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Re: Who to use for Leasing
Heartland Leasing may be a good choice, I have heard good things. Have only used them once (no problems). CIT has been good to us, however that may come from all of the volume that we give them. I still like Great America also. Rates are through the roof compared to others. Art
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Re: Gas Price Check
I know it doesn't make you feel any better, but Kentucky and Illinois are around $3.16. Someone sent me an email the other day about saving at the pump. I have attached it here, and hope it helps others. Helpful Tips on Pumping Gas (Good information) I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's...
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Re: Gas Price Check
I'm going to guess we won't see any change in food prices since the chain that ends in a pork chop at the grocery is months long and most of that cost has already been paid.
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Re: Daily Sales Philosophy
Confucius say, "To get an Irishman to climb on the roof, tell him that the drinks are on the house." Yoshida say, "When Manufacturer's Rep comes to do Sales Blitz, make sure they bring Call List."
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Re: "You've just WON Presidents Club, What Are You Going to D0 Now?"
"I Love Cold Calling!" Don't worry - I haven't lost my mind. (Yet.) Cold calling isn't fun. You know it and I know it. So why did I say that? Because I can remember countless times when I heard someone say, "Cold calling is fun!" In fact, I even did it once. It's true. Early on in my sales career, when I was going from job to job, failing by cold calling, and not understanding why it wasn't working - after all, my managers all said it would work - I began deluding myself into believing that...
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Re: Leasing and Lawyers
How many lawyers does it take to roof a house? Three if you slice them thin enough.
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Re: Broken Components in AC204
I think the chance of that is less than 1%. I think the most likely thing that happenned was that the fan had a catastrophic failure and chewed its way thru those wires. Either way, you've got to eat this one.
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Re: Around the World w/Ricoh #3
Neon lighted by RICOH in Beijing On July 6 at 8:30 pm, on the roof of Landmark Tower located in East San Huan Bei Road where foreign companies gather, the neon sign was lighted up by the multinational company RICOH. RICOH, is an international campany that engages in manufacturing and selling office automation equipment such as copier and printer. Height of 7m and large of 42m, the red letters with white background glimmer in busy night, displaying alternately “RICOH” and its Chinese...
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Re: Xerox (XRX) Q1 2019 Earnings Call Transcript
It's my understanding that most of these savings came from the backs of the employees and the consolidation of many Global and Xerox locations. Yes, Xerox is profitable, but I also know of many xclint sales people that have left the Global (XBS) ranks. You just can't replace these peeps overnight. Winners: John Visentin and Xerox shareholders Losers: Employees
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Re: Xerox (XRX) Q1 2019 Earnings Call Transcript
Norwalk-based Xerox jettisoned 400 more jobs in the first quarter of the year while leaving unfilled roughly another 1,100 that opened up as a result of employee attrition. The reductions took Xerox’s workforce to 30,900 people at the end of March. Under CEO John Visentin, revenue dropped 9 percent from a year earlier to $2.2 billion, but profits surged to $133 million from $23 million in the first quarter of 2018. Shares were down 5 percent Thursday to $32.17, but remain up 60 percent on...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Third Week in January 2009
There's a pretty decent thread below about relationship selling. It's ten years old and yes I found it some place on the web. Speaks about common ground with the client along with trust. Take the three minutes to read this thread. Relationship Selling – The Buy and Buy Enjoy the threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 1/18/09 Neal · 1/19/098:46 AM bundled with Kodak MarketMover, which is a package to assist printshop owners in marketing and selling digital output. The...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Last Week in January 2009
It's been a hectic week for me. Had to spend a couple days in PA for meetings, coupled with the end of the month. January was nothing but a bummer. That's what happens when you cram everything in for the end of the year. One item I was happy with was my commission check. Back to rebuilding the pipeline. Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week. Weekend Copier Notes from 1/25/09 Neal · 1/26/096:56 AM server, which is a relabeled Konica Minolta PRO C 6501. This certification is based...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The First Week in December 2008
Enjoy these awesome threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 11/30/08 Neal · 12/1/087:06 AM . to strengthen its sales network in the U .S. after losing IKON to Ricoh . - Canon announced it has sold an imagePRESS C 7000VP production color system to The Processors, a printshop in Irwindale, CA. - Kodak announced it has sold a NexPress S2500 production color system to Evergreen Printing of New Jersey. - More details on Memjet Technology, the company that promised to...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Second Week in January 2004
Fifteen years ago I was not blogging about our industry. Most of what you'll see below is threads from P4P'ers asking and answering questions. The Print4Pay Hotel forums offers our members the opportunity to post questions, answers, news or maybe you want to blow off some steam. If you do here's a link to our forums. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Ricoh Demonstrates Its Dedication 1/9/049:25 AM manufacturing, distribution, use and the recycling of its products. Sustainable...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Second Week in January 2009
Enjoy these threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 1/11/09 Neal · 1/11/098:32 PM replacement was named for Tod’s old job. - In an effort to gain its customers back from IKON (which was acquired by Ricoh ), Canon Business Solutions launched the “War Chest” program, giving sales reps ability to pay for up to 9 months of a competitive lease, - A year after being booted from the program, Canon announced that it is once again part of the U .S. Federal Government GSA...
