EFTPOS Down

Complete Turmoil

This afternoon we had a major hit by lightning that caused quite a bit of damage in Hillvue Road. Much of our equipment was "knocked out" but we got many things fixed over a period of about 4 hours.

Our EFTPOS machine cannot be used so we will need to have a new one sent to us. I thought that the ANZ bank was a bit over the odds saying we could get the new equipment faster if we paid an extra fee to them for the service. With the monthly fees they charge us and the regular high charges to use the machine, we felt this to be unfair on a small business. Who is surprised that the corporations use such opportunities to further attack small businesses? No wonder people have had enough of bank strong arm tactics!

Our phone lines have problems, but we are able to operate quite efficiently so you should not notice.

We are waiting for the ATM people to bring in their techs to get it running again.

Fortunately we were able to quickly get the Lotto machine working again. Maybe the shakeup will cause it to spit out some big winners!

Maxine and Peter