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Do Wholesalers Still Design Systems?

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...

Published on 12/06/2023 11:16 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
Do You Teach Your Customers?

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 ...

Published on 11/15/2023 3:24 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Why Contractors Order The Way They Do

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...

Published on 09/28/2023 2:58 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
Close to Perfect?

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 ...

Published on 07/26/2023 3:32 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Who's Driving the Truck?

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...

Published on 05/03/2023 12:46 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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What Makes for a Good Counter Person?

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...

Published on 08/04/2022 11:36 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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What's Not In Stock?

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...

Published on 03/30/2021 11:55 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Your Pet Peeves

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...

Published on 10/21/2019 1:09 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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It's Not Easy Being You

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...

Published on 04/15/2019 1:10 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business