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Mark Andy Reports 15 Digital and 6 Flexo Equipment Sales at Labelexpo Americas 2018
Labelexpo Americas 2018 proved to be another successful event for Mark Andy and its global network of distributors. Unveiling new technologies in both digital and flexo equipment led to dozens of signed contracts on the show floor, including Digital Series HD hybrid presses, Performance Series machines, Digital One and several pressroom supplies orders. This year’s booth featured digital and flexo options from the press manufacturer, as well as inspection, rewind and finishing equipment from...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Last Week in October 2003
Wile reading through the threads I re-read a post that I wrote about my brother fifteen years ago. It was this week fifteen years ago that he passed away. Even though we had our differences he is missed. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Scan & Capture From the Copier 10/28/036:57 PM alike. When scans replace printouts and copies, it often translates into lower lease charges for dealers and diminished (high-margin) consumables revenue. In addition, selling and integrating...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Fourth Week in June 2008
Dang, me and the entire industry must have been on vacation this week! Enjoy these meager threads from ten years ago this week! Weekend Copier Notes from 06/22/08 Neal · 6/23/088:40 AM and management software to large corporate customers Graphic unit will offer printers and supplies to wide format users o Most of the U .S. employees of the printer division (3,400) work at the division headquarters in Boise, Idaho, which designs the products, while manufacturing is done overseas. - Ricoh...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Second Week in September 2003
Haha! Something pretty funny in with one of the links below. "Moving closer to the paperless office". This was fifteen years ago. Do you remember the Ricoh C1224? Was a color MFP that had a speed of 12 pages per minute in color and 24 pages per minute in black. Needless to say that Ricoh never informed sales that the copier would go into auto calibrate during a print or copy run for up to minutes! Relive that experience with the threads below Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week.
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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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Hey Sales Leaders: Is Your Sales Team Still Partying Like It Is 1999?
This blog isn't meant to cause you any sorrow. This blog isn't meant not to cause you any pain. Allow me to take you back a few decades, the Thomas Guide was a sales reps best friend. It was the spiral-bound version of what our present day smartphone GPS accomplishes. Remember carrying around both a pager and a cell phone? How about taking photos and having no clue how they'd turn out? All of this got me thinking... STOP LIVING IN THE PAST Many sales leaders are still guiding their sales...
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A Recent Copier Appointment That Went From Bad to Good
My second appointment of the day proved to one of the most enjoyable appointments I've had in recent memory. It was with an existing account that was in the last 3 months of a 36 month lease for an A3 color MFP. The account only has one, but so do most of my accounts. I'd like to say I flourish with onesies and twosies. Just a tip for some of you that may be new in the copier business. When quoting leasing always lead with a 36 month lease. There are two well maybe three reasons for that.
