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From: Joerg on 12 Apr 2010 12:21
Muzaffer Kal wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:10:56 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Folks,
>> ...
>>
>> Other question: Does anyone know whether it's possible to order at
>> places like Digikey using a clients credit card? Or fill in a Digikey
>> order with shipping address and all, send to client, and they just need
>> to add their payment info but not have to enter all the parts again?
>> That would make invoicing less cluttered.
>
> After you enter the order at Digikey, you can get a pair of number
> called "Web ID" and "Access ID" which allow you to access the order
> again from anywhere on the web. You can email those numbers to your
> client/purchaser and they can finalize the order. That's what I do.
> You can also make billing and shipping addresses different and enter
> any credit card number (you may have to know the 3 digit code in the
> back but I am not sure.)


Thanks. If that works this would be cool.

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From: Joerg on 12 Apr 2010 12:23
Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:10:56 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> Other question: Does anyone know whether it's possible to order at
>> places like Digikey using a clients credit card? Or fill in a Digikey
>> order with shipping address and all, send to client, and they just need
>> to add their payment info but not have to enter all the parts again?
>> That would make invoicing less cluttered.
>
> Joerg:-
>
> You can send them a csv file and get them to do this:
>
> http://dkc3.digikey.com/RUD/US/OrderFileUpload.html
>
> You can set up an uncommitted order and grab the stuff off the screen
> with a bit of editing.
>

That would be another option but I am going to try Muzaffer's method.
Looks like just a couple of numbers and the order pops up, if that
works. I guess the client could then enter their Digikey account number
somewhere.

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From: Joerg on 12 Apr 2010 12:25
Tim Wescott wrote:
> Joerg wrote:
>> Hello Folks,
>>
> -- snip --
>
>> Other question: Does anyone know whether it's possible to order at
>> places like Digikey using a clients credit card? Or fill in a Digikey
>> order with shipping address and all, send to client, and they just
>> need to add their payment info but not have to enter all the parts
>> again? That would make invoicing less cluttered.
>
> It would indeed make invoicing less cluttered, but then it makes your
> timetable dependent on your client's purchasing department. I wouldn't
> do it unless I knew that I could monitor the status of the order and
> rattle some bars with the client if it wasn't getting entered.
>
> I'd have to trust the client's purchasing department, and even then I
> can already see the finger-pointing contest when my work was late
> because their purchasing department didn't get around to dealing with
> the order.
>
> Clearly this would work well if whoever holds the credit card on the
> client's end is motivated, responsive, and responsible. So I'm not
> saying "don't do it, it'll be a nightmare" -- but I am most certainly
> saying "think about it, it _may well_ be a nightmare". Depends on the
> client, and you, on how much you trust them to be speedy with ordering
> vs. how much you trust them to be speedy with paying invoices, and on
> how willing you are to bankroll their inventory.
>

Oh, I fully trust the client. Most clients are smaller companies,
meaning they are highly motivated to get this done because it affects
the time frame within which they have a revised and reliably working
product. You just have to make sure the person doing this ordering isn't
out of office but I usually know that.

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From: Muzaffer Kal on 12 Apr 2010 12:30
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:23:21 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:10:56 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Other question: Does anyone know whether it's possible to order at
>>> places like Digikey using a clients credit card? Or fill in a Digikey
>>> order with shipping address and all, send to client, and they just need
>>> to add their payment info but not have to enter all the parts again?
>>> That would make invoicing less cluttered.
>>
>> Joerg:-
>>
>> You can send them a csv file and get them to do this:
>>
>> http://dkc3.digikey.com/RUD/US/OrderFileUpload.html
>>
>> You can set up an uncommitted order and grab the stuff off the screen
>> with a bit of editing.
>>
>
>That would be another option but I am going to try Muzaffer's method.
>Looks like just a couple of numbers and the order pops up, if that
>works. I guess the client could then enter their Digikey account number
>somewhere.

Actually it works quite and it's very easy. Whenever you start a new
order, the two numbers you need are displayed at top of the page. When
you are done entering, write the numbers down. Later you can go back
to Digikey and click on "order status" to enter the numbers. You can
check wheter your purchaser has paid for the order by the end of the
day and even get a tracking number.
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From: Tim Wescott on 12 Apr 2010 12:40
Joerg wrote:
> Tim Wescott wrote:
>> Joerg wrote:
>>> Hello Folks,
>>>
>> -- snip --
>>
>>> Other question: Does anyone know whether it's possible to order at
>>> places like Digikey using a clients credit card? Or fill in a Digikey
>>> order with shipping address and all, send to client, and they just
>>> need to add their payment info but not have to enter all the parts
>>> again? That would make invoicing less cluttered.
>>
>> It would indeed make invoicing less cluttered, but then it makes your
>> timetable dependent on your client's purchasing department. I
>> wouldn't do it unless I knew that I could monitor the status of the
>> order and rattle some bars with the client if it wasn't getting entered.
>>
>> I'd have to trust the client's purchasing department, and even then I
>> can already see the finger-pointing contest when my work was late
>> because their purchasing department didn't get around to dealing with
>> the order.
>>
>> Clearly this would work well if whoever holds the credit card on the
>> client's end is motivated, responsive, and responsible. So I'm not
>> saying "don't do it, it'll be a nightmare" -- but I am most certainly
>> saying "think about it, it _may well_ be a nightmare". Depends on the
>> client, and you, on how much you trust them to be speedy with ordering
>> vs. how much you trust them to be speedy with paying invoices, and on
>> how willing you are to bankroll their inventory.
>>
>
> Oh, I fully trust the client. Most clients are smaller companies,
> meaning they are highly motivated to get this done because it affects
> the time frame within which they have a revised and reliably working
> product. You just have to make sure the person doing this ordering isn't
> out of office but I usually know that.

I do appreciate working for smaller companies. There's a sort of
madness that sets in when the layers of management get too deep,
particularly when the top layer is all finance guys. It never fails to
astound me how some CEO who has no trouble demanding 100 times the pay
of a store manager at McDonald's can't imagine that some engineers may
be worth more than others.

Smaller companies get the concept of "I ask for more per hour, but even
so I deliver more value per dollar". And they understand "you do your
part and everything will go faster". Etc.

Etc.

Etc.

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Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com
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