[pianotech] "Free" PTG membership

[Dale Erwin]

Guys
 Respectfully!!!
 Time to let it go. Oil and water don't mix so stop trying.  OK?
Thanks
Dale


Dale Erwin 


 
  





-----Original Message-----
From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 8:52 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Free" PTG membership


Me thinks you are justifying the RPT status so you can justify yourself in 
business !!!!!!

On 01/15/2013 08:34 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
>
>     DAMN - WIM - READ - OR - RE-READ THE MESSAGES I SENT IN RESPONSE TO Phil 
Bondi's
>     !!!!!
>
>     SORRY FOR THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE BUT ....DAMN....WILLEM......... I AM SICK 
TO
>     DEATH OF SAYING THIS ...................
>
>     WIM GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS (SAND)  - OR - WHERE EVER YOU HAVE IT 
AND
>     ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RPT STATUS DON'T MEAN
>     JACK-SHIT HERE IN ST. LOUIS................
>
>     EXTREMELY SICK TO DEATH OF THIS RPT STATUS CRAP...................
>
>     Duaine
>
> I'm sure you've heard the expression. "me thinks though protests too much". So 
just keep saying to yourself that being 
> an RPT doesn't mean crap, and one of these days you'll actually believe it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 4:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Free" PTG membership
>
> On 01/15/2013 08:13 PM,tnrwim at aol.com  <mailto:tnrwim at aol.com>  wrote:
> > My membership in the PTG is "free". Let me explain. I became an RPT the same
> reason 95% of the RPT's took the trouble,
> > time and money to become an RPT, in two words. "feel good". We became an RPT
> to make us feel good about ourselves.
> > Sure, in the process we became a little better at our profession, and there
> were some benefits, like working hard than
> > to keep the organization running.
> > In addition to feeling good about myself, once in a while I could see the
> benefits of being an RPT because I would get
> > a phone call from a customer who saw my RPT status in the Yellow Pages, or
> because they got my name from an other RPT
> > in another part of the country.
> > But that all changed a couple of years ago when the PTG went "public", and 
we
> got put towards the top of the Google
> > search engine when customers would look for a piano tuner in a certain
> location. Because of that, I have probably
> > gotten at least a dozen call every year from customers who saw me on the PTG
> web site. That's enough new business to
> > not only pay my PTG membership dues, but also registration to the PTG
> convention. Would I have been able to build up
> > my business without being a member? Probably. But those extra 12 customers
> every year help my bottom line.
> > The Google search allows a customer to search within 5 miles of your house. 
It
> probably helps that I'm only one of
> > three RPT's on Oahu, but there are not that many RPT's in every city in the
> USA and a lot of people like to get their
> > pianos worked on by "local" tuners.
> > But you won't be on the PTG web site unless you're an RPT. So, for someone
> like Duaine, who's business is 99% pitch
> > raises on old uprights, and doesn't think needs to be an RPT, I'm sure even 
he
> won't turn down and extra 10 - 15
> > customers every year. Word of mouth is good, but a little "free" advertising
> never hurt, either.
> > Like I said, becoming an RPT used to be for our own gratification, but now 
it
> can make you more money.
> > Wim
> DAMN - WIM - READ - OR - RE-READ THE MESSAGES I SENT IN RESPONSE TO Phil 
Bondi's
> !!!!!
>
> SORRY FOR THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE BUT ....DAMN....WILLEM......... I AM SICK TO
> DEATH OF SAYING THIS ...................
>
> WIM GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS (SAND)  - OR - WHERE EVER YOU HAVE IT AND
> ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RPT STATUS DON'T MEAN
> JACK-SHIT HERE IN ST. LOUIS................
>
> EXTREMELY SICK TO DEATH OF THIS RPT STATUS CRAP...................
>
> Duaine
>
> -- 
> Duaine Hechler
> Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
> (314) 838-5587 /dahechler at att.net  <mailto:dahechler at att.net>  
/www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com  <http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com>
> Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years
>


-- 
Duaine Hechler
Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
(314) 838-5587 / dahechler at att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years


 
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