[CAUT] selling my customers down the river

[Keith Roberts]

Hi Ben, I think you tuned my piano in Hayward in the mid/early 70s. Didn't
you start with Michael? The blind tuner.

I have paid at least that and more for referals from a store. My mentor
charges that much  to the tuners in his area that he sends clients. If I did
not manage to connect with the client and schedule, the fee was not charged.
It's an honor system at best. Most of your trusted clients will take your
recommendation and use the new tuner. Some will like their friends piano
tuner. I would take every one on your list if I had to pay when the tuning
was scheduled. You need to find somebody who is starting out and doesn't
have a large client list. The others will let you toss the clients back in
the river because they will hook their share.
Keith

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Ben Treuhaft <blt at igc.org> 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
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> