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quito567
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Jan 6, 2014, 9:34 AM

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Hello,

My father is going to be opening up a small autorepair shop in the East SF Bay area. I have been assigned to take care of all the computer work and IT set-up. I am trying to find a point of sales system that will work well for the shop and runs at a good price. Some features we are looking for are:

-customer information and receipts
-mechanic note taking
-inventory keeping
-estimates

Please let me know if you know of a good software to use or a software that you may have used at a previous workplace. Thank you in advance.


Hammer Time
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Jan 6, 2014, 10:14 AM

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It may depend on which information system you are using. Both Alldata and Mitchell have POS systems that work with their database and will transfer estimates into work orders. I can tell you from experience that Alldata has the best information system but their POS is not real user friendly. Mitchell has a real user friendly POS but their info systems leave a lot to be desired. Both of these systems are leased on a monthly basis and maintained by the respective company.



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Mike_CA
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Mar 27, 2015, 1:29 PM

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Hi! I have the same issue. Gonna open auto repair shop in a month. Did you find smth fit for your business? For me systems like Alldata or Mitchell are too complicatedCrazy and expensive. By the way, are they web based or CDrom?


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Mar 27, 2015, 5:13 PM

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