October Newsletter 2012

Current Events

California Pump Prices Spiral Down, Slowly

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Gasoline prices rocketed up in California following a series of refinery problems and shortages, but now the cost is slowly drifting down, the Los Angeles Times reports. Retailers and drivers alike have seen the truth in the old adage: “Pump prices shoot up like a rocket but drift down like a feather.”
According to a 1999 U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) study, “data confirms the notion that retail gasoline prices appear asymmetric, typically rising more quickly than they fall.” Experts label this “price asymmetry” and “downward sticky” prices.
Read More: http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND1017123.aspx

California Pump Prices Spiral Down, Slowly
NACS Show
 

Triple E Technologies attends the 2012 NACS show in Las Vegas

Triple E Technologies participated as both a vendor and member at the 2012 NACS show at the Las Vegas convention center in early October.  Our sales team and lead developer were able to attend many of the educational seminars to increase our understanding on which direction the industry is going in regards to our software and hardware development, we will be able to be more proactive in providing our custom future solutions.

According to the association, attendance at the 2012 NACS Show reached 24,056 — driven by a record number of buyers.  Attendees came from 65 countries and international attendance was 2,482 delegates. This year's show featured a 381,050-plus net-square-foot exposition with 1,176 exhibiting companies.

Triple E Technologies booth was a very busy place keeping the Team extremely busy for the three days of the exposition meeting with both existing customers and demonstrating our products to new prospects.

The NACS Show is an annual must-attend event for retailers who see attendance as an investment in their businesses. With the theme of “One idea can change your business” Triple E Technologies was a leader in providing solutions for our customers  


The Booth at the NACS Show (left:Russell and right:Aragon)

(left:Jay)

New Products and Service

Pump Technician Training Class

Triple E Technologies is now offering a pump tech training class for installing our equipment.  This class will consist of indepth training of configuring and installing CP720s and SiteControllers.  These courses are designed to educate and certify service technician in the Triple E products.  If you are interested and want more information, please contact Sales. sales@e3tek.com


Heaters for the Pedestal

The 500 Watt 1 1/2" x 23 3/4" Metal Strip Enclosure Heater with remote thermostat is an option to keep the full size Island Card Reader warm throughout the winter. The thermostat will close when temperatures dip below 40 degrees and open when it reaches 55 degrees.

The 150 Watt 3"x10" Silicone Rubber Enclosure Heater with integrated thermostat is an option to keep the ADA Island Card  Reader warm throughout the winter. The thermostat will close when temperatures dip below 40 degrees and open when it reaches 55 degrees.

Tips in our Area of Expertise

Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know
Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity, reduce repetitive strain, and help keep you focused. For example, highlighting text with the keyboard and pressing Ctrl + C is much faster than taking your hand from the keyboard, highlighting the text using the mouse, clicking copy from the file menu, and then putting your hand back in place on the keyboard. Below are our top 10 keyboard shortcuts we recommend everyone memorize and use.

  1. Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert  – Copy the highlighted text or selected item.
  2. Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert  – Paste the text or object that's in the clipboard.
  3. Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y  – Undo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will undo it. This can also often be pressed multiple times to undo multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y would redo the undo.
  4. Ctrl + F  – Open the Find in any program. This includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page.
  5. Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc  – Quickly switch between open programs moving forward.
  6. Ctrl + Back space and Ctrl + Left or Right arrow  – Pressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word at a time instead of a single character.   Holding down the Ctrl key while pressing the left or right arrow will move the cursor one word at a time instead of one character at a time. If you wanted to highlight one word at a time you can hold down Ctrl + Shift and then press the left or right arrow key to move one word at a time in that direction while highlighting each word.
  7. Ctrl + S  – While working on a document or other file in almost every program pressing Ctrl + S will save that file. This shortcut key should be used frequently anytime you're working on anything important.
  8. Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End  – Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a document.
  9. Ctrl + P  – Print the page being viewed. For example, the document in Microsoft Word or the web page in your Internet browser.
  10. Page Up, Space bar, and Page Down  – Pressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time. If you press Shift and the Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.

Upcoming Events

Trade Show
2013 WPMA National Convention & Convenience Store Expo
February 19-21, 2013
The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Pump Tech Training Class
Post Falls, ID
Week of January 14, 2013

Testimonials
We want you feedback on how our Customer Service department is doing.  Please email with any questions, concerns, and commentsHelpdesk@e3tek.com

Upgrade
We have a new release that will be available in the middle of October.
Contact our helpdesk to schedule. 
helpdesk@e3tek.com
(208)777-9300