# Accepting CC payments on iPhone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accepting-cc-payments-on-iphone/539810>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 17, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accepting-cc-payments-on-iphone/539810 "2010-05-17T20:46:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accepting-cc-payments-on-iphone/539810/1 "2010-05-17T20:46:45Z")

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Has anyone had experience with[this device](https://squareup.com/)?  
It seems too good to be true. Any opinions?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accepting-cc-payments-on-iphone/539810/2 "2010-05-17T22:27:52Z")

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I have no experience with it, but it’s described in [this article](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/technology/29cashless.html) from the New York Times.