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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
Responding to this question could immediately dissolve into a political debate. One fact is clear and that is that tariffs are essentially taxes that become Federal Gov't general revenue that can be used anyway the Gov't desires such as fund its massive deficit. Whatever money the Trump Administration gave away to its citizens in its tax cuts of 2017 it is now going to claw back with higher taxes disguised as tariffs.
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Re: Copier Parts & Accessories China Tariff Starts in 9 Working Days
" Whatever money the Trump Administration gave away to its citizens in its tax cuts of 2017 it is now going to claw back with higher taxes disguised as tariffs. " When one door closes another door opens. Many US companies can benefit from the higher tariffs placed on goods from China. In fact I spoke to one of those companies last Thursday. I disagree that the tax cuts are going to claw their way back with higher taxes disguised as tariffs. In the end, what Trump wants is fair trade practice...
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Re: Is This the Beginning of the End for the Padding of Lease Rates?
Part Two: Leasing News Exclusive: The Opposition and How Senator Steven Glazer Got SB 1235 Passed (Part 2 of 3) By Tom McCurnin Leasing News Legal Editor The bill was "Engrossed and Enrolled" and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m., September 12th, awaiting his decision to sign or veto. How He Pushed It Through the Legislature What are the takeaways from this interview and SB 1235? ▪ First , I Was Surprised at the Overwhelming Support of Trade Groups for the Bill. When he rattled off the...
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Re: Does anyone have a clue as to how the CPC billing model started in the first place?
I remember a plan that didn't really take hold but it was a plan like the one John talked about and all accessories were proposed in the form of copies...you want a finisher, just commit to 10,000 additional copies per month. The CPC rate had an equipment portion attached to it so more clicks funded more equipment. If the CPC was normal plus .003, 10,000 clicks added $30/month which would fund $1,500 additional. Some customers that weren't willing to pay $1,500 would agree to 10,000 more...
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Re: HP should Buy Xerox
In 2016, Apex Technologies (now NineStar Corporation) purchased Lexmark at a 17% premium above its share price. In the background, the Chinese gov't had purchased a 5% stake in Apex (at that time a relatively small and unknown maker of 3rd party toner and inkjet cartridges). In fact, Lexmark sued Apex for for at least 15 patent violations. Via what is known as the IC Fund, the Chinese gov't is supporting its technology companies with the goal of of advancing China's, "Made in China 2025", a...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Last Week in January 2004
In the next day or so I'll be blogging about the new Ricoh IMC MFP series. There's a lot of new stuff and I'm chomping at the bit to get my hands on one. Enjoy these threads from 15 years ago this week! Peerless Systems Announces Everest Family of MFP Controllers; New Controllers Based on Sierra Techno Boston Mike · 1/28/046:58 AM document products rely on a core set of imaging software and supporting electronics, collectively known as an imaging controller. Peerless' broad line of scalable...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in September 2003
I took the time to re-read and correct some of the grammar and spelling issues that plagued me from many years ago. I'm a copier sales person and not an English major. Please excuse typo's or grammar. Anyway, I must have wrote this after the Ricoh purchase of Ikon and the title "MFP Wars". After the re-read, I realized that we're still fighting the MFP Wars, whether it's the low cost per pages that are low balled or the continuing battle of A3 vs A4. Somethings never change. Enjoy the...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 15 Years Ago (Last Week of February 2004)
Just a short story from an order I had last week. The client was an existing account, almost five years ago it was net new. Thus I had some promo's I could throw at the client in order to secure the order. Now it comes time for the renewal almost 5 years later, there are some payments left in the lease. There is no way I can sell them at the same lease price per month. I also made an early mistake on the pricing when I met with the client. I never presented the lease price for the new...
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This Week in the Copier in Industry, The Last Week of November 2003
Looking back there was one incredible thread from 15 years ago and that had to do with a new member that refused give information that we required in order to approve them for membership. Those days were the early days from when we transitioned from an MSN community to a real web site. Back then all we had was the forums. Graham & Ted were also key players in getting the forums launched back then. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week and make sure you check out that thread!
