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<font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">Tom,<br>
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OK, just looked at T&C. It looks like a wonderful scheduler and
address book program. But, it doesn't look like there's a way to do
invoicing, accounting, etc.<br>
<br>
What I'm wanting to do is use a laptop to print out an invoice at the
piano location. This looks more professional, plus it will elminate a
bunch of bookwork when I get home and don't feel like doing it. :-) Can
you do this with T&C?<br>
<br>
John Formsma<br>
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Tom Servinsky wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">John,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Do yourself a favor and go directly
to Time & Chaos. You won't pay a fortune for some out-dated
software. You'll get a tech service that is out of this world. You'll
get one of the most flexible and most use-friendly programs out there.
And for less than $100. It also syncs with the Palm devices. <a
href="http://www.chaossoftware.com">www.chaossoftware.com</a> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I've tweaked my program for the last
3 yrs and finally have running smoothly and effectively. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Oh...and I'm a recovering PTBIZ user.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Tom Servinsky</font> </div>
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<a title="john@formsmapiano.com" href="mailto:john@formsmapiano.com">John
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<a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a>
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:04 AM</div>
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Piano Service Software</div>
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<font face="Verdana" size="-1">Greetings everyone!<br>
<br>
Resubscribed recently...if this is a recently discussed topic, please
forgive.<br>
<br>
Is anyone using the technician software listed on ptg.org?<br>
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<blockquote><small><font face="Verdana">ExecuKey<br>
PianoDB by D C Al Coda<br>
PowerTech<br>
PeakeWare<br>
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<font face="Verdana"><small>If you are a user of any of the above,
is your experience favorable? Would you recommend it?<br>
<br>
I'm looking to replace PTBiz since apparently it is no longer being
sold or supported. (I'd hate to think about the mess I'd be in if
something happened to the program or Hasp hardware key and I couldn't
retrieve my data - yikes!)<br>
<br>
Any other software out there that is user-friendly, does invoicing,
reminders, and accounting, and is priced under $400.00? Am I living in
"dream world"? PTBiz has done everything that I have needed. While it
certainly has its quirks, I like that it's compact and doesn't have all
the "bells and whistles" that I don't really need.<br>
<br>
It seems to make sense to look toward a program that will allow data to
be easily transferred into other programs, such as MS Access (or
another popular database). That way, if a program becomes obsolete for
whatever reason, one doesn't have to re-type all the data into the new
program. <br>
<br>
Any ideas?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
John Formsma</small><br>
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