- What Is the PINE Buying Power Program?
- PINE has made arrangements as well with several companies — companies you use in running your business — to provide discounts on their products and services. PINE combines the overall buying power of its over 400 member companies to negotiate these discounts and special arrangements, which you may not be able to receive if you were to negotiate directly with each company.
- How Can PINE Buying Power Save Money?
- Through special agreements with a number of firms such as equipment manufacturers, overnight express carriers, software vendors, employee help firms, office supplies vendors, uniform and towel vendors and more. PINE has developed programs designed to improve your bottom line. There are savings for PINE members on each product or service offered through the Discount Buying Program.
- How Do I Participate?
- You contact the company you are interested in using and usually it’s as easy as identifying yourself as a PINE member. After that, you’ll begin to receive discounted pricing. If you have questions about the service or product vendor’s program, just call PINE and discuss it with any staff member: 800-365-7463.
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Available Programs: (in alphabetical order)
Adobe
 Member
companies get an exclusive members-only 15% discount on all Adobe
software, books, and training products. Save 15% instantly on full
versions, upgrades, and multiple software license purchases of the
Adobe products you use most, available only on www.gain.net to PINE
members. Save hundreds of dollars on Creative Suite 2, Acrobat 7.0
Professional, Photoshop® or Photoshop 2, Dreamweaver 8, and
many other Adobe products. (More)
Apple
 Apple product discounts will range from 4–17 percent depending on the product purchased, with smaller savings on hardware purchases and larger savings opportunities on software purchases. More information available here.
Employee
and pre-employment aptitude testing
 PINE
members receive major discounts on testing that can help you select
the right person — the Caliper Testing Service. The Caliper
Profile, an in-depth personality assessment, can help you learn
an individual’s true motivations, competencies, strengths,
and potential. The Caliper approach is fast, accurate and guaranteed.
To begin service or for more information, PINE members may call
Trisha DeIeso at (609) 524-1440. Be sure to identify yourself as
a member of PIA/GATF to receive the special association discount.
Or visit Caliper’s
Web site.
E&R
Cleaners, Discount Wiping Towel Program
 PINE
has established a discount towel wiping program with E&R Cleaners
that saves members a small percentage from the going market rate
for wiping towels, uniforms and apparel, floor mats and sorbents.
Members will receive a discounted pricing schedule, experience a
high level of customer service, receive quality woven towels, and
have invoicing handled by PINE. Additionally, towels will be laundered
in an environmentally-sound manner. (More)
Experian
Credit Reports
 PINE
now makes it easier for our members to check the credit worthiness
of prospective client's before entering into a business relationship.
PINE members may now obtain an Experian (formerly TRW) credit report
within 24 hours at a discounted price of only $25 for the full Business
Profile Report or $15 for the one page Intelliscore Summary Report.
PINE members can order reports directly from PINE's
Credit & Collection department.
FedEx
PINE has developed an exclusive discount
shipping program which provides member companies with discounts
off regular pricing of up to 26 percent on overnight and 15 percent
on ground shipments. Further details are available on GAIN.
To enroll contact PINE for an application or download
an application here.
Government Printing Sales
– Bid Solicitation Services
 Members
receive up to a 20% discount off the list price of GPO/government
printing bid solicitation services from Government Printing Sales.
Government Printing Sales gathers printing contract opportunities
from hundreds of government offices, categorizes the jobs, sorts
them according to printer capabilities, and provides the specs to
printers at www.GovernmentPrintingSales.com.
Members interested in taking advantage of the GPS government bid
solicitation service can call Deborah Snider of GPS at 888-876-5432.
Heartland Payment
Systems
 Members
are entitled to Heartland’s fully disclosed and documented
“Cost Plus” rate model for credit card processing/acceptance.
This pricing model protects merchants from undisclosed rate increases,
hidden fees, and other unfair processing practices that were not
discussed at the time of agreement.Heartland offers a complete suite
of payment solutions specifically tailored to the needs of your
retail, E-commerce, and B2B business transactions. For more information
and enrollment form click here.
interlinkONE
 15% discount for members on all services. Contact them at 978-694-9992 or sales@interlinkONE.com. www.interlinkONE.com
nSight workshops
 PINE
members receive a 20% discount on all nSight workshops. nSight offers
a wide range of the most popular publishing tools, technologies,
and skills-based communications training programs. A full listing
of nSight’s workshops is at www.nsightworks.com/training.
Semper International
 A
staffing service for the printing industry, PINE members are entitled
to a discount off Semper International's posted rate fees. Contact
Semper International directly at 617-557-3000 or visit
them online, or check out this
PDF. Be sure to mention you are a PINE member.
Staples
 With Staples Business Advantage members are eligible to receive low contract pricing on more than 30,000 office supply products through StaplesLink.com—Staples’ easy-to-use Internet ordering platform.
Go to the Staples Buying Power page to enroll*. Once enrolled in the program, you can shop online at www.StaplesLink.com.
Xerox
Corporation
 Save
on the entire line of Xerox products and services including the
DocuTech Publishing Series, DocuColor40 and DocuColor60, high-volume
duplicators, digital color copiers/printers, office copiers, scanners,
facsimiles, laser printers, supplies, used equipment and leases
and a lot more. Special programs and pricing for Xerox solutions
are available to all PINE members. Call 1-800-275-9376 ext. PIA. Tell your Xerox representative to add the following PIA/Xerox contract identifier to your order:
Equipment 0707168.
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