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Sales Professionals Chase Excellence, Not Shiny Objects
Look into my eyes, you're getting sleepy, you're getting real sleepy, your eyelids are getting droopy, are you hypnotized yet by all the social noise? I encourage all of you, please take off the dark sun glasses and stop chasing shiny "social" objects! In Hey Sales Leaders... 3 Reasons Why Your Sales Teams "Social" ROI Sucks! I shared my opinion that social has always been a part of sales. It is about building relationships and changing the way people think as now we have more tools to build...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Third Week in October 2008
I like to start these updates with some interesting things that happen to me in the last week or so. I received two leads and closed both of them from Linkedin. It was net new clients reaching out to me via Linkedin and requesting to set a meeting. Yes, this was the first I ever had two in one week. So I keep moving forward and keep growing my connections because you just never know when one of those calls might be for 20, 100 or 1,000 MFP's #nevergiveup Enjoy the threads from ten years ago...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago, The Second Week in November 2003
So it was fifteen years ago that Ricoh launched the first GBC puncher. I remember it well, chads were evenly distributed through out the entire device! One of my accounts had to vacuum their GBC puncher once a week. Enjoy the threads from 15 years ago this week! Toshiba America Business Solutions Introduces the Flagship Model in its Workgroup Color Printer Line Boston Mike · 11/10/036:05 PM in TABS color printer product line. Boasting a powerful 600 MHz processor and 256 MB of standard RAM...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 15 Years Ago (First Week of March 2004)
Seems we're coming to the end of the first quarter already. After dumping everything into the end of 2018. I've had a rough go of it for the past 7 weeks. Last week proved to be better with two orders and one of them was $45K. We're also going see have then end of the fiscal years for most if not all of the copier manufacturers. This time of years scares me because nothing is safe, you need to ask the tough questions up front and try your best to wrap up business either the day you met with...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Third Week in November 2008
Busy, busy week last week, at least for Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday turned out to be a dud with just a couple of small orders. We all know the story for Thursday & Friday. I took a well deserved break from the site for four days. End of the year, the month, the year and the quarter coming up. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR! Enjoy the most popular threads from ten years ago this week. Ricoh, IKON, and the Next Great Bubble ''''1 11/15/084:31 PM acquisitions to date - or the next big bubble.
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago, The Last Week in November 2008
I guess the BIG news of the week from ten years ago was ere 50 cuts that Ricoh performed that week. However, that was right after the IKON purchase and within four months (end of Japanese) there was to be major cuts with high level legacy employees. Seems to me that one of the covenants if the Ricoh purchase was that all high level Ikon peeps would replace those at Ricoh. AS Vince would say "that's my two cents". Enjoy all of the threads from ten years ago this week. Weekend Copier Notes...
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Xerox Names Nicole Torraco Senior VP, Chief Strategy, and M&A Officer
Xerox Holdings Corporation announced the appointment of Nicole Torraco as senior vice president and chief strategy and M&A officer. In this newly created role, she reports to John Visentin, vice chairman and CEO of Xerox, and serves as a corporate officer. “Nicole brings a rare combination of financial acumen and entrepreneurship, with an impressive record of identifying strategic opportunities that deliver value,” said Visentin. “Xerox has built a strong M&A pipeline and has a...
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This Week in the Copier Industry 10 Years Ago (Second Week of April 2010)
For each of the next few blogs I'll be inserting some tips from what other dealers and sales peeps are doing on a daily basis from around the globe for staying relevant with their clients and prospects . Share our FB posts daily. Enjoy these wonderful threads from ten years ago this week! Konica Minolta Helps AMG Resources Eliminate Paper Filing Guest · 4/8/1011:21 PM .A., Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop. For the third...
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Rapha Gets on the Fast Track with EFI Optitex 3D
NEWS – For Immediate Release Rapha Gets on the Fast Track with EFI Optitex 3D Renowned cycling clothing manufacturer boosts creativity and productivity with intuitive, easy-to-use 3D digital design tools FREMONT, California -- March 30, 2020 -- EFI™ Optitex ®, Electronics For Imaging’s global provider of integrated end-to-end 2D and 3D CAD/CAM software solutions for the fashion and apparel industry, today announced its agreement with Rapha® Racing Ltd. , one of the world’s top cycling...
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Re: Foxconn Buys 10% of Sharp Corp
Has anyone seen the documentary special on TV covering the history of FoxConn....it was amazing to watch all the people acting like robots and elbow to elbow. Then they actually put up nets around the building because workers were jumping off the roof and committing suicide because of the harsh working conditions. It just like it is in the copier business. :-) You can also find many videos online....watch them....it almost does not entice someone to buy an ipad.
