Can an eftpos transaction influence the cash drawer in one go?

[Makespace]

G'day everyone,

I'm wanting some expertise on a situation I'm trying to work out. We recently got a retro vending machine that only takes $2 coins. We keep $2 coins in our cash drawer, but I need to make sure the system will account for them properly.

If someone wants a can, but doesn't have a $2 coin on them, we process a '$2 can' item through our eftpos portal, then give them a $2 can from our cash drawer. What I've realised is that our cash drawer is then out, because it doesn't know we've removed a $2 coin from it.

Can I set something up so that the $2 eftpos payment for '$2 can' also withdraws $2 from our cash drawer at the same time?

Thanks!

[Arie]

Hey @Makespace,

Thanks for writing in! I noticed it's your first post- welcome to our community 👋 😊

There's no way to link a card transaction to an action taken on your cash drawer, as cash out isn't a feature with Square, and it would actually be a terms of service violation to sell cash using Square.

You'd have to manually track how many "$2 can" items you've sold in your reports, or perhaps have a separate drawer, or envelope / system for the retro vending machine. 

I'm sorry I couldn't offer a better workaround!