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Epson establishes Epson X Investment to accelerate innovation
April 2020 Epson establishes Epson X Investment to accelerate innovation SYDNEY, 8 April 2020 – Epson has established Epson X Investment Corporation (EXI), a new corporate venture capital (CVC) 1 subsidiary. The aim of the subsidiary is to accelerate collaboration and open innovation, grow existing businesses, and create new ones. A multi-million dollar fund will be set up for venture investment. One of the basic policies of Epson's Phase 2 Mid-Range Business Plan is to accelerate growth by...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for February 15th, 2020
MSP & MSSP Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling. We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (First Week of April 2015)
Since the last two to three weeks have been less than perfect I figured we could reminisce when times were better. There's a cool little story about and event that took place in Jamaica while on a Presidents Club trip with Dr. Feelgood. That link is below! Enjoy these awesome threads from five years ago this week! Konica Minolta acquires printing business of Monotech Systems Art Post · 4/7/1510:05 PM NEW DELHI: In a bid to have direct interface with its customers, Japanese printer firm...
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Those Magnificent Men and Their Copy Machines
Those Magnificent Men and Their Copy Machines In 1965 I was eight years old, entertainment for me came in the form of movies (my how times have changed) and one of my favorite movies as a child (and still now) is a comedy classic titled...
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Those Magnificent Men & Women & Thier Copy Machines 2015 -Part One
In 1965 I was eight years old, entertainment for me came in the form of movies (my how times have changed) and one of my favorite movies as a child (and still now) is a comedy classic titled "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" . ...
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DocuWare Earns High Grades from University Fund Raisers
DocuWare Earns High Grades from University Fund Raisers University of Montana Foundation DocuWare Case Study Nestled in the heart of “Big Sky” country, the University of Montana draws 15,000 students a year to its Missoula, Montana...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (2nd Week of February 2004)
Remember when bit color was an issue with the first color units. We all had to learn what 2, 4 & 8 bit color was. Funny, how 19 years later it's not even a topic of discussion anymore. Ten Year ago this week, this story was in the headlines. NineCubanmigrantsattempt to reachFloridain a modified 1959Buickthat was converted to a boat. They are intercepted by theUnited States Coast Guard. The same group had made a similar attempt...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago First Week of August 2004
Scientists speaking at a news conference on natural disasters raise the alarm that the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma , Canary Islands , could erupt at any time, sending a 250 km 2 . rock crashing into the Atlantic Ocean and producing a...
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31 Ways to Close More Sales (#10 of 31)
Busy month so far, I'm just about completed with renovating the home office and put the finishing touches on my new desk. Tomorrow night I'll be off to Cannatta Charity Fund Raising Event. The event starts @ 5:30PM and I have no clue when...
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The Cannatta Reports 28th Annual Awards & Charities Dinner
I'd like to thank Ed Warner and Everbank Leasing for inviting me to this years event that was held in Florham Park, NJ. Ed and Fred went out of their way to invite me to this special event. WOW! The Park Savoy in Florham Park,...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago (1st Week of February 2014)
Ten years ago, the major story was....was noted for a controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by Justin Timberlake for about half a second, in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe...
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9 Tips to Keep Your Best Copier & IT Sales Producers
I wrote this back in 2012 and thought this would be a good blog to re-post. I've also freshened it up in order to keep up with the changing conditions of our industry. Please feel free to reply with comments. 1. I had the unique experience of catching a dealer principal back in '98 with many un truths. It didn't take long for me to have no respect for the dealer principal nor the company. Within nine months I was outta there along with more than nine million dollars in revenue that I...
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This Week in the Copier/Office Equipment Industry 10 Years Ago The Last Week of October 2006
I was trying to look for something special in threads from ten years ago this week. However, not much to hang my hat on for a conversation. I item that did cross my mind is that these threads are from 2006, and just a six month before I noticed a drop in wide format business in 07. We all know what happened next. Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta P4P Up and Running! 10/29/06 6:12 PM Konica Minolta site is ready for memberships! Keep in mind you can become a...
