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BAFX Products (TM) - USB Magnetic Stripe Credit Card Reader - Works on MAC & Windows! All versions! - by BAFX Brands
 
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BAFX Products (TM) - USB Magnetic Stripe Credit Card Reader - Works on MAC & Windows! All versions! - by BAFX Brands

by BAFX
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Technical Details

  • 1, 2 & 3 Track read
  • Bi-directional reading capability
  • Head rated 800,000 passes, electronics rated 125,000 hours
  • FOR RETAIL USE ONLY! NOT FOR CONSUMER USE FOR ON-LINE SHOPPING!
  • Supports ALL OS Systems when you buy from BAFX! Including Windows 7 AND MAC OS!

Product Details

  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • ASIN: B005FIIK0Y
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: August 2, 2011

Product Description

NO SOFTWARE TO INSTALL! PLUG AND PLAY USB SWIPER! This standard magnetic card swiper is great for many applications from retail credit card systems, security systems, time cards systems and just about any other swipe card system you can think of! This Point Of Sale swipe reader can read all three tracks of data and be programmed to your needs! If you need the programming software please let us know! BAFX CARRIES THE VERSION THAT WORKS ON ALL WINDOWS AND MACS! - Please note - The programming software is available upon request via download - This programming software only works on Windows. FOR RETAIL USE ONLY! NOT FOR ON-LINE CONSUMER SHOPPING!


Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Perfect little card scanner October 29, 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
I was shocked how easy it was to plug this in to my Windows 7 system and scan all my cards to a notepad document. Yeah, eventually I'll connect it to my POS software, but you can't get much easier than this plug-and-play card scanner.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Works great on MAC! November 2, 2011
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I have purchased some cheap card readers in the past that ended up not working with the MACs that I run at my store. Fed up I kept entering the card information manually. Then I came across these that stated they work with MAC OS X and for the price I figured why the heck not. Got the first one in hooked it up and it worked perfectly! I have since ordered a few more...... For the price, these cannot be beat!

Just make sure the program you are using needs the keyboard emulator type reader and not the HID reader as this is the keyboard emulator type.

Three thumbs up!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I purchased 6 of these for a client's professional office. Their intended use is to accept swiped credit card payments from each desk, so that they or their clients don't have to go to one central area to process credit cards.

Setup was simple - just plug the reader into a USB jack on the PC and it automatically recognizes it and installs the drivers (they were installed on Windows XP and Windows 7 machines). About 30 seconds later, it was ready to go.

For the money, it's not a bad little piece of equipment. We'll see how it holds up over time though.

Two small complaints though:

1) I purchased 6 of these. Only 5 of them worked. The 6th one was dead on arrival - plug it in, it's not recognized and the green LED doesn't illuminate. It's going back for exchange.

2) The plastic doesn't feel as "solid" as other units I've purchased. That's why I say we'll see how it holds up over time. My only fear is that it'll eventually break apart with use. But, I'm not going to knock the unit for that unless it happens.

Overall, I'd recommend this product. Yeah, a defect rate of 16.7% is high, but it happens - when something is mass produced, and shipped via UPS, anything can happen.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Basic scanner, works as advertised
I bought one to try out, then came back and bought four more for a web-based POS I've developed. This is a basic HID device. Plug it in and it gets recognized as a keyboard. Read more
Published 1 day ago by C. Pierce
Good Product Great Price
Good product and a great price. Works with MAC and PC. Try this before you purchase any other type. You'll be glad you did.
Published 13 days ago by Kenergi
zero instructions but mostly works fine on Mac
The package came with zero instructions. It has two screw holes on the bottom but no screws; I assume this type of device is generally mated with something else which does normally... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Glenn Cole
Totally works.
Nice, cheap little reader. It works with Ubuntu Linux, too.

Has two screw holes in the back for mounting. Reads all three tracks as advertised.
Published 27 days ago by Hacker Dojo
Well made with a quality feel to them.
I needed to buy two credit card readers for my computers at work. They are macs running parallels desktop. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Hanzon
software
Got the product, and seems to be reading the information from the card, but it is not in the right format, I need to get the SOFTWARE for this to adjust it for my needs,Please send... Read more
Published 1 month ago by C__Dubzz
Not Working
I used it two or three times, then the computer is not recognizing it not my XP neither my windows 7, and the return timeframe is expired so what you gene do<
Published 2 months ago by yossi
Bad card reader
Card reader can't read card well
I shouldn't buy this one
I have to 3 -4 times to read a card
Published 2 months ago by Hee Young Lee
It works!
Having bought a similar product only to find that it wouldn't work with either a PC or a Mac, I was delighted to find this card reader works beautifully. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ticket seller
Easy Plug & Play.
Exactly what I needed to read data on my PC. Plugged in and worked as advertised.
If you're looking for a simple plug & play reader, look no further.
Published 3 months ago by Mike Hoffman
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