Minimag Magnetic Stripe Card Reader, USB

by IDTech

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001O7ARHO
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #6 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Scanner Accessories
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 20, 2008

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4.0 out of 5 stars Works Okay, December 8, 2011

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This review is from: Minimag Magnetic Stripe Card Reader, USB (Electronics)

Purchased two of these to process credit cards in conjunction with our online point of sale software. Both readers are currently attached to computers running Windows 7 Pro and are working fine so far. I plugged them in and Windows downloaded and installed the appropriate drivers automatically. My only (minor) complaint is that these only read credit cards if they are facing one particular direction. Our previous card readers worked regardless of which direction the card was facing when it was swiped.

2.0 out of 5 stars Win XP Yes - Win 7 NO, October 11, 2011

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Works perfect on Windows XP, plugging in the device into a Windows 7 machine results in it just sitting there and the light flashing without it reading any swipes or recognizing the device. Tested it on 7 machines, 4 XP, 3 Windows 7. I tried finding a firmware tool or flashing tool to edit the configuration on these without luck.

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1.0 out of 5 stars NO! READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY!, December 26, 2011

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Brent - See all my reviews

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TERRIBLE! BOUGHT TWO 1 WAS WORKING BUT IT COST 100$ FOR THE PROGRAM. NEXT IT DID NOT EVEN WORK! DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM UNLESS YOU WANT TO RETURN THE ITEM THREE MILLION TIMES!