General Consultant Discussion

Has anyone else had an SPS rep contact your customers?

You can reference the discussion in the Sage News and Discussion that started 2/25 for many comments on this. Remember that Sage fired most if not all of the external reps, choosing to bring the sales back to internal reps. I have since been able to retain my former rep as an independent rep and that's who I deal with. If you are able to do that, then you should ignore those that are calling directly from SPS. This move by Sage, IMO, will drive more and more of us to alternatives, such as APS.

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Yes, I remember. I was just surprised that a Sage rep was calling my customers. Greg always talked with me and we worked on things together. Ah, the old days with Sage.

@JaneCavanaugh I like your phrase ""the old days with Sage"". It's never been nor will be the old days with the channel. Sage will continue to lose SPS customers and potential by these types of actions. And now that we have another person in the APS ranks, this may happen sooner than later.