[CAUT] selling my customers down the river

[Carl Root]

Ben, nobody wants me to take your post seriously . . . (I honestly  
don't remember when I wrote it. . . . best guess is 1985.)

Carl


On May 9, 2010, at 8:08 PM, Ben Treuhaft wrote:

> Carl, you have written on the subject of selling customer lists.  My  
> offer has elicited much mirth but no takers.  Where can I read your  
> article?     thank you     Ben
>
> From: Carl Root <carldroot at comcast.net>
> Reply-To: <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 08:11:44 -0400
> To: <caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] selling my customers down the river
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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