I know that some wholesalers still size equipment and design systems for their contractor customers, but I wondered to what degree this still goes on nowadays. So I asked...
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I was a teacher for a manufacturers rep in New York for more than 10 years. I decided to go out on my own in 1989 and helping me make that decision was the fact that the ...
With all the technology we have these days I was curious as to if and how contractors were using it to place orders with their suppliers, so I asked on The Wall at Heatin...
I spotted a story in the newspaper last year that made me smile with a memory that was bittersweet. One of the main buildings at Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, or wh...
I always enjoy looking at photos of their own work that Wallies post on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com. It’s not easy to do because The Wall is home to some of the sharpest ...
My first job in this business was to be a truck driver for an AC/Refrigeration wholesaler on Long Island. I didn’t have a car at the time, so I walked a mile to the branc...
I asked the many contractors who post regularly on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com to tell me what they like (and don’t like) about the counter people at their suppliers. Her...
I asked a bunch of heating contractor friends what was missing from their wholesaler’s stock and how they felt about that. They had some interesting things to say and I t...
I asked this question on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com: “Just curious. What gets under your skin these days when it comes to your local wholesalers?” Then I sat back and wa...
A question asked on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com caught my attention and had me thinking of you. Here ‘tis: When you are doing a job, how do you find the best prices for p...