t-worksmanager software, is he still supporting it?

[lastboat]

I wanted to try t-worksmanager software, but he doesn't answer emails or his phone.  He hasn't had a post in this forum in 2 years.  But I did see that the program was updated sometime last year.
Does anyone use it still and does he support it?  Can you get vendor updates for it?
thanks

[blue moon]

why not try something else? There are plenty of options out there that will answer your calls.

pierre

[mk162]

ugh, I am dealing with all of this right now...after the mess that is T-quoter, we are trying to find a new one and frankly, they all stink in some form or fashion.

[ericheartsu]

We still use it. I haven't talked to Joe in quite a while, although he usually answer eventually if you call him a couple times.

I don't think he has ever done vendor updates. We've always had to do our own.

But Pierre is right, way better options out there.

thanks

[GraphicDisorder]

Fast Manager does updates, but I wouldn't suggest its the absolute best solution.  I have considered looking at others. 

[lastboat]

I used t-quoter in past, and it was fine, then he sold company and with win7 I haven't gone back, and it wasn't that good really.

What is a good system that doesn't require subscription?  In the under $1000 range. Prefer $400-500
thanks

[mk162]

i feel like t-quoter could have been a great program, but the new company hasn't done squat with it except remove features.

We are leaning towards Impress.  It's pricey, but it like t-quoter on steroids.

[ericheartsu]

Something i've talked about with Chris from Zoo city for a long time. Nothing out there looks great. Everything looks like it was built on and for windows 95.

I'd say Printavo is the best out there, but I haven't really found it to work for our shop just yet. But to be fair I haven't spent a great deal of time with it.

[ericheartsu]

how much does impress run? i never looked into that one before. It looks great, but i think it only runs on windows. we run almost everything on macs.

[tancehughes]

Stay away from T-Works or anything else Joe is working on. His products have a lot of potential to be great, but the support SUCKS and the program is very very buggy. We dumped T-Works back in November, and switched to Printavo. Printavo does lack a few features I'd like to have, but it's so much more reliable, Bruce is really great at customer service, and the program is being updated on a regular basis. Plus it's all web-based!

Just my 2 cents... stay away from T-Works. Get anything else.

[mimosatexas]

I tried out printavo recently and was really impressed.  I had tried it a few years ago and it seemed way too simple and featureless, but it has changed a lot for the better.  I even submitted a few change requests (small stuff like spacing on invoices etc) and not only did the guy (bruce I think?) respond instantly, but he even pushed updates NEXT DAY for some of them.  I was blown away...

And that was while just trying it, not even being a paying customer.  He just seemed to agree if it was a good change he would make it to help everyone.

[mk162]

impress for us would be about $2100 to install and about $400 a month.

[blue moon]

I keep bringing up TeeCal and just seems like not many others use it. The support is phenomenal and the program does just about everything I can think of (it still needs QuickBooks though, but so the most others, too). It is not perfect, but I am pretty happy with it.

pierre

[kingscreen]

I'll admit to having never really looked into any of these software options.
We use a combination of Quickbooks with an elaborate Items list, Google Calendar, and Google Drive.
What are the real benefits of using this software?

[Ross_S]

I'd have to second TeeCal as well.  It has some issues when it syncs with quickbooks and a couple of other viewing issues with it's reports but it has the bang for your buck from what I've seen.