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AIM is a secure end-to-end point of sale (POS) business solution that can be used in any retail environment. This retail management solution features customizable menus and screens, inventory management, complete POS activity and...
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- Industry: Sporting Goods
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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My overall experience has been great. From the beginning the help to set this program up for our needs was challenging but very successful. Josh, our salesman has been nothing but helpful and informative and always replys quickly and is always checking in. That is very important to us, someone who takes the time to email every so often to check in and make sure everything is going well. If we have a question he always responds quickly.
Pros
The more we use the software the more we learn and love the product. We use this software everyday runnig reports, for our POS, inventory, and much more. We love the button feature to make everyday use easy.
Cons
I find that it is hard to find a credit card company that is compliant with AIM.
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Quickbooks Point of SaleReasons for Choosing AIM
Firearm friendly, customizable to our needs, range compliant.Reasons for Switching to AIM
Again, firearm friendly, customizable to our needs, range compliant, easy to use, and the customer service.- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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A jewel in a difficult and expensive industry
We deployed, then 4 years later deployed ecommerce
Pros
Ease of Use, Cost, Customer Service, Merchant Services relationship.
Cons
Canned Reports are often minimal, but I summarize them in complex Xcel worksheets
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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One of the worst business decisions I have made.
We gained POS software with serialized inventory track-ability from this software, something that we were lacking with QuickBooks.
Pros
It can handle a lot of inventory and a lot of different skus. The POS module is decent as far as keeping track of a lot of customers and barcodes. If you do opt for this software, stick with the very basic POS module only.
Cons
There are sooooo many things....
First off, the platform itself is extremely outdated. The only people who like this software are companies who have been using it for more than 10 years and haven't tried anything newer.
Our IT guy HATES it, and TriTech wants you to spend thousands of dollars on an old-school server set-up because it can't be set up with any sort of cloud system. One thing to keep in mind is the relatively cheap up front cost is just the beginning, as the hardware costs are going to get you BIG TIME when you have to keep going backwards in time and adding hardware, IT, and specialized accounting costs on top of everything else (did I mention our accounting costs quintupled when we started using AIMsi?!).
You can hardly ever correct a mistake, and we found this out right away when even TriTech support messed up trying to help us correct a simple mistake early on. Making corrections is tedious if not impossible, and yet the program is so counter-intuitive it's very easy to make mistakes even if you've been working with it for awhile.
The accounting module is a joke, and this is where I feel like it was truly a bad business decision. We went live officially in 2016 after practicing for about 6 months, and after 11 months of trying to get off of QuickBooks completely and get on only one reporting software we finally gave up on AIMsi as we started losing sight of numbers and business goals.
Bottom line, there are way better options out there than AIMsi.
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- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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TriTech AIM Review
Overall, I am very happy with this AIM. It has made our business run smoother and has opened up some avenues to us that were previously not feasible.
Pros
We sell firearms, and the built in A&D Book is a critical component to our business. Once setup, this feature makes tracking of firearms incredibly simple .
Cons
The management of sale prices for our products needs to be revamped and is currently both difficult and convoluted to use. In my opinion, this is easily the area of the software that could most benefit from improvement.
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Many Tools/
Good overall. Many problems arise on a weekly basis but phone support are always their to help.
Pros
I do like that there are many features available. Scheduling, rentals, repair, short term rentals, etc. They are always trying to update and get better. I believe the repair and rental contracts are the strongest features of the software. A lot of the active e features are nice as well.
Cons
With what I like about the software is also where some of its problems arise. There are some parts of the software that lack features within its functions. Short term rentals is confusing and not completely ready in my opinion, not many ways for loaners to be customized ( no options for automated late fees or charges), Package deals are not easy to update. There are tons of features but some have issues.
- Industry: Sporting Goods
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Over all, VERY happy. Best all in one POS for Firearms Retailers
All in one POS for firearms retailer with the best pricing that WIL NOT break your bank!!
Pros
Lots to offer for the firearms retailer at eh best possible price compared to there competitors. We have been very happy with the system as a whole and although there is a lot to learn, support is just a call away. Having Bound Book linked right to your inventory is very helpful and there is even a delayed delivery choice in the POS for state like us in IL that require a waiting period for firearms purchases.
Cons
There is a lot to learn and many items/field we don't use, but can not simply delete. We have to work around them. For being such a gun based POS system, there are things that could use improving to keep retailers compliant. But every time we make a suggestion to support, it is taken in kind and it the modification can be made, they do it!
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great product!
Overall the experience has been great! Our business has been using this software for almost 20 years and any time we have a question or an issue, customer and technical service is always easy to access and help with the problem.
Pros
Easy to navigate through the menu options. Simple layout among the different screens.
Cons
We have not upgraded our software to version 12 yet. That being said, the version we are currently using is not online integrated as far as the lesson module goes. If that has changed with the newer version, then I have no cons
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Easy to use for the non-techy.
