Yep. Liked those cats On Sep 8, 2015 5:40 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> In 2006? > > *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 08, 2015 6:21 PM > *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT eCommerce > > > I had good service with ElectroComm .... > On Sep 8, 2015 5:01 PM, "Jerry Head" <li...@blountbroadband.com> wrote: > >> Although I quit CTI over a year ago, Jonte was my guy and he was very >> good. >> Having said that, I will go back into the wrecker business before I trade >> with CTI again. >> I HATED the wrecker business.... >> >> On 9/3/2015 6:43 PM, Jon Auer wrote: >> >> I'm fairly happy with CTI (our rep: James until last year I think, and >> now Jonte) for cases where high-touch is OK. >> Ordering everything for a tower being built 3-4 months out with a >> licensed backhaul is a good example. >> In those cases a few clarifying phone calls and a email thread isn't the >> end of the world. They're pretty good to us and I have reasons to want to >> send them business. >> It's ordering the one-off/small project items that can be irritating. >> >> My usual order cycle is: email what I want (include exact part numbers), >> get a quote back, make sure the price is sane and part number is correct >> (if it's even listed), then email back saying yes, and it hopefully(1) >> shows up next day. >> >> 1) That's the part where things break down. I'm never sure if they have >> stock, are sending from a 3rd party (maybe a warehouse further away, maybe >> stock levels aren't in sync). Cambium is never a problem. Ubiquiti is hit >> and miss, other things, vary wildly. The uncertainty is frustrating. >> Although lately Jonte has gotten really good about letting me know when >> items have long lead times or are out of stock and finding alternate items. >> I do appreciate that. >> >> Aside from stock uncertainties, it feels wasteful of my time and theirs >> to have to go through a "traditional" sales rep interaction cycle for >> small/uncomplicated orders. >> >> At this point if we're replenishing stock by ordering a case of UBNT gear >> and we haven't run out yet, we'll order it from CTI. >> If it's for a small project (e.g. AF5x link+spare or some UniFi APs) I'll >> order from Baltic because the stock levels on their website are >> accurate--if they show it in stock and I order before 3 PM I know that it >> will be in my office by noon the following day. >> >> Inaccurate stock levels on Streakwave's web store have bitten me on >> nearly every order I've placed with them... >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: >> >>> If it wasn't for Jeff Broadwick, i wouldn't do business with CTI... too >>> complicated. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >>> >>> Midwest Internet Exchange >>> http://www.midwest-ix.com >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From: *"Jon Auer" <j...@tapodi.net> >>> *To: *"Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> >>> *Sent: *Wednesday, September 2, 2015 2:32:38 PM >>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT eCommerce >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < >>> li...@packetflux.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Don't discount just adding your products to amazon and the like. >>>> >>> >>> I love it when manufacturers do this (and use Amazon's warehouses). I've >>> been seriously tempted to just do it with /someone's/ very awesome >>> APC-compatible surge cards... >>> >>> I was very happy when Telect was doing that with fuse panels and fiber >>> trays. There's so much less cognitive load and time spent in going to >>> Amazon, searching part number, and clicking buy now instead of emailing >>> Power&Tel or CTI, getting a quote, approving the quote, placing the order, >>> etc. >>> >>> >> >> >> >>
