2 programs is too bad. A Scheduling/Customers program and something like Quicken or Quickbooks. I don't have a big problem with double entry because I use Cash Sales as the default in Quickbooks. Big clients get their info entered. The holy grail doesn't exist...ask Greg Newell... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "William Truitt" <surfdog at metrocast.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 4/25/2010 2:10:52 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quickbooks Payroll Rant >Hey Terry: >I never have used scheduling software, I've played with it and keep going >back to my schedule book - it never crashes unless I leave it on top of the >car while distracted doing something else, then drive away. A very long >time ago I built my own custom databases in Q and A, and then Lotus >Approach. I've heard that QB has a database module, but I've also heard >that it is not as customizable as some of us would like. >You are asking for that Holy Grail of software, where all the programs talk >to each other where and when you want them to. When you find that program, >let me know!! >Will >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Terry Farrell >Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 9:01 AM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quickbooks Payroll Rant >Will and Others - Those of you who use Quicken or Quickbooks for your >accounting - are you in any way able to incorporate your service >scheduling and client records with those programs, or do you just >enter client data twice - once for accounting software and once for >scheduling software? Or am I missing something? >I've been using PTBiz for years, and while it works well in many >areas, it is weak on the accounting end and I am aware that it is a >dead program as the author no longer supports it. >Thanks for any insight. >Terry Farrell >On Apr 25, 2010, at 7:39 AM, William Truitt wrote: >> I used to use Quicken many years ago as a sole prop and loved its >> simplicity. Which version do you use? >> >> Will >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] >> On Behalf >> Of Jon Page >> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 6:50 AM >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quickbooks Payroll Rant >> >> I use Quicken and it's all the software I need, imports to >> TurboTax. Pretty simple. >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Jon Page >> >>
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