[CAUT] selling my customers down the river

[Carl Root]

Patrick, my comment about his subject line should tell you that I am  
aware of the humor.

So, is he actually moving to Tokyo as you've inferred?  Does he really  
have a business to sell?  Is the humor confined to style or is it  
substance as well?

  . . . . because a lot of folks who attempt to sell a business have  
some strange notions about how to go about it?

Carl


On May 9, 2010, at 8:43 AM, James Patrick Draine wrote:

> Carl,
> I think you haven't taken into account Ben's impish humor. Remember,  
> he's based in (or near) New York City, which happens to be "down the  
> HUDSON river." Also note the name of his business, Underwater Piano  
> Shop, which always brought to mind service calls by submarine. More  
> recently his business name has frequently come up in real estate  
> news stories "millions of Americans are living in houses with  
> underwater mortgages."
> Tokyo's gain shall be our loss. Ben, will you still be able to  
> continue your Send A Piana To Havana activities? Is this a strategy  
> to divert all those grey market pianos to Cuba?
> Patrick Draine
> On May 9, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Carl Root wrote:
>
>> I have an interest in the subject of buying and selling piano  
>> service client lists.  (wrote a PTJ article on the subject a while  
>> back.)  I'm tempted to dissect this offering line by line, but I  
>> keep coming back to your subject line . . .  "selling my customers  
>> down the river".
>>
>> Really?!?!?!?
>>
>> Carl D. Root, RPT
>>
>>
>> On May 8, 2010, at 11:04 PM, Ben Treuhaft wrote:
>>
>>> dear CAUT, the Underwater Piano Shop is moving to Tokyo and I am  
>>> leaving hard-earned NY customers.  I would like to sell my list,   
>>> a Filemaker database (and Excel).
>>>
>>> Out of 1,000 customers, almost 200 love me.  Them I am selling for  
>>> $30 each, and they include German ambassadors’ wives and some of  
>>> the best pianists in NY.
>>>
>>> Another 50 like me but don’t call all that often.  They are $20  
>>> apiece.
>>>
>>> About 375 liked me but rarely call.  $5 – 10.
>>>
>>> The rest I have already sold for $1 each to an associate PTG member.
>>>
>>> Anyone interested please call or write, I am willing to sell these  
>>> segments separately, and to stand behind the lists to the extent  
>>> that if nobody takes to you I’d return your money.
>>>
>>> I’d first hire you to tune a piano for me, to audition you.
>>>                       Thank you,       Ben (formerly w/Steinway  
>>> concert dept., currently NYU’s tuner)
>>>
>>> Benjamin Treuhaft
>>> .·´&hibar;`·.¸¸.><(((((º>
>>> Underwater Piano Shop
>>> 39 E. 7th St. #3
>>> New York, NY 10003
>>> (212) 505-3173
>>> BLT at igc.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100509/c5aea62e/attachment.htm>