Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
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Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
Would be nice if there was way to get email notice when it are back in stock, and available out of factory store.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
Seems like a reasonable and sensible request. I would venture to guess that their current website software lacks the feature. Hopefully, it will be added in a future upgrade.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
And, oh, BTW, existing staff has only so many cycles per day/week/month.
So, adding cycles to keep the likes of us alert to the new may require adding to headcount. Customer conveniences come with costs.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
Should be a feature, but also won't be fast enough for high demand items. We already see this with every other vendor online. Once you get the notification that it's in stock and act on it they're usually sold out.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
It's more like their existing systems for inventory control, web services, etc. are not designed to interact. In order for them to have a notification service, there would need to be a way for the inventory control system to tell the web app that product sku X is now in stock. Doing it by hand would be less than sane. I'd be surprised if their IT and/or web services team is insourced, but not impossible. So new headcount might not be needed. That said, like everything, there is always a cost associated.
I still think that the request is reasonable.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
Can’t disagree, but I watched a company where i worked put in a management-information system (which is what the integration will become) take a few years of consultants coming in to rewrite and expand (after significant testing) the software the company’s IT department had been limping forward on. So, significant headcount actually increased by way of enormous consultant fees. The pain is in the details.JRinFL wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:22 pmIt's more like their existing systems for inventory control, web services, etc. are not designed to interact. In order for them to have a notification service, there would need to be a way for the inventory control system to tell the web app that product sku X is now in stock. Doing it by hand would be less than sane. I'd be surprised if their IT and/or web services team is insourced, but not impossible. So new headcount might not be needed. That said, like everything, there is always a cost associated.
I still think that the request is reasonable.
And the cost of the company’s product—surprise, surprise—got passed to the customer.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
All costs get passed on to the customer which is why it is critical companies work to keep costs down, but sometimes you need to spend more $$ upfront to have lower costs going forward. Thankfully, I'm not the one who needs to make these decisions.
The company my wife works for is doing a massive conversion from an old system, actually systems, to one new system. Utter disaster. Due to the market they are in, they cannot pass on the costs to the consumer easily. Looks like another loss to write off. Tales like these keep companies from moving away from something old that still sort of works.
The company my wife works for is doing a massive conversion from an old system, actually systems, to one new system. Utter disaster. Due to the market they are in, they cannot pass on the costs to the consumer easily. Looks like another loss to write off. Tales like these keep companies from moving away from something old that still sort of works.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
There are already plugins to Chrome and Firefox that will do the job for you. It takes some user effort to set up the scans properly.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
Every retailer has this feature. Why not just order from BladeHQ, Knife Center, etc, etc, etc?
Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
I dont think their email works I've emailed about getting new clip screws for my centofante 3 like four times. I gave up
Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
i'm guessing he's using the opsfocus discount. there's almost no other reason to order direct from spyderco because you pay msrp.
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current collection:
C36MCW2, C258YL, C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
spyderco steels:
H2, CPM 20CV, CPM 15V, CTS 204P, CPM CRUWEAR, CPM S30V, N690Co, M390, CPM MagnaCut, LC200N, CTS XHP, H1, 8Cr13MoV, GIN-1, CTS BD1, VG-10, VG-10/Damascus, 440C
current collection:
C36MCW2, C258YL, C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
spyderco steels:
H2, CPM 20CV, CPM 15V, CTS 204P, CPM CRUWEAR, CPM S30V, N690Co, M390, CPM MagnaCut, LC200N, CTS XHP, H1, 8Cr13MoV, GIN-1, CTS BD1, VG-10, VG-10/Damascus, 440C
Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
try calling. there's been plenty of talk here about their customer service in the past and the consensus seems to be calling is what works best.
keep your knife sharp and your focus sharper.
current collection:
C36MCW2, C258YL, C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
spyderco steels:
H2, CPM 20CV, CPM 15V, CTS 204P, CPM CRUWEAR, CPM S30V, N690Co, M390, CPM MagnaCut, LC200N, CTS XHP, H1, 8Cr13MoV, GIN-1, CTS BD1, VG-10, VG-10/Damascus, 440C
current collection:
C36MCW2, C258YL, C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
spyderco steels:
H2, CPM 20CV, CPM 15V, CTS 204P, CPM CRUWEAR, CPM S30V, N690Co, M390, CPM MagnaCut, LC200N, CTS XHP, H1, 8Cr13MoV, GIN-1, CTS BD1, VG-10, VG-10/Damascus, 440C
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
Working in IT myself, specifically in the area of websites and e-commerce, I can assure you there are plugins/extensions for any halfway current e-commerce platform that interacts with inventory management systems, websites and email integrations.JRinFL wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:22 pmIt's more like their existing systems for inventory control, web services, etc. are not designed to interact. In order for them to have a notification service, there would need to be a way for the inventory control system to tell the web app that product sku X is now in stock. Doing it by hand would be less than sane. I'd be surprised if their IT and/or web services team is insourced, but not impossible. So new headcount might not be needed. That said, like everything, there is always a cost associated.
I still think that the request is reasonable.
I think they just focus on knives more than site feature requests.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
Well as I have friend who actually writes, and fixes programs. What seems simple is sometime lot of hours of work.
Not like flushing toilet, simple task if everything goes right.
Not like flushing toilet, simple task if everything goes right.
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Re: Request to sal & Spyderco IT Department🙏
Further inspection, looks like they're using a custom cart. Wouldn't be a simple integration so that makes sense.akapennypincher wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:43 pmWell as I have friend who actually writes, and fixes programs. What seems simple is sometime lot of hours of work.
Not like flushing toilet, simple task if everything goes right.