The funny thing is GXS is not minding the store. They do more marketing than real work - they even created some web pages and everything.
Waste of money if you ask me. Spend that money on making a better service. There has to be some truth in advertising. They make claims that are not supported. I am also intrigued with your volume Dan. At both the previous companies the total bill was never more than 8K. Tod (408) 720 1606 --- In [email protected], Tyrone Lumley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow ! What's your volume ?!?! 14K in SAVINGS ? > > When I took over, our VAN bill was 10K/Month. I renegotiated the contract and got that down to about 2K/month.... > > > "Dan L. Mehlhorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tod, > > When I went off GEIS, we didn't spend anything extra. We just > cut over and we saved a lot more than 30%. Our first monthly Van bill > was $14,000 less. With technology changes, our bill is even less, > "apples to apples" that is. With such savings, we started trading more > and bigger documents. With those new documents, we saved even more in > business and personel costs. > > Dan Mehlhorn > > ________________________________ > > From: Tod Wait > Bob > As a consultant I have done 2 migrations from GXS to other vendors. > Here are the reasons I have seen why people stay with GSX. I dont > think it has to do with good sales people. > > 1. Fear of change: GXS has been there for so long that most people > dont want to deal with changing to a competitor. I know that's an > excuse, but its a good one. There is a fear of making a change and > getting no better service. I switched my carrier from cingular to > verizon. Same coverage, different problem, not better service. > 2. Most companies are focused on other things than EDI now. So GXS > outages (which happen more frequently now than before) dont reach > upper management. > 3. Migration costs are still high: I switched twice, but both times > they had to budget for it. > 4. Accounting. I am not sure, but my client told me that maintenance > services was expense accounting and switching to a new provider was > capital expense. People dont want to take a hit. > 5. GXS still reassures its client its focused on getting things > better. Our clients believed them multiple times before they made the > switch. > > Hope this helps. > > Tod > B2B consultant > (408) 720 1606 > _ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
