Will this replace the Tip Jar?

This makes way too much sense! Hope other venues/restaurants adopt this as well. Totally agree it's not only classier but will likely yield more money for the artist if the patron can pay all at once. Not to mention, who carries cash on hand anymore? This is much better than a pocketful of loose change and a couple small bills

 

I like the idea, every venue should start doing this.

 

would be up to the descretion of club owner, but I wouldnt turn it down.

 

You'd be relying on the venue to pay up.

 

I would rather use a jar. I would imagine a chunk of bar owners would need to take a "processing fee."

 

I'm sorry. Your idea is clever, logical, and innovative. It'll never fly.

 

Interesting. Do you think the jar would encourage people to tip more or the slip? I'm thinking the jar. They drop in a few bucks but with the slip who will ever know if I don't give the band a dime? But I can see how this is more convenient.

 

I'd rather be paid a decent amount to begin with and dispense with the tip jar/equivalent altogether. 'Course, if somebody wants to buy the band a round ...

 

when you think of how musicians have been ripped off historically, i'll take the tip jar and collect the money personally

 

Who says the terminal is a POS?! ohhhhhh point of sale, I thought something else.

This would be good in that a lot of times people with cash tend to be more aware of how much they are spending, where a card receipt is just a number they write down. Likely could lead to bigger pay days

 

This makes me think having a kickstarter or paypal set up for tips that you could plug during a show wouldn't be such a bad idea. I bet there would be at least a few people out there willing to say, "What the hell?, these guys are great. I'm gonna send them $5"

 

I hate to by cynical, but I could easily see club managers fudging how the funds are allocated (moving the band tip to the host tip section in POS) in order to make more money. I'd be more inclined to go with tip jar or Square CC scanner at the merch table, with someone you trust manning it. I hear so many horror stories about venue owners, I wouldn't trust them with a marshmallow gun.

 

I hear you. At least if he shorts you this way though there's a trail and physical receipts. Trusting the bouncer at the door to collect from regulars though....

 

The tips wouldn't have to go to the band. The band would get paid a set amount, but the bar owner would keep the "tips" to offset the cost of the band.

This would keep everyone honest.

Such a simple idea. I'd love to see it happen.

 

True, this is a step closer to something fair.

 

I would be far more likelier to tip, since I rarely have extra cash on me, but I always have a credit/debit card.

 

It looks like a great idea, however can you trust the venue to give you all the tip money. Chances are they will skim a nice chunk for themselves and you will never know it. I see this happening in restaurants, where the wait staff is screwed out of a good part of their tip money all the time by greedy owners and managers.