VICTorythroghhydrAULICs (from WWII) forty years ago grooved couplings for FP were called "Vics".
it would not bother me one iota if a reparation of sorts is that the default language for the site is German. I learned how to ride the VIC tricycle years ago. no offense Todd. -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Litvak Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 12:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Victaulic webite www.victaulicfire.com But it doesn't have all the products we use in fire protection so you may have to use the main site as well. James Litvak VSC Fire & Security Charlotte, NC On Sunday, December 7, 2014, Todd - Work <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > > If Victaulic had a dedicated FP site, that would be helpful. Tyco.com (as > opposed to tyco-fire.com) has more of the feel of Victaulic.com. > > I had spoken to Vic a couple of times when they were still using Flash on > their website as being not compatible with iOS. That did get changed. I'm > sure there is more than one Vic employee that is on this forum and has read > this thread. > > Todd G Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > www.fpdc.com > 860-535-2080 (ofc) > > > On Dec 7, 2014, at 1:08 PM, John Denhardt <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > Todd - I do respectively disagree with what one of your points. Look at > Tyco products. They has have their own website for the fire sprinkler > product line. Maybe this what Victaulic should follow. I know I have > little to no issues with Tyco-fire website. > > > > Victaulic can do it. The question is whether they care enough to fix the > issues. Their fire product line is much smaller in sales than their > mechanical product line. I know I have personally expressed my issues > directly to Victaulic so many times I have got tired of it. No one seemed > to be able to do anything. > > > > I also agree that I use my iPhone and iPad to access all the > manufactures website. Any improvements in this area would be very useful. > > > > John > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Dec 7, 2014, at 12:50 PM, "Todd - Work" <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > >> > >> One of the things you need to realize is that Victaulic services a lot > more than just the fire protection industry. That one website covers all of > them. Very different than Reliable or other companies that are exclusively > FP. By nature that will make it more confusing. Could it be better, yes, > but I'm not sure that is a sole reason to avoid their products. > >> > >> What I would like to see from all manufacturers are mobile sites. I am > accessing websites a lot on either my iPhone or iPad and to have something > optimized for those would be helpful. Great when you need to resolve an > issue in the field. > >> > >> Todd G Williams, PE > >> Fire Protection Design/Consulting > >> Stonington, CT > >> www.fpdc.com > >> 860-535-2080 (ofc) > >> > >>> On Dec 7, 2014, at 9:45 AM, proud-texan <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>> > >>> It's exactly for this reason that I usually go to a different > manufacture when I can. Vic is my last resort. > >>>> On 12/3/2014 10:54 AM, John Denhardt wrote: > >>>> In my humble opinion, their website is awful. It is one of the worst > of our industry. That's a shame for such a large company. The website is > very difficult to move around in and find what you are looking for. I've > also had the language issues numerous times. > >>>> > >>>> John > >>>> > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>> > >>>>> On Dec 3, 2014, at 11:46 AM, "Greg McGahan" <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Happens to me every time I go to their site. > >>>>> > >>>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Dec 3, 2014, at 10:46 AM, Aaron Peck <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
