Tuner software?

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Thu, 03 Jul 1997 12:45:13 -0700
> From:          Warren Fisher <fish@communique.net>
> Organization:  Fisher Piano Co.
> To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject:       Re: Tuner software?
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

I concur with Warren on QuickbooksPro.  Much more suited to 
business than Quicken.  I use Quicken for the Household books.  
I have been using Reyburn's PSM for DOS for years and still like 
although it is the only DOS program I run.  It is my customer 
database and scheduler in one.   

David ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA


> Glenn,
> 
> I use Quickbooks Pro, to keep track of all my financial end, and print
> out estimates and mail in invoices.  You can have as many categories as
> you like.  Also it will keep track of your sales taxes by city,county 
> and state, then  automatically figure the amount of taxable income to
> report and how much tax to pay.  The beautiful part about this program
> is that once you have a customer in there, the details each new
> transaction will be filled in by the software!  Usually the first 3
> letters of the last name is enough to find it for you.  It will fill in
> the rest of the full name, the amount of the last transaction (which you
> can change if this one is different), the tax category (tuning, gr.
> sales, moving,etc.) the date of this transaction and any memo notes from
> the last one.
> 
> On invoicing, you build a file of codes for various repairs and tuning,
> and use the same descriptions for both invoicing and estimates.  When
> you type in the (3-5) code characters the program fills in the
> description, price, tax category and totals everything at the bottom of
> the page.  The only other thing you have to do is enter the quantity of
> each item you are selling. It takes me about five minutes to generate a
> ten item estimate or invoice complete with grand total and tax included.
> Each person has their own sales tax code determined by where they live.
> 
> For keeping track of customers, I use a Personal Information Manager
> software like SideKick for Windows or Lotus Organizer as a schedule,
> label generator and customer database.  You search on the date last
> tuned to find out who to contact, then print mailing labels or call the
> the ones it finds.
> 
> The problem with one program that does everything is that quite often it
> isn't as convenient as commercial programs that have been developed
> specifically for one use, simply because there is not as much a market
> for it. 
> 
> The programs above probably will probably not talk to each other, but
> they do their own things superbly!
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Warren
> 
> 
> Glenn wrote:
> > 
> > What is a good tuner program to catalog clients, remind me when tunings are
> > due, then tally everything for tax time?
> > 
> > Does anyone have an Excel or other spreadsheet doing this?  Care to share
> > the file (without your data, of course!!)
> > 
> > Glenn.
> 
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