[CAUT] selling my customers down the river

[David Ilvedson]

Is this a strategy to divert all those grey market pianos to Cuba?

LOL   That's funny Patrick...but probably true

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "James Patrick Draine" <draine at me.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 5/9/2010 5:43:38 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] selling my customers down the river


>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
>>> 
>>> 
>>