A company is actively researching alternatives to IT reseller CDW for software license procurement after being ignored by their sales team for several months.
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Been trying to obtain a handful of Office LTSC licenses and CDW has been consistently been leaving my emails and calls on 'read' since April. Haven't even been able to get my company onboarded with them either. Incredibly frustrating experience.
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"signal_subtype": "buyingIntent",
"detected_at": "2026-09-30T13:01:36+00:00",
"company": {
"name": "CDW",
"domain": "cdw.com"
},
"data": {
"nsfw": false,
"stage": "researching",
"awards": 0,
"timing": "in_progress",
"topics": [
"it reseller",
"var",
"licensing",
"vendor evaluation"
],
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"summary": "A company is actively researching alternatives to IT reseller CDW for software license procurement after being ignored by their sales team for several months.",
"category": "IT Reseller",
"evidence": [
"[title] Alternatives to CDW?",
"[post] Been trying to obtain a handful of Office LTSC licenses and CDW has been consistently been leaving my emails and calls on 'read' since April."
],
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"virality": "very_low",
"post_date": "2026-09-30T13:01:36.000Z",
"post_kind": "crosspost",
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"sentiment": "negative",
"subreddit": "Office365",
"event_date": "2026-09",
"post_title": "Alternatives to CDW?",
"prominence": "core",
"source_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Office365/comments/1wu4cr3/alternatives_to_cdw/",
"entity_role": "vendor",
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-H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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