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Imaging Channel, It’s also about a Lease-less Future!
Over the last year or so those in the Imaging Channel or as I believe it should strive to be called “The Innovation Channel.” Have realized many shifts within the marketplace. Everyone associated with this industry realizes that printed pages are decreasing, and Printing Equipment is becoming less and less as important to those who use it. The world around Print is most definitely changing and shrinking. We all heard the “Paperless argument” some agree and some disagree. So let me say this...
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Forces of Change, or Forced to Change. Of Course, it’s about Finding the Money
Taking Control of Operating Cost has never been more critical to the future success of the Imaging Channel, providing the needed resources for budgeting their growth to continuous relevancy. Dealers who sell in the imaging Channel understand the need to diversify they understand continuing to sell and service print equipment based on old lease practices and old service billing models will surely find themselves circumvented by the new or re-invented Innovator. The Imaging Channel is not...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 5 Years Ago (Last Week of October 2014)
I had to go back and do some editing one of the blogs I wrote 5 years ago. Seems my fat fingers and my racing mind leads me to many typo's and grammar errors. I do not profess to be a writer, but just a copier sales person that likes to write stories with an occasional opinion or two. Here's the blog I touched up 5 Reasons WHY You Will Fail Selling Copiers Enjoy these awesome threads from 5 years ago this week! Procurement Goes Digital at Konica Minolta Business Solutions Art Post ·...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of November 2004)
So here's a thread where my first thought was, gee that was a long time ago! In most cases I'm thinking time is flying buy. Canon buys Oce, really that was a long time ago! Enjoy These Awesome Threads from 15 Years Ago this Week! UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh 11/16/097:44 AM Minolta Holdings, which is in a business alliance with Oce. "Konica Minolta procures high-end production printing machines from Oce, while Oce procures lower-end machines from Konica Minolta,"...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of November 2009)
Dang, it's been ten year since Canon bought OCE. Interesting that it took ten years to finally retire the OCE brand. Ten years ago I was blogging about the War for A4, I also find it interesting that the war has been going on for 10 years now, and finally people are starting to pay attention. Enjoy These awesome threads from ten years ago this week! UPDATE 3-Canon buys Dutch Oce for $1.1 bln, fights Ricoh 11/16/097:44 AM Minolta Holdings, which is in a business alliance with Oce. " Konica...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of January 2005)
Starting this year we'll now have 17 years of press releases, blogs, conversations, brochures, pictures and threads related to the copier industry in industry! Join our community, it's free and get connected with some of the best of breed in the industry. The Print4Pay Hotel is here to share industry knowledge and help others to be the best! Become a member, you'll love it! Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Konica Minolta Names Carolina Wholesale Guest · 1/11/058:48 AM Konica...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Last Week of January 2004)
This week and last week have been a tough go for me. Packing everything into the end of 2019 and getting the flu right before Christmas has taken it's toll for orders in January. Thank goodness quarters are 3 months! I had a great pipeline for January, however almost I couldn't get much of it to move. Okay so I have an even better pipeline for February thus it's time to make things happen! Enjoy all of these threads from 15 years ago this week! Peerless Systems Announces Everest Family of...
