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The solution is to preauthorize cards before seating and finalize them after. It cuts down on dine and dash also. I think that's more or less how Alamo Draftho
by redwall_hp 2y ago
The solution is to preauthorize cards before seating and finalize them after. It cuts down on dine and dash also.
I think that's more or less how Alamo Drafthouse does it: they run your card when you place your initial order, and bring out the final bill at the end to write in a tip. At least, I don't think I've ever noticed someone try to use cash there.
- galdosdi 2y agoThe solution to what? There's literally no problem that needs solving here. It's easy to accept cards and also easy to accept cash. Neither is particularly expensive or hard to deal with. If you really want to accept just one and not the other, that's fine, too. If you occasionally get a confused customer who accidentally consumes your services and then only has cash to pay, that's not a big deal of course. And the reverse is also no big deal -- if you don't accept cards, and the customer don't have cash, you just point them at the nearest ATM (often in the same store, since this is a common way to avoid credit card merchant fees) Either way is just not that big a deal.