dry atms and difficulties to get small changes for rs 2000 notes have prompted nashikities to buy points of sale pos machines in a bulk to bring business back on track from smalltime traders to owners of grocery shops restaurants photo studios and even misal corners in nashik have started buying pos machines and empowering their customers with the card swiping facility generally we used to get two or three calls a day enquiring about pos machines after november 8 the number of callers increased today we are selling at least 20 machines a day its nearly a tenfold increase in sale and of course we address more than 40 enquiry calls a day for pos machines said megha patel one of the leading distributors of pos machines in nashik patel said a good number of enquiries are coming from malegaon jalgaon and from faroff places like niphad and yeola hopefully we will see pos machines at vegetable stalls shops selling everyday items and even in laundries by next month she said patels claim was supported by figures made available by praneet singh from mumbai who supplies the highest number of pos machines to nashik we have a huge customer base in nashik while pos sale has seen a manifold increase across the country since the governments decision to demonetise rs 500 and rs 1000 notes nashik is also not lagging behind there is at least 45 increase in pos demand from nashik in november he said on top of the nashikites wishlist is the handsfree pos machines with a price tage of anything between rs 600 and rs 800 each a portable pos application takes two working days to attach with the savings or current account of a shopowner costumers in nashik prefer machines running without internet they also want doorstep delivery he added meanwhile nashikites have also started noticing the increasing number of pos machines i was quite surprised to see a card swiping option available at a misal corner near bhujbal farm we visit the outlet regularly the facility was not available earlier said ankita gore a govindnagar resident ever since the demonetisation drive was announced we were losing at least four to five costumers a day either they had no cash or no change so we decided to introduce pos machine it costs around rs 750 which is not more than the profit provided by the costumers we used to lose because of the small change shortage said govinda rasal owner of the misal corner we have now got new pos machines as a step towards cashless transactions said sumit mahale a local cloth vendor from nehru chowk there is a lot of debate going on about demonetisation but business must go on pos is like a onetime investment and it will continue to benefit us as well as our customers even if the cash cruch gets over by next month he added the point of sale is the time and place where a retail transaction