And when you (the consultant) do the ordering, then you have to worry about collecting sales and use taxes and also getting a sales tax permit. Then you have to deal with monthly reports and the headache that comes from returns, etc. Just have the customer order the stuff with their money and let CDW/Dell or whoever worry about the sales taxes.
Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 2:31 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Actually it may not be but opinion wanted on this > > Since you mentioned consulting I thought I'd chime in. As a rule, we avoid > purchasing anything for our clients. We will spec and do the ordering, but > avoid paying the bills. I'd rather just have the overhead of labor to worry > about and not having to pay interest on CC debt while I wait for clients to > pay me. > > For most clients of any size we usually setup accounts with CDW for them > and they can setup terms or have a CC at CDW. Makes things simple and > allows us to research past purchases, invoices etc. Tiny clients I just use > new egg usually. Saves them sales tax. > > Bill > > Jon Harris wrote: > > I seem to remember a while back a discussion on online purchasing and > > use of prepaid cards for that purpose. Are any of you doing that or > > do you use a regular credit card attached to your PII? I am just now > > starting to do online purchasing for my consulting and really do not > > like the idea of having my cc #, name and address stolen by hackers > > because some online company was a little forgetful or not following > > best practices. FYI I don't do online banking at all and unless I end > > up being forced to do so don't plan to change that. > > > > If you are using a prepaid card which company do you use? Visa, > > MasterCard, Amex, Discover, or some other? > > > > Thanks a lot for your opinion on this, > > > > Jon Harris > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
