Digital BW, The Print

Jimbo -

Technical question - do you or others use QB on a Mac or a Windows box?  If a Mac, how well does it do?  I ask because I’ve used it for several years on a Windows box and it does fine, but I’m in the process of switching to Mac.  I've read several places that the Mac version of QB does NOT work well, but have to wonder if that’s everybody’s experience or maybe just those who try to use all the bells and whistles.  (I don’t even keep track of customers on QB - not needed for what I use it for - just to do P&L and a balance sheet for tax purposes.)

Thanks for any feedback.

Cheers,
Kip


On Dec 1, 2013, at 11:05, jimbo <mrjimbo@...> wrote:

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> Hi Mike,
> You'll probably get a lot of varied advise here.. After many attempts at doing it non professionally..LOL.. I simply use QuickBooks.. I work with artists, galleries and  businesses.. To be honest their are several reasons I like using it.. I can track my sales by service segment ...Prints , photography, computer services etc.. As I get a new customers they just get added to the customer list.. Repeat sales are a no brainer just pull up the client and make an invoice.. I can also do estimates using the software.. It a real help at tax time and I can do a quick summary by client to see who my better customers are.. I can print or email an invoice right out of it.. I spend quite a bit of time behind a computer so generally I would seek out non computer methods but in this case it gives me more time, and it is a professional way of doing it.. It's pretty easy actually. You can go as far as you want..including tracking cost , materials etc.. what works for you will just show up when you get there.
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> jimbo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: michael3442@...
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 9:45 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Organizing sales records?
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> I'd like to raise the subject of tracking one's sales. After keeping track of my handful of sales on slips of paper filed....somewhere nearby, I'm now needing to put together a system to avoid total chaos at some point down the road. And where better to broach this subject than here in the midst of decades of experience. So, how do you manage your sales records? A database, spreadsheet, external software, shoebox? All responses much appreciated.
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