Re: On-Line Sales fromt he Commercial Side

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I usually walk over to dbl and stand in line for an hour.


"Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I have several distributors that allow me to place orders on my account
| on-line.
|
| ADI, DBL, Petra, Teledynamics and many others.
|
| In a lot of ways it much handier.  I can price compare several options and
| read the full descriptions and even figure out the mfg part numbers and
| cross check the mfg's website to make sure the item will fill the job.
|
| There are some problems though.  I can't negotiate prices on-line wyhen
| their standard price is obviously way above what I normally pay.  While
this
| is a minor inconvenience its not the big draw back.
|
| There are actually two things that are at issue.  When I order on-line
they
| ship it from whatever branch they feel like, not the one that is closest
to
| me.  Raises shipping costs and delays delivery.
|
| The other is they are not consistant about handling on-line orders in a
| timely fashion.  Recently I have noticed this with both ADI and DBL.
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| Bob La Londe
| http://www.YumaBassMan.com
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|
| LocalNet dialup IMO is a criminal organization.
| Have not used them in years but they continue to bill me.
|
|