If really good. The customer service cannot be beat!
Pros
It is the app that we use for every aspect of our business. From POS to inventory control we have it all in one place. The straight forward menus and feature with in each module is user friendly.
Cons
I do feel that the system is a little over complicated with so many pop up windows. Also, tranactions seem to have too many steps for simple procedures.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great Functionality at a Great Price
Customers for 11+ years. We would not buy another POS product. We have premium support and receive excellent assistance
Pros
It has the capacity to handle all day to day activities. When used as it is
designed, the software works flawlessly. The tech support is great.
Cons
When corrections are needed, some are not easily done without assistance.
There are integrated correction options for common errors, making those
much less troublesome. Note that terms and button functions are not universal across all modules.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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My experience with AIMsi
We use an older version (v6.0), and I am very impressed with the features. I can only imagine how the newer versions must be. Unfortunately, previous employees didn't understand POS software and we are not using many of the features, as our database is really messed up from being misused over the years. We only use the Long Term Rental Contract features, and AIMsi does a great job. Very easy to use. I only wish it had been used properly from the beginning because it looks like it would save me a lot of work.
Pros
The interface is very easy to understand and use, and customer support is great. It is a feature-rich program, I only wish we had a newer version.
Cons
When printing statements, it prints old accounts with no address. Apparently there is no way to filter the ones with no address out so I have to manually remove them. Occasionally one slips past and they are returned to us by the Post Office.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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AIM once the sale is made we don't care.
I have been trying for several years now to get this company to finish installing the software with all paid for data transfers. AIM tech support Has been supposedly working on entering my inventory for about four years now.
Every time I call I get the we supplied the software so that I owe for it even though it is totally unusable without my inventory and bound FFL book installed. And just because I paid for extra for data transfer to make the program usable does not mean that that AIM has to actually do it (simple Excel format)
Tech support is useless as none of them have done their job yet. I am going to have to take the time away from my business to take these crooks to court.
Pros
Looks like if it worked it would be nice.
Cons
The way it just sits there with no data for the last several years waiting for AIM software to finish their job.
The fact that I was charged for software and data transfer and received software without data transfer so it is useless. I have been waiting so long it was called AIMsi when I bought it.
- Industry: Sporting Goods
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Great Customer Support
Our company spent a lot of time looking for a new POS system. After a ton of research we decided to go with Tri-tech. We could not be happier. Our Rep was very nice and not pushy. We've had the POS system for just about 2 years and my rep that sold me the system told me if I have ever need anything just to call him. I've held him to it and he has definitely kept his word. They're tech support has been great but, if I have to have one negative thing it would be on the tech support. The problem is when you call tech support for a question you just get a random person. The person you talk to will help you fix the problem you're having but, if you call back for the same issue, you get a different person that has a different way to fix the problem. So it could get confusing at times. I talked to my rep and he assured me they were making changes to make sure the support you get is more consistent. But honestly its a very small complaint and in no way affects the 5 star rating. If your looking for a new POS system I would strongly recommend taking a look at Tri-Technical Systems.
Pros
The customer support was great. It seemed the easiest to use. We are not a big company and this seemed to work best for us.
Cons
Tech support is a little confusing. I described below, when you call customer support you talk to a different person. That can cause an issue because each person has a different way to fix the problem you're having.
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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AIM Review
Overall it is very good. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] in tech support has been our go-to guy. He has been extremely helpful especially when it comes to the scheduling module. He has been willing to test issues that we have come across and implement changes to the software. I personally can't thank him enough for his patience and willingness to continue to work with us to make the scheduling module the best it can be.
Pros
We decided to go with AIM because it was an all-in-one POS system. We have retail sales, charge accounts, repair tickets, lessons scheduling and rentals/payment plans. To have all of that in one system was the most important to us. We also did not want a subscription based software. We wanted to own the product. That was a close second in importance
Cons
It can have it's issues. It takes a long time to understand how things work.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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One System
Pros
I am able to do in one program what I used to have to do in 3 programs!!
Cons
Weekly updates - some of the weekly updates "break" other areas that were working and you may not realize it until there is an out of balance situation.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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AIMsi for Consignment
We use the consignment, customer & inventory modules in AIMsi. Unfortunately we had to purchase the whole software package, instead of just the modules we needed (for example, we don't sell lessons but have that module anyways). This is a very complex software program. We have noticed that there are multiple steps involved for just about everything you want to do, and if it's not done in the right sequence then things can get messed up quickly - try deleting an item from inventory, you have to delete and save on one screen, then save on another screen, then delete again. This software is difficult to use for front end sales staff. The ReportWizard feature is of no help to us as it is extremely confusing to figure out how to build a report. Customer support sent us an excel spreadsheet that's supposed to help, but it's about 400 pages of formulas that we don't know anything about. We are generally dissatisfied with this software.
