I think I may have found it!

[Greg Newell]

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David,
         Comments below :-)



At 11:53 AM 10/31/2003, you wrote:

>Greg,
>
>That's so funny because as I was looking at it I thought about you and your
>search for the holy grail of database software.

Interesting that you put it that way. I didn't know I was being that=20
obsessed. My own personal blind spot I guess,

>  I don't like that it
>doesn't sync with a Palm or at least I didn't find that in my perusal.  I
>believe you are carrying a laptop?  Still printing out the invoices?

I wish it did too!
Yes and Yes

>Question:  are you intending to add everyone of your customers to your
>database?

That was my thought.

>Won't that be a lot of storage for Quickbooks?

I hadn't really thought about it but I have plenty of room so what's the=20
problem?

>  I think they
>share some of the same data files?

I think that they can share files but this is a stand alone product that=20
does not rely on Quickbooks itself being available. Or so they say in the=20
propaganda.

>  I don't want Mrs. Jones, my once a year
>tuning, in my Quickbooks.  She may very well stop being a customer and then
>I've got all the that old data which can't be removed.  Sure I can hide it
>but it's a pain.  I use Cash Sales for the private customers and add Mrs.
>Jones on the second line.  Corporate or more important private customers go
>in the Quickbooks file.

This perspective comes from the CAUT setting it seems. I can see where this=
=20
would be a problem for you. I posted it to this list because many of you,=20
it seems, do a fair amount of outside work as well. I thought it might be=20
useful.

>    I would like to be able to change the templates
>more.

There was a selection on the first "screen shot" page where one could add=20
fields. Is this what you are talking about or do you wish to move around=20
windows within the main window. If that's the case I don't know whether=20
this is possible or not. If I buy it I'll try and be sure to let you know.

>  I didn't like that I couldn't delete "Setting"...I think thats what
>was...
>
>I am still checking Customer Manager out, but Time & Chaos does the job for
>me at a much more intuitive level.

I checked out Time and Chaos but it just didn't seem robust enough for me.=
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I want to schedule, track customers, print invoices, and other various and=
=20
sundry items all within the same program rather than opening separate=20
programs to do each item of interest.

>David Ilvedson

Thank you VERY Much for your feedback!


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; <mpt@philbondi.com>; <caut@ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 8:31 PM
>Subject: I think I may have found it!
>
>
>Gentle piano folk,
>          I think I may have finally found the solution to my data base
>headaches. I would like your input on this. Especially those of you who
>already use Quickbooks financial software. The new product is called
>"Quickbooks Customer Manager for Windows". It seems to contain most or all
>of the things that we might need on a daily basis at a fairly reasonable
>price. I would like your opinions about it's possible shortcomings  or any
>other observations that you may have on this software. One of the biggest
>pluses for me is that it is a known brand company and therefore much of the
>data stored should be compatible with other programs as well. This might
>just be a moot point however as I am using Quickbooks anyway. Thanks in
>advance. the URL is
>http://quickbooks.intuit.com/commerce/catalog/product.jhtml?prodId=3Dprod00=
00000000005951301&priorityCode=3D0443502282
>
>Greg Newell
>Greg's piano Fort=E9
>mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
>
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