LES Smith...wrote: And when you finally overcome all those obstacles and are finishing up and it looks like the voyage is coming to an end, the Skipper comes over to you and says, "Little buddy, are you going to laugh when I tell you this one! I can't find my checkbook anywhere, I guess I must have left it at the office. Why don't you just leave a bill with me and we'll mail you out a check tomorrow?"! >>>>>> How about I accompany you to the nearest cash machine on my way home...??? :-] but half serously...if i know the customer its no problem.... >>>>>> Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net also writes: BTW, how would YOU handle the above situation? I know one very good tuner, who, when he finished tuning a grand piano for a new client, was informed that she didn't intend to pay him right wawy. It seems she was concerned about how well the tuning would "hold up", because the last time a different tuners had worked on it, it went out of tune again very quickly. She told "Bill" that she would wait "awhile", to see how the tuning held up and THEN she would mail him his check. Bill didn't take this news very well. In the blink of an eye he removed the piano's music desk, whipped out his tuning hammer, and started dropping random strings an octave or so. Within a minute , or less, the instrument was totally unplayable. Ever the gentle- man, Bill politely told the lady what she could do with her check and storm- ed out. I'll bet the lady never tried THAT strategy again! Les Smith <><><><><><>><><><><> as to the last situation....i'd be tempted to put the instrument back where i found it before i left.... :-[ ...although i supposed i'd have to charge extra for that kind of "service".....maybe send her a de-tuning bill with a charge for pitch lowering.... :-0
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