Pros
The consignment module works well for tracking and paying consignors (if the consignment items are received correctly).
Cons
The software is extremely complicated to use for users. It takes a lot of time to learn and skill to use/understand this software. There are too many modules and features that are no use to us.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
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Why should you have to navigate between miultuple screens a 10 key strokes to do a simple cash...
When I spoke to the salesman I told him about the system I wanted to replace, and I needed to new system to be just as stream line and easy to use. He said this system was even simpler then what I was used to, BS. You shouldn't have to go line by line and actually type how many of each items you received on a purchase order, it should default as 100% fill rate and allow you to enter the back order items individually. At over $3000 I will accept I got hosed and move on.
If anyone from AIM reads this shame on you, your lucky you're not in my town because I would return it in person.
Don't buy this, it is a POS. And no I don't mean Point Of Sale.
Pros
It looks very professional
It does cost a lot so you think your getting something special
The service guys are helpful, but you will be paying for that
Cons
Way to complicated, generating orders through multiple screens.
Multiple screens to do the simplest sales.
Four different screens just to add a manufacturer/vendor
Line by line entries to receive an order
Unable to add line items to an order once it has been generated
3 different screens to remove a part number from the data base
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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The BEST option for almost any industry.
Pros
It is very customizable. Along with automating some processes, you can have everything completed with a click or a touch
Cons
Be prepared to watch a lot of videos to learn how to set up and use AIM. You will also need to build your specific training documentation for your company.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used for 1-5 months
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Wish I read these reviews before buying
There are much better options. I wish I did my research and read these reviews. I asked for a 30-day trial of the software and they said no but were confident it would be exactly what we needed. Well it wasn't and really bad for software we never plan on using. We decided that if it was so hard to set-up correctly before we even started using it, that it would be a headache done the road. We did set-up and went for our training and passwords wouldn't work. Not even the default. They can't help us. Have to call support and reschedule training. Call support and they tell me I have premium support to use this different access number. They can't transfer me, so I have to call back. I use that different access number and just keep getting shot back to the main menu "Press 1 for Sales, Press 2 for support" At this point, myself and my team are so aggrivated that we decide it's better to go with the current systems we already have Fullslate and Paysimple. They are easy to use. Super intuitive and requires about 30-min of training for someone to learn.
Fortunately, AIMsi did extend a refund for the unused license and workstation, so we were able to get back some of our money. The sales guy I worked with was super nice. None of this is his fault, it's the software's fault and my fault for not trusting my gut that you don't buy something unless it has a trial period to make sure it's the right fit for your business.
Pros
Can be set up for multiple locations
Lots of back-end customizing
Lots of add-ons and modules for customization
Cons
Expensive & hard to set-up
Windows based, so no Mac used
Can set up a server to access remotely but requires you to have multiple workstations as the software is only tides to 1 location
Supposedly there is support but I couldn't get through
Sales team is very active and reaches out to you a lot until you request for money back
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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AIM v12
The AIM team is generally responsive to our requests though we do tend to have issues due to the large database size that difficult to diagnose.
Pros
I like the ability to save an update information efficiently.
Cons
Tracking various types of purchases is still very difficult and conversion from rentals to purchase.
- Industry: Sporting Goods
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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a complete nightmare
Pros
that's its an electronic POS software that is windows based and uses my existing computers.
Cons
not able to accommodate the needs of my industry (firearms) and is constantly having issues that can only be resolved if the customer service rep sees it happening. customer service can not make alterations to the program or system, they always have to get sent to the programmers. Programmers wont make changes and expect us to change to accommodate their system. Not the way it was sold to us, nor the way the law makes us operate.
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review
Pros
Product is easy to use and the technical support has been wonderful!
Cons
We have requested a few additional options to be added to AIM and the programers declined.
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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AIMsi review
In general the software does what it was designed to do. It is not slick, it is not fancy but it is useable for its intended purpose.
Pros
The software seems reasonably stable and we are able to preform most of our basic tasks without any undue effort.
Cons
There are some noticeable shortcomings in both basic processing functions as well as the reporting system. Help and Tech Support are an issue.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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This software does everything
Pros
It handles almost everything under one roof. This is nice because we don't have to purchase multiple POS systems and record keeping software.
Cons
It can be a lot of steps to complete a task. Version 12 is supposed to be much easier though so I'm looking forward to it.
- Industry: Sporting Goods
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Best bang for buck
I’m happy with the system. I looked at several that cost more and done less.
Pros
Saves time on the Sale, interactive A&D book linked to sale.
Cons
Manual updates to the system. That’s about it
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great software, great support
We've used aimsi for years, with the upgrades it keeps getting better and I am always impressed with the support
Pros
It has a multitude of modules and we can customize it for our particular needs
Cons
No real dislikes. Ive been very impressed with all it does
