*chuckles* Nobody remembers Amazon fielded its first IT team from WalMart, do they?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Moses, Steve Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:50 PM To: Michael Mattias/LS; EDI-L Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Amazon EDI contact While it would seem that SOME logical explanation MUST exist, it is not due to other companies snagging IT talent - this 'no contact'/use the Vendor Portal rule applies across all business segments The bottom line is that Amazon works on small margins (lots of them but each one is small) and actually speaking to someone costs money. Amazon's business model is similar to Walmart's but worse - 'I am the 800 lb. gorilla and if you want to do business with me, you'll contort your body in every way imaginable' and of there is an issue of any kind, I'll be sending you a bill and you can waste your time trying to dispute it (again via their 'Vendor Portal', countless attempts to get responses. And as much as I dislike working with them, I just bought something the other day so... - LOL Steve Moses Systems Analyst Iomega Corporation (EMC) (303) 681-2593 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Mattias/LS Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:32 PM To: EDI-L Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Amazon EDI contact >Amazon is headquartered in Seattle... reduce poaching and trying to hold on to its IT staff. Fine. My point is, simply, what kind of 'relationship" does one have with a "partner" that you don't have a contact name? In a very common case - manufacturer/distributor selling to distributor/retailer, with the "we want EDI" coming from the purchaser, surely the seller has the name of the individual buyer ... worst case scenario, that buyer (requester of EDI) gives you the correct EDI contact info. MCM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
