

| Subject: | Re: Web-based vendors take note |
| From: | Bradley Flubacher |
| Date: | Sun, 12 Jan 2003 10:18:12 -0500 |
Companies pay good money to get end-user feedback. I hope your constructive criticism gets the thanks it deserves. -Brad Marc Perdue wrote: >Hi all, > >As I've been trying to diagnose my idle problems and figure out what >parts I need and where to get them, I've found that some web sites are >easier than others to find things. I realize that creating a fancy web >page with pictures of all/most of your stock is not a cheap and/or easy >undertaking. However, I'd like to make note of a couple of things here: > >1) Volkscafe's site was by far the easiest (of the sites that I visited) >when it came to finding parts, not only because it's easy to navigate, >but also because they had pictures of the parts. >2) One really has to shop around because some vendors' prices are better >on some things, others have better prices on other things (surprise, >surprise . . . duh). >3) On one site I went to, I couldn't even figure out how to find parts >and I quickly gave up looking. This can't be good for business. I'm >not mentioning names, but if you're a vendor on this list and concerned >that it might be your site, contact me off-list and I'll tell you. For >that matter, if you're a vendor on this list and would like a fair and >honest critique of your site, I'd be happy to do that for you too. Not >that I'm an expert or anything, but I am a web page designer in my other >life . . . that is, my life not spent trying to figure out what's wrong >with my van! :^) > >Marc Perdue > > >
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