{"id":754,"date":"2009-10-08T09:36:01","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/?p=754"},"modified":"2011-09-15T13:15:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T18:15:16","slug":"sps-commerce-proves-what-a-joke-they-are-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2009\/10\/08\/sps-commerce-proves-what-a-joke-they-are-again\/","title":{"rendered":"SPS Commerce proves what a joke they are&#8230;.again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided to post <a title=\"SPS SuX\" href=\"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/articles\/sps5.htm\" target=\"_blank\">this email string from Amanda McFarlane at SPS Commerce<\/a>.\u00a0 Read through it and decide for yourself just how useful and effective SPS Commerce is as an &#8220;outsourced EDI solution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that I was told that we must complete the testing detailed in the email by a certain date or face fines and penalties, imposed by SPS Commerce, and potentially jeopardize our relationship with OUR customer who is detailed in the email string.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll let the email speak for itself as to SPS Commerce&#8217;s effectiveness.\u00a0 Never have I loathed a company and their business practices as much as SPS Commerce who claim they are &#8220;the intelligent way to work with trading partners&#8221;.\u00a0 Since when is ineffective, unnecessary, fake document exchange testing &#8220;intelligent&#8221;?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided to post this email string from Amanda McFarlane at SPS Commerce.\u00a0 Read through it and decide for yourself just how useful and effective SPS Commerce is as an &#8220;outsourced EDI solution&#8221;. 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