As I am finishing my newest project, to be displayed at the upcoming Fort Wayne gathering, I am preparing to place an order to Parts Express tomorrow for the last few parts I need. In the process I am becoming frustrated.
In the past whenever I was making an order I would browse through the catalog and add-on items that I could use at a later time or just stock up on supplies, and just get them all in one order. It was simple and I enjoyed picking up a few extra items.
Now, I can't do that because there is no catalog. So, no browsing for add-ons. However, I am also finding that apparently I don't know what some things are even called, because my searches don't find the items I am wanting to purchase. As a result, I end up going back to an old catalog and looking it up in there, then using that item number to find it on the website. This is nuts! I feel I must resort to using an old catalog in order to find what I need. Oh, and while I am at it I guess I will use the old catalog to come up with my add-ons as well.
I wouldn't normally rant about something like this, but I figured I'm no novice at this, and I've been doing it a long time now. So, if I am frustrated and I can't be the only one. I am sure this will ultimately impact what I purchase from Parts Express. I know the catalogs were expensive, but I would have happily paid $5- $10 for one to have one. It doesn't seem like a good trade-off for Parts Express.
Jeff B.
In the past whenever I was making an order I would browse through the catalog and add-on items that I could use at a later time or just stock up on supplies, and just get them all in one order. It was simple and I enjoyed picking up a few extra items.
Now, I can't do that because there is no catalog. So, no browsing for add-ons. However, I am also finding that apparently I don't know what some things are even called, because my searches don't find the items I am wanting to purchase. As a result, I end up going back to an old catalog and looking it up in there, then using that item number to find it on the website. This is nuts! I feel I must resort to using an old catalog in order to find what I need. Oh, and while I am at it I guess I will use the old catalog to come up with my add-ons as well.
I wouldn't normally rant about something like this, but I figured I'm no novice at this, and I've been doing it a long time now. So, if I am frustrated and I can't be the only one. I am sure this will ultimately impact what I purchase from Parts Express. I know the catalogs were expensive, but I would have happily paid $5- $10 for one to have one. It doesn't seem like a good trade-off for Parts Express.
Jeff B.
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