Glenn > We have had this request/command before from some of our "partners". I > asked if we could just do interconnects and was told flatly "NO!". > > We complied because the customer is king. But I thought to myself how > would they really know?
Correct. They cannot actually know unless something goes wrong. Then when they start getting 'mailbag' numbers and trace the path of the documents, they will find out. Some TPs weasel around this by claiming that they will 'chargeback' for any additional problems they have in tracking down problem. Many time it's BS or a hidden part of the contract with their new VAN. I have notes about these occurrences in the past on my news page: http://spe-edi.com/news.html See Nov 10,05 and Nov 13,03. > Customers get mad at a VAN, or are told by a VAN that they must have > direct connections (AKA no interconnects). > I agree with you that it shouldn't matter. It's really BS. If you ship stuff to me, I can't really insist that you use my carrier... but some TPs get away with this ;-( > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Earl Wertheimer > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:54 AM > To: Leah Halpin; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Which VAN do you use? > > > > Leah & Lisa > > I've seen this before with other TPs where they say that interconnects > are not > allowed. Gottschalks, Linens N'Things, etc... > > There is no way that they can enforce this. > > Just have Sterling interconnect to one of their VANs. > > To: Lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:lisa_cannuli%40franklin.com> > >, [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > From: Leah Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:leahhalpin%40yahoo.com> > > > Date sent: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:43:13 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Which VAN do you use? > > > Unless they're setting up their own "VAN", I don't know how they can > prevent data coming through an interconnect. Maybe you should do some > more investigating before you make such a major decision. I have no > interest or relationship with Sterling, this just sounds like bullying > or misinformation to me. > > > > Leah > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:lisa_cannuli%40franklin.com> > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:43:06 PM > > Subject: [EDI-L] Which VAN do you use? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Circuit City is dropping Sterling as a VAN and will no longer accept > > > > data form them. They have closed their testing for AS2 for now so we > > > > can't go there. We need to find a VAN and establish a mailbox on one > > > > of the preferred VANs. Circuit will accept the following: AS2 via our > > > > EDI mailbox on GXS, Softshare, Inovis, Easylink, ICC.net, NuBridges, > > > > SPS Commerce, or DirectEDI AS2 via GXS Intelligent Webforms (IWF) > > > > The only mailbox we have currently is on Sterling. > > > > > > > > Any ideas on how to do this quick and painlessly. 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