A human suggestion

I thought about this tonight as I went through a .... process of buying more than a several books from a Logos chat associate.

For the most part s/r (sales reps) are very eager to help with your questions. However, the more I 'chat' the more I find that some have no idea (not a fault) on how to direct a "specific" query, whether it be a defined theological, ANE, Reformed or otherwise search for books.

I'd like to suggest to Logos/Bob that the sales team would be theologically oriented to our individual preferences.

So if you're Reformed, you could ask for a Reformed s/r who is more than knowledgeable with Reformed theology, who has a working knowledge of your personal library and also what Logos has to offer regarding Reformed books. If your theology leans toward the Catholic/Lutheran/SDA views or ... you get the idea, then you would be 'paired' with a s/r who could and the operative word is "could" more than help you.

I don't think it is that hard to do this. If Bob wants some further and specific ideas on how to make this work, then by all means it's not that hard.

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Lynden O. Williams

I like the idea Milkman. For such brillance take a caribbean vacation. [ip]

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/621785#Comment_621785

For such brillance take a caribbean vacation.

Because my daughter recently moved to Puerto Rico, I seem to know a number of people planning Caribbean vacations for no special reason.[;)]

Milkman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/621785#Comment_621785

as a matter of fact, my wife and i are going on a vacation tomorrow to hecla island resort. we plan to golf, canoe, hike, run, eat, and do what couples in love do at night time. o, did i say golf as well? Maybe take in some wild life adventures, order room service, sleep in and do a sauna or two. haven't had a vaca for close to ten years now and hugely looking forward to it. hopefully the kids will feed the dog and cat. lynden? join us for lunch - our treat!

mm.

I like the idea Milkman. For such brillance take a caribbean vacation.

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/621813#Comment_621813

ynden? join us for lunch - our treat!

Send me a ticket. I can sleep by the front door and make sure no one comes in. [:D]

Bruce Dunning

I'd like to suggest to Logos/Bob that the sales team would be theologically oriented to our individual preferences.

Interesting idea. I think, for many, a sales rep is someone who works to help a customer get the best deal but are you asking for specific advice on which resources to purchase. If that is the case how would this be better than posing the same question in the forums? At least in the forums you can get a variety of expressed opinions.

If it is advice you want I suppose what matters more is not what the personal theological persuasion of the rep is but how well they know and understand the theological slants of particular resources.

Milkman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/621903#Comment_621903

What i'm proposing is this:

let's say i'm looking for a very specific 'topic' not a specific book as i can find that on my own, either through Logos, Amazon or otherwise. as far as discounts are concerned, that will come automatically no matter who the s/r is.

back to the specific 'topic.' say i want to find a resource or two or three that mentions Ecclesiastes within the Qumran community. or, i want to find what Bullinger taught/preached on predestination in light or recent academic research - a peer to peer back and forth between a reformed scholar and arminian scholar.

in both the above cases (Ecclesiastes and Bullinger) the average s/r will have no idea. i know because these have been some of my queries before. however, if we had specialized s/r's who are familiar with such topics we could not only NOT waste time, but either purchase said books or suggest them through the Suggestion forums.

To your posing a question in the forums. sure u could do that also. two heads are better than one.

to your last sentence. Yes.

I'd like to suggest to Logos/Bob that the sales team would be theologically oriented to our individual preferences.

Interesting idea. I think, for many, a sales rep is someone who works to help a customer get the best deal but are you asking for specific advice on which resources to purchase. If that is the case how would this be better than posing the same question in the forums? At least in the forums you can get a variety of expressed opinions.

If it is advice you want I suppose what matters more is not what the personal theological persuasion of the rep is but how well they know and understand the theological slants of particular resources.