but most of these people are using high end POS.