<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type = content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First I'm no computer geek. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did like PTBiz on several platforms, = one being the work order for each customer. The other using that as an invoice.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But I have my own invoices, so that = feature doesn't do anything for my way of doing business.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As far as directions, information for = the day, etc, I print out the day's work schedule on an 8x 11 sheet and that gets put = on a suctioned cup mini clipboard which hangs on my windshield. Everything = for that is at a glance. Then as a backup I have the Pocket PC for any further information.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As far as directions, T&C has a = nice feature where you can assign blocks for directions, phone numbers, email, etc. I = always assign for directions, then simply cut and paste onto the scheduled time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And as far as printing up invoices, = which I like the idea very much, I'm looking into an portable printer which can = accept a beam from the pocket pc and print invoices.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I still convinced more and more that = T&C has got it right...keep it simple and extremely flexible.  After 2 yrs = of doing basic tweaking in, I have nice functioning system which, so far, has = been incredibly fun to work with.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 14, = 2005 7:29 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano Service = Software</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How does T&C handle some of the = desirable features of PBiz - like maintaining a service record for customer's = pianos - printing out a work order with driving directions and piano service = record - reports of pianos and sales/income - does it keep track of invoices = and payment? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of the things where PTBiz really = helps me is that it will take an appointment (work order) and convert it into an = invoice - that needs to be paid. With that feature, once I make an appointment = (which I can remember to do), the program will keep track of that appointment = through creating the invoice and having the invoice paid. If I had to do that = all on my own, I would have failed at this business a long time = ago!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the bare-bones T&C program = doesn't do these things, but your tweaked version does, are you in the business = of customizing for other techs?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used to be pretty good with = computers (DOS days), but I've drifted so far away from tweaking anything computer related - I just want to plug it in and have the darn thing work. = Is there any hope?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </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></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>