PayPal4029USRTAM Here V2 Mobile Card Reader

Got this to take to craft shows and it was great. Used an old iPhone to grab free wi-fi at the venues, Clicked in the reader, tapped the PayPal app and off I went. Enter the amount, slide the card and get a signature from the customer. Increased my sales for sure. Was so happy to get rid of the mobile wi-fi generator and all the mess of card roller and receipts, lugging the laptop with me and all.At the end of the show, all I had to do was bring up the app and click one button to transfer the funds to my checking account. The rate was way lower than my former service too so I'm super happy all the way around.One note: if you sign up online, the reader is NOT automatically sent to you so I recommend calling them as soon as you download the app or before. The reader is free, eventually, once you send for the refund - that's pretty cool to me.

What this item does NOT tell you in the description is that a credit check is required for its use.if you buy this product and have a bad credit history, you will be ineligible to use this product.I have a small crafting/jewelery business that i am starting up and have customers in line to buy my merch and i cannot use this reader to do business because of my back school loans and medical bills.Don't waste your money on this item. Especially if you run a small business and dint have good credit personally.

I had one of these supplied by Paypal, but right when I realized I NEEDED it, it was M.I.A. I ordered this one, not knowing about the rebate code inside, because it arrived faster than Paypal could've sent a new one.By the way, the rebate code WORKED for me! I had to swap what I thought was a 0 with an O (or vice versa) and it went through just fine.

BEWARE: The product works as it should, but when you try to get your rebate through Paypal, someone has already used it. They don't tell you that up front. They're either used or more likely, they buy them for retail and use the number to get their money back with the rebate from Paypal and then sell the readers for a discount on Amazon. Nice racket if you can get it. If you want to get a 'free' reader, you need to get one from Paypal or from a retail store.

I have rewritten this review. The original is included below. The reason for the new review and new rating is BlackBerry has a new Operating System which allows this product to work. The PayPal Here software is still an Android app but, it is officially available for BlackBerry 10 phones through Amazon App Store for BlackBerry 10. Now that the software is official, the card reader works. I can take payments on my BlackBerry Z30 with a swipe of a credit card. This is a nice convenience, is faster and less expensive than using the photo capture method I previously used.I knocked off one star because the software does not use NFC to accept tap to pay options, even though BlackBerry supports that. Perhaps, now that Apple is apparently adding NFC to iPhone, use of NFC payments will become common place in the USA. As it is in other mature markets.It is not really fair to blame the card reader for failings of the software but, the card reader is of little use without software. Now that the software is fixed, the card reader works. It has a good design to sit on top of the phone. It seems well made and robust enough to endure life on the road. I can now recommend it.-=-=-=-=-=-=- ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-(one star)I want real security for my money. The kind of security I can only get on a BlackBerry phone. Instead I am stuck trying to make an Android app, which has pathetic security, work on my BlackBerry. While the PayPal Here Android app works on my BlackBerry Z30, the stupid reader won't. PayPal should make a BB10 version of the app.

This product is no longer supported by PayPal and should not be sold by Amazon. Wasted an hour figuring this out plus now I have to deal with a return.

My reader arrived on time, however I had a redemption offer inside (that it doesn't expire until July 2016) but the code had already been used! How tacky!

It is free if you download the App on Paypal. I was selling some T-shirts at a Sport Event, and half of my sales where Credit Card. Those could have been lost if I didn't have the Credit card reader. Went straight to PayPal, and done. Great product. Plus it's free after rebate too.