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Giving Back "How Print4Pay Hotel Partners Help Others" DocuWare in 2019
It's been a few years since I blogged about how are Print4Pay Hotel partners give back to their community or to their charitable cause. Thus for the next few days we'll be posting a paragraph or two from our sponsors. Please hit up the like button and please share, it's wonderful that these companies take the time and effort to give back to others in need. DocuWare Supports Local Students At DocuWare , we take our corporate social responsibility seriously because we believe that the people...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of September 2007)
Enjoy, I had to post this a week in advance. Busy week with a golf event on Monday, then the SBB Print Audit Road Show on Wednesday and then BTA Gland Slam Wednesday & Thursday! Hope to have some good stuff to report on from BTA & SBB. Here they are from 10 years ago this week! Topic Weekend Notes from the Copier Industry 9/16/07 9/19/076:03 PM Production Printing Business Group. While the Ricoh branches will sell the product, service will still be handled by Kodak employees. This...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Last Week in April 2003
Cool thread here for everyone, you should check this one out. Sometimes you cannot satisfy a customer, no matter how much customer service you provide, and how well the system operates. Case in point...We have had this customer for 8 years, and had sold them a Savin 2527, and a Savin 4027sp as the latest series. They had a 48 month lease contract with full service, and had been happy up to 3 years ago, from what they say. I received a letter they sent to the leasing company stating they did...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Third Week of August 2004)
Enjoy these wonderful threads about the copiers industry from 15 years ago this week! A Tricky Play for Investors 4/26/049:09 PM of 2003, sales of digital office copiers , digital copiers for commercial printers and high volume industries , and services grew 10%. More encouraging, 60% of Xerox' equipment sales came from new products introduced in the previous two years . MIXED OPINIONS. On Apr. 23, Xerox will report first-quarter earnings that are expected to signal solid growth for 2004,...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (First Week of September 2009)
Labor Day Weekend is upon us. There's only a few things on my mind tonight, first is to get finished with the updates for the site. Secondly a little worried about my friends and colleagues in Florida. The last one is the end of the third quarter and the end of the month. Not this month but September. I'm like WTF, it's not even the first on the calendar month and I'm jonesing already. We close our month early, I've got a decent pipeline, but most of its 50/50 at best. In addition I've got a...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (Second Week of July 2004)
Fifteen years ago, hmmm, I was 47 years old and was with Century for 5 years. That time was something special since it was what I call the digital age of copiers. There were still analog copiers to be upgraded and the we attacked new business was to educate the client on how much that fax and printer cost per page was. Faxing was still big and most fax machines had a cost of 3 cents per page or higher. For companies that were receiving a couple of thousand pages a month the cost...
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ITEX 2019 Review
Hey, what can I say. ITEX 2019 was awesome for a number of reasons. I arrived late Monday evening and was picked up at McCarren by my new brother Pete. We had no more than 30 minutes to chat that night on our drive to the MGM Grand, however we spent the entire next day to getting to know each other better. This was my first visit to the MGM and I thought venue was incredible. I could have done without the forty-five minute wait to check in though. Wednesday Wednesday morning and I'm up at...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Third Week of May 2009)
The most interesting topic this week was the increase in tariffs that the United States imposed on China. That 10% tariff now increases to 25%, and I'm sure in the next few weeks we'll see price increases. Just this week SSG (p4photel member) kept the thread going with some interesting threads. Make sure you check those out. https://www.p4photel.com/topic/trump-to-raise-tariffs-on-chinese-goods-this-friday Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 05/17/09...
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The Future of Equipment Finance is up for Renewal. The question is, Will the Dealers/Resellers and End-Users Renew?
Everything changes and sometimes the tenure of status quo can fool one into thinking that everything can last forever. The technology equipment finance business is heading for some major disruptions to their deliverable. This shift will be a result of key component changes in the delivery of hardware to end-users. Here’s my list of the impactful coming changes: The adaption to cloud based services is increasingly eliminating hardware needs. The end-users will increase in their...
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Re: Leasing in the Imaging Channel - Pre and Post-Virus
I have been having some arguments with my three preferred leasing vendors that with interest rates now at historical lows, their rate cards have not changed since Jan 2020 and earlier. I argue that their cost of money has gone down and yet they are charging the same rates. They counter argue that it has become more expensive to raise the necessary debt to fund new leases. I counter argued that most leases are renewals so they are not really funding new debt. I realize that argument is an...
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Re: Leasing in the Imaging Channel - Pre and Post-Virus
I agree! Right now leasing companies should be full speed ahead to lock in new and existing clients for more years.
