Square Not Swiping or Reading Credit Card.

We purchased a square the other day to use at different community events that we attend. This is a really great product once you get it working right. Wherever we are now, we can bill customers with the use of a smart phone. The Square billing device simply plugs into the smart phone, and works like a regular credit card swiper.

I downloaded the app, plugged in the device, and the app recognized the device, but wouldn't swipe the credit card. It would allow me to create a sale manually by entering the credit card information myself, but it would not read the credit card when I swiped it through the reader. I looked around the internet for a solution and really didn't find much information. One suggestion was to turn off wi-fi, I tried that and still no success. Another stated to press down firmly on the device and swipe the card. Ahh hah ! problem solved. The device snapped into place and I realized I didn't have it in all the way.

The device is a pretty snug fit. I never force anything into a slot, or hole on computers and phones. The device must be seated all the way into the jack on the phone. Once I accomplished this the product worked great. Now our customers can use credit cards anywhere we set up shop.

Seeing I didn't find a lot of information on this topic around the internet, I thought I would post it here for anyone that might be having the same problem. I'll be posting a little more information on this device shortly.

Kenmore N.Y. Memorial Day Parade

Kenmore VFW marches past Helene's Mostly Jewelry on Memorial Day.

The Memorial Day Parade. Click the images for larger pictures.

The Memorial Day Parade marched by the store on Monday and we got a bunch of pictures and thought we'd post them here. 

The Grand Marshall of the Memorial Day Parade. Nice Car!

And the parade begins.

Bag Pipe Players marching down Delaware Ave.

Bag Pipe Players Marching past St.Paul's on Delaware Ave.

Juggling past the store.

 This guy juggled past the store.

Gorgeous antique car drives by Helene's Mostly Jewelry in the Memorial Day Parade.

This antique car was absolutely gorgeous.

My favorite car featured in the parade.

This car was great. My favorite entry in the parade. I think this is a Buick Skylark GS maybe 1971. What a beauty.

The parade was a lot of fun. Hope you enjoyed the pix.

Website Keeping Us Busy

We haven't been posting here much. The website is keeping us real busy. We have the basic template up, and we should be improving it all the time now. We just added our first product to the shopping cart, so if you get a chance stop by the new site and check it. The site is in beta test right now, and the one product listed is available for purchase.

This really reminds me of spring. I wish it would stop snowing and summer would get here !

 Frog and dragonfly salt and pepper shaker now available on our website !

YaY, Today We Started To Ebay !

In our quest to drive our business into the modern digital age, we opened an Ebay account. We will be selling closeouts, special offer items, gifts, watches and whatever else we think will be fun for Ebay. Check us out on Ebay, and local pickup is always welcome.

http://myworld.ebay.com/mostly_jewelry

The Etsy Shop Is Up !

Getting a jewelry store online is a lot of work. We just got our Etsy shop up and running. We are planning on listing all our vintage and antique jewelry on Etsy. Here's a picture of how the Etsy shop looks.

Right now we have about 9 items for sale. We will be adding more. Rich hasn't been real happy with the pictures so he's building a light box this week, and then we will be adding more products to Etsy, and then creating an inventory on mostly-jewelry.com.

If you get a chance stop by the Etsy shop and see some of our vintage jewelry, or if you live in the neighborhood, stop by and check out the items in person, grab a cup of coffee, and chit chat a bit. TTYS.

Lions Club Pancake Breakfast.

Local news for  anyone that follows locally. Lions Club of Kenmore NY, will be hosting there annual pancake breakfast Sunday March 3, 2103 at St. Andrews Church Hall on Elmwood Ave. and Sheridan Dr. in the Town of Tonawanda.

The function will be held 8 a.m to 1 p.m. Prices for adults are $6.00, children 4 - 12  $4.00, under 4 eats for free. Stop by and support your local community and the Lions Club of Kenmore.

Helene's Mostly Jewelry on Etsy !

So we're pretty excited over here. We just got our Etsy shop up and running. We thought it would be a good venue to showcase our vintage jewelry. Right now we only have one item listed, but we will be filling the Etsy shop with all kinds of unique, and vintage jewelry and estate pieces. If you get a chance, stop by the Etsy shop and check it out.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/HelenesMostlyJewelry