Rockwell list prices no longer available online???

[JeffKiper]

I am using Proposal works as well

 

[joseph_e2]

My internet connection at work is so slow that I use ProposalWorks for list prices. I have take my laptop home to to download anything significant (over 50MB or so) and to update P-Works occasionally. My distributor has promised an actual prices profile to set up, but no word yet. I think they're waiting for the next pricing update.

 

[robw53]

Rockwell are having a price increase which comes into play from Monday this is why the prices have been removed from there site.

 

[dmargineau]

Rockwell are having a price increase which comes into play from Monday this is why the prices have been removed from there site.

Geesh!...
And the naive of me who thought they will be coming back to Earth...Dream on...

 

[JeffKiper]

I got a phone call from my local RA Rep today. I sent in an email and it went up and down the chain. Now the local RA guy wants to meet with me and talk about what is going on. I will keep you guys up on what happens.

 

[kolyur]

Thanks... I've started using ProposalWorks but it's a lot of overhead just to get list prices. I'll be interested to hear what the Rockwell guy has to say.

 

[geniusintraining]

So I was thinking that it was just do to the price increase that they had and they needed to update the website.... but its now been a couple months are either they are slower then me or they are just leaving it off.

Sucks it was a nice easy way to quote a price

 

[geniusintraining]

It works again!!!

Looks like its working again

This is much easier then sending emails asking for a price

Here is the page I am using http://www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellautomation/support/selection.page

 

[kolyur]

Yay! Thanks for the heads up.

Now I can uninstall that ProposalWorks behemoth.

 

[joseph_e2]

...Now I can uninstall that ProposalWorks behemoth.

Yeah, I wish. Our network is such a disaster most times that PWorks is usually a better option. I just have to make sure the automatic updates are turned off or it will seriously bog down.

 

[Lakee911]

It looks like pricing is gone again.... maybe its temporary. I use it budgetary pricing all of the time.

For the heck of it, I decided to view the source of the web page and sure enough the code has been commented out, but the prices ARE there. For example, I just input a 2711P-T10C4D8 and I found this in the page source:

<!--				<tr class="even" style="font-weight:bold;" >
					<td width="17%" > </td>
					<td width="6%" > </td>
					<td valign="top" width="34%" >Total Price</td>
					<td id="totalList" align="right" valign="top" width="14%" >$ 4,449.57</td>
					<td width="29%" > </td>
				</tr>-->

 

[JeffKiper]

I noticed it again lastnight

 

[kolyur]

For the heck of it, I decided to view the source of the web page and sure enough the code has been commented out, but the prices ARE there.

Thanks for the tip, now I can at least get prices even though it takes a few extra steps.

 

[padees]

I just log into our account at our reps to get prices for quoting. Then, when a project hit's, give a BOM to rep's for price negotiation. We do that with everyone. You can save a lot! Takes time tho, so if your in a mad dash for the parts...

 

[califflash]

I have almost entirely moved to using proposal works. That way I have all my pricing, bom, and product drawings in one spot regardless of the internet being up or the website showing pricing.

The software has become increasingly more robust since they released it a few years ago. I went from not using it at all, to having the program open constantly through the concept, design, and ordering stages. I love that it supplies most of the documentation and drawings for every part number in a bom without having to go hunting. Everything isn't there and I do have to go hunt down a drawing semi-regularly, but there is enough there that I notice how much time it saves me.

Additionally, I keep a log of the discounts we get from our rep and use that for budgetary and real pricing on all my projects. This saves a lot of time.