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Re: Top Ten Copier & Imaging Industry Predictions for 2020
Toshiba Corp does not own the majority of shares in Toshiba Tec Corp. Toshiba Tec is an independent corporation and owns 51% of its shares therefore controlling its own destiny. Toshiba Corp owns the remaining 49%. NineStar remains highly leveraged from its $3.6B 2016 acquisition of Lexmark and has fully tapped two lines of credit to keep operations functioning smoothly. NineStar can access unlimited funds from the Chinese gov't to fund future acquisitions under the China 2025 initiative.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago for the First Week of June 2010
It's late Friday night. I had a decent week for short week. In 30 days we'll be halfway through 2020. Continued prospecting in during the summer will fill the pipeline for the 3rd and 4th quarters. It's time to grind! Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta releases bizhub 423 series GUEST · 6/2/107:42 PM color scan-to email, FTP server , SMB, USB or TWAIN scanning to PCs as well as security features such as HDD encryption, HDD job overwrite and network...
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The Week in Copiers 10 Years Ago This Week In 2010
The Week in Copiers 10 Years Ago This Week In 2010 Recently I signed up for my own lead service because I'd rather spend my time with those that are interested rather than making huge amounts of phone calls each week in a state where businesses are not back to normal. Yes, some of the leads are crap and most are price buyers. I realize I will lose more than I win but just having the data points for that business with DM information is worth the extra dough spent. Enjoy these beautiful...
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The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago This Week In 2005
The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago This Week In 2005, the Second Week of August Lately it's been a little bit of a struggle to get focused for prospecting. After 5 months the wear and tear of COVID19 is rearing it's ugly head. It's days like these when I need to press the reset button and think about what sales would be like if I was not prospecting. That's not a pretty world for me and I need to self motivate. One of my favorite ways to self motivate is to schedule time for happy up beat...
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Re: COVID19 Remote Working Day One Hundred and Sixteen of Selling
ty for the comment! The client can also select a lease with a $1.00 purchase option. God willing I'm still doing this in 5 years. The thought of mentioning Section 179 is more to give the client an alternative choice especially if they are not fond of leasing. There's a lot of risk out in the market and I think it's back to the days of 2008 where clients identified the risk and made their choice to lease or buy. Yes, I would love to have them lease since there would be another "trigger"...
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The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Five Years Ago The Second Week in October 2015 Over the years the Print4Pay Hotel has given me a network of friends all over the world. Today I had a good chat with a friend of mine in the business who is making the calls and struggling some. I was there to listen and sometimes it good to have someone to vent to that's not part of your organization. In addition someone who is experiencing the same struggle. The venting helps and then the conversation turns to how WE can...
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Federation of Organizations provides health and wellness, housing and support services to individuals and families in New York City and neighboring Long Island.
Federation of Organizations provides health and wellness, housing and support services to individuals and families in New York City and neighboring Long Island. A multi-service, community-based social wellness agency, Federation of Organizations provides health and wellness, senior and children’s, housing and support services in Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Manhattan. Federation had been using the DocuWare on-premises solution for almost 10 years but utilized only basic...
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The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Fifteen Years Ago The Last Week October 2005 I wrote this back in 2005 "The Death of the Copier Salesperson". Yup it's been 15 years and most of us are still here. Seems not much has changed when you look at the selling part of the job. Of course technology always changes, however there is never anything new about selling. Enjoy our threads from 15 years ago this week. Death of the Copier Salesperson Art Post (Guest) · 10/31/057:54 PM becoming the leader Dealers in the...
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The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago
The Week in Copiers Ten Years Ago The First Week of November 2010 Usually I try to add something from my day or some words of wisdom for all of our readers. Today I have nothing except for this point "Don't wait for opportunties go and create them everyday" Enjoy these copier threads from ten years ago this week! Auditors see $250,000 savings in Jefferson Parish schools copier contracts ART POST (GUEST) · 11/3/107:31 PM , lasted five years and were resold to third-party financing companies.
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MSP, MSSP & IT Industry Notes fopr November 7th, 2020
November 7th, 2020 www.thinkarcoa.com MSP, MSSP and IT Industry Notes Sponsored by Arcoa Group Why partnering with ARCOA makes sense Electronics Recycling is an important and profitable part of the IT asset lifecycle, but it can be overwhelming with all you already do, varying state regulations, and the limited resources at hand. That’s where ARCOA comes in. When you partner with ARCOA, you get all the benefits of a big company without any of the capital investment. We’ve been doing this...