Serious Question (t-works content)

[ericheartsu]

As i'm sitting here, battleing through getting this set up, realizing that every year i'm going to have to spend a month setting up pricelists, I'm wondering of the shops that use this, what vendors are you using it with?

I use so much American Apparel, Alternative Apparel, and small labels like cygnus and Pima, that i feel i'm wasting my time trying to format this correctly, as even my TSC vendor list doesn't have ALL the American Apparel products i buy.

So for the shops that use this, do you have a dedicated person working on this? Are you using standard vendors and standard tees?

[Denis Kolar]

I just punch in my own pricing for items when I work on the quote.
I have Sanmar Price list, and I have never used it because it comes up with some ridiculous numbers.

[JBLUE]

I do the same thing as Dennis. I do this to tack the true cost of the goods. Since I dont pay the price listed on those files I need it to be as accurate as possible.

[Socalfmf]

that is why I use priceit...he has the up to date vendor catalogs ready for download...yeah it is a monthly subscription but it is up to date and easy to use.

[mk162]

yeah, but a lot of the items on websites now aren't in the pricelists.  I run into this with bodek, TSC and NES with their drop ship programs.

t-quoter pricelists are dang easy to make.

the worst pricelists are from Tri-mountain since they have so many oversized shirts and they group the together in the excel file.

[JBLUE]

that is why I use priceit...he has the up to date vendor catalogs ready for download...yeah it is a monthly subscription but it is up to date and easy to use.

Is it updated weekly?

[mk162]

i wouldn't want it updated weekly.  I don't pass sale prices along to customers because they will always order after the sale is over.

[JBLUE]

Thats what I am wondering on Sams system is if the price changes as cost go up or down. Also how does he apply his negotiated rate that he pays. I am sure he is not paying what they give him on the sheets they release.

[Socalfmf]

it is adjusted as needed as the distributors change pricing.  It is based on regular pricing, but you can change your mark up, your print costs, your everything...it took us about 3 months to dial it in and now we have it totally nailed. 

we have had priceit for about 8 yrs now...and it keeps a database for us as well as figures for sales charts ect.

[ericheartsu]

Does it work with promo items as well? thats another issue i'm running into.

[Socalfmf]

you can add anything you want to make it work

we have added banners and some promo stuff we use all the time...

sam

[mk162]

I might look back into priceit.  T-quoter is slow to update the program.

[whitewater]

Ive got priceit...i love it...i just need more time to get everything out of it!

[mk162]

I need to watch the videos, I can't figure that program out.  It's so different than what I am used to.  Maybe it a right brain/left brain/dumbass thing?  I've gotta be one of those 3.

[Denis Kolar]

I am very satisfied with T-Works. I have set-up price lists for lights, darks, calendered vinyl, cast vinyl, embroidery. Added upcharges, design time, install time for vinyl.....
I'm not on that big of a scale to need price it. I think that if you do not do more than 5-10 invoices a week, or maybe even 20, you would not need anything better.

I wish that the support is better, I did not need it much except when I installed it. It was something simple to fix, but I have heard some other people complain.
Other than that, I like the software.