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Re: Who will be at "On Demand" in Phili?
That's right! The infamous CONVERGENCE Meeting, wherein IKON Management has all Ricoh / Savin / Lanier Dealers together at one time, under one roof, in Sin City. Love to be at that one!
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Re: Savin 3515mf fax problem
I've never heard of anything like this happening, were all of the firmware versions at their latest release?
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Re: Around The World with Ricoh
Ricoh Canada Inc. Announces the Opening of Toronto’s Ricoh Coliseum Toronto, Canada, November 06, 2003 — Ricoh Canada Inc., Canada’s leading provider of high quality document and content management solutions, today announced that the Ricoh Coliseum is now open. The facility, which seats 9700 for hockey and 11,000 for concerts, officially opened its doors with the home debut of their resident AHL hockey team, the Toronto Roadrunners. The Ricoh Coliseum represents a total investment of $38...
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Re: Take the Presidential Poll!
Hey there, I would love the quotes. I am involved in the Republican Party here in Texas and love Bush. My email is marmstrong@denitech.com Thanks
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Re: Rate Check!
Speaking of sending equipment back. In the last year, I have sent several machines back to GE Capital using Bekin Van Lines. The machine works fine when it leaves our office, Bekins shrinkwraps and cartons the machine and sends it back to Wulff Enterprises. Several weeks later, the customer gets an invoice from GE that the machine is damaged, and requires x number of parts. Both times I called GE and offered to send replacement parts to them to fix the machine, and that the customer is not...
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Re: Rate Check!
They did it recently to me on a machine that I sent back for a customer. They invoiced the customer for $503 for a broken bypass tray, missing finisher exit tray (SR720) and a Exposure Lamp (Savin 9935dpe). The customer called me, since I transferred their business to CIT, and asked what was up. I got the invoice from them and called the Wulff people. No Answer. I called Bekins for a insurance claim, and they had nothing written on their bill of lading for damages from Wulff upon delivery.
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DF82
We received a DF82 the other day without any paperwork of who it goes to or who it is from. Can anyone tell me what system a DF82 is for?John Roof
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Postscript 3 Version
I am trying to sell a 1515mf to a customer using a Macintosh 10.3 & 10.4 system. They tell me the version of Postscript 3 is not compatible with the new version of Mac. Can anyone tell me if there is a newer version of Postscript that will be available, or a driver upgrade for the current version? John Roof
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MacIntosh OS 10.4
Does anyone have a customer that uses MacIntosh Operating System 10.4 that can print with the newest version of the Postscript driver? My customer wants actual proof that the driver will work on 10.4. Ricoh has told him that it will work with version...
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Consumables, Toner, & Accessories
Advance Business Concepts is cleaning house this year, and has the following list of consumables & accessories that they would like to sell. See if your company has any need for these items. If so, send me a reply with who you are, what you need, and how you want the items shipped. roof@abconceptsinc.com
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Fla. Residents Wait on Half-Mile Food Line
Fla. Residents Wait on Half-Mile Food Line Florida members of the P4P, hope everything is OK! By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer VERO BEACH, Fla. - People lined up for more than a half-mile for food and water, while others searched in vain for...
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Canon Targets Commercial Print Market
Press Release Source: Canon U.S.A., Inc. Canon Targets Commercial Print Market with Expansion of Flagship Digital Press Production PortfolioThursday October 7, 8:30 am ET Growth Strategy Focuses on Introduction of Monochrome imageRUNNER Pro...
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World's Oldest Man Cheering for Red Sox
World's Oldest Man Cheering for Red Sox SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In 113 years, Fred Hale Sr. has seen a lot. There's one thing he'd like to see again. Hale, documented as the world's oldest man, is a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan. Hale already has seen the...
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WEekend Copier Notes from 07/19/09
Weekend MFP Industry Notes Newsletter7-19-09Color LED Printer and MFP maker, Okidata’s history: - 1874 - Mr. Kibataro Oki enters Telegraph Bureau School of Technology - 1881 - Mr. Oki establishes Meikosha, Ltd. to create telephones based on...