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Offline ericheartsu

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Serious Question (t-works content)
« on: February 20, 2013, 10:29:52 PM »
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?
Night Owls
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Offline Denis Kolar

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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2013, 11:01:28 PM »
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.

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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2013, 12:18:10 AM »
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.
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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2013, 08:01:27 AM »
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.


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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2013, 09:28:15 AM »
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.

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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2013, 11:35:03 AM »
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?
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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2013, 11:35:41 AM »
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.

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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2013, 11:39:04 AM »
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.
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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2013, 11:52:44 AM »
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.

Offline ericheartsu

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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2013, 11:56:52 AM »
Does it work with promo items as well? thats another issue i'm running into.
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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2013, 11:58:55 AM »
you can add anything you want to make it work

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

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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2013, 12:00:27 PM »
I might look back into priceit.  T-quoter is slow to update the program.

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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2013, 05:10:48 PM »
Ive got priceit...i love it...i just need more time to get everything out of it!


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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2013, 06:28:07 AM »
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.

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Re: Serious Question (t-works content)
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2013, 07:21:08 AM »
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.