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GolfGM Goes "LIVE"
Golf Facilities can now purchase products and services from the industry's
top vendors online
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (May 6, 2003) -- GolfGM, a leading provider of golf business purchasing solutions, today announced that their web site, http://www.golfgm.com, has gone "live" to registered golf facilities throughout the United States. Golf purchasing managers can now utilize a standard Web browser to review vendor catalogs, compare products, place orders, check status of those orders, request quotes from vendors, and finance payables.
"The golf industry has needed a program like GolfGM," stated Elliot Lewis, GolfGM's Chief Executive Officer. "The industry's leading vendors and many PGA professionals and purchasing managers facilitated the creation of the GolfGM web site and purchasing network. These industry leaders envisioned a program that enabled vendors and golf facilities, concurrently, to increase business in a more efficient and simple manner. Due to these efforts, we have been able to offer GolfGM to the golf facility at no charge."
Golf facilities can utilize GolfGM to:
· Easily purchase goods and services
from the industry's leading vendors with discounted pricing,
· Deliver a comprehensive selection of products from the industry's
leading vendors, combined in one marketplace,
· Increase efficiency and save time with purchasing requirements,
· Take advantage of GolfGM's Visa/MasterCard credit card processing
rate of 1.48% plus $0.23 per transaction,
· Finance up to $50,000 in purchases from the GolfGM Collection
of Vendors and,
· Earn GolfGM Award Points, redeemable for merchandise gift
certificates and airline miles.
"Golf professionals and purchasing managers want to increase their purchasing power," Lewis said. "GolfGM enables facilities to take advantage of the buying power of all the GolfGM member facilities while continuing to work closely with their sales representatives."
Lewis emphasized the simplified and no-risk attributes of GolfGM. "There is no cost to participate in the program," he said. "Within 48 hours of a golf facility registering on line, a GolfGM customer service representative will contact the facility to complete the registration and issue a user name and password."
About GolfGM:
GolfGM (http://www.golfgm.com)
is a product purchasing and financing platform for the wholesale golf
industry. GolfGM connects the managers, PGA professionals and purchasing
agents of golf facilities with the industry's leading vendors. Golf
purchasing managers utilize a standard Web browser to review vendor
catalogs, place orders, check status of those orders, request quotes
from vendors, and finance payables. The service is provided at no
cost to wholesale buyers, and catalog integration is free for vendors.
To date more than 500 golf facilities across the nation have registered
with GolfGM.
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