Q. How can I get better pricing?
A. There are multiple strategies you should be using to improve
your pricing. First off you should watch for
promotions, not all of them make
it online and deals are struck all month long so ask your sales
representative if there is anything going on that day.
You should also consolidate your orders. Make an effort to push all
your business for a month or two to your
preferred distributor and
you'll be as happy as your sales team at the bump in pricing
you'll receive. If you continue to scatter your orders
across multiple distributors looking for the best price on each
item then you will be seen by each of them as a lower volume
reseller then you actually are. The higher your volume the
lower the price we can afford to give you. |
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Q. Why are inventory levels so low on
memory products at Tech Data?
A. Due to daily and sometime hourly price moves on memory
products, and the low margin nature of memory,
Tech Data tries to maintain seven days of supply on generic
memory products and 15 days for name brand. These are
tough number to maintain as one off large orders can rapidly
deplete our supply. Your best defense is to maintain a
small inventory yourself to buffer against weekly fluctuations
in supply. |
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Q. Why don't I see any Intel Processors
on order when there are thousands on back order?
A. Intel will not let us place an order unless they have available
inventory to ship. So any P.O. we placed against product that was
uncommitted would be rejected and would not reflect actual product
availability. |
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Q. Why don't I see any Hard Drives on
order, when there are thousands on back order?
A. Hard drives ship in multi-packs of various sizes. They
are ordered as singles but ship in case quantities to our
Indiana warehouse. We then have to unpack and then
repackage them into the singles, 20 Packs, and 50 Packs that you
see when you shop with us. Since the part you buy is
different then the part we order the on order field will never
show any information. |
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Q. Are part-time band leaders semi-conductors?
A. According to Wikipedia - A semiconductor is a solid material
that has electrical conductivity in between that of a conductor
and that of an insulator; it can vary over that wide range
either permanently or dynamically. Band leaders are solid
and not insulators and they can carry a current, just not a tune
or they would actually play something instead of prancing around
waving a wand, so the answer is yes. A part-time band
leader is a semi-conductor. |
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Q. How do I obtain backup media for
Microsoft Office?
A. To download Office 2007 Backup Media, you may visit the
Official Microsoft Website at the link below.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/backup/en-us/default.mspx
The download is free and will be sent to you through a valid
e-mail account.
You may NOT use the same office image for multiple installations
of different Office 2007 installations. You will need to
download a new copy for each license key. |
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Q. Do files get embarrassed when they get unzipped?
A. Yes, of course they do. I feel silly just saying
unzipped. The terms compressing and decompressing give
higher "street cred" in the geeky circles I keep. |
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Q. Can I downgrade Office 2007 OEM
applications?
A. No |
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Q. Does that screwdriver belong to Phillip?
A. No, Henry F. Phillips lost his patent in 1949. |
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Q. Where can I find processor benchmarks?
A. The ideal place to find benchmarks are on the manufacturers
websites. I'd link to some actual pages but the sites are
constantly changing. So here are some handy Google searches, for
AMD and
Intel. Other excellent sources are
Toms Hardware's CPU chart or
Passmark's CPU benchmark page. |
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Q. Have you ever talked into an acoustic modem?
A. You'll have to answer this for yourself. As for me I
would have to say I've only yelled at the computer itself while
the acoustic modem screamed uselessly to a similar device across
a telephone line at a blistering 300 bits per second. |
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Q. My question wasn't answered here, who
can I ask and how?
A. You can ask the components team anything you like by
following the I can't find link on
the right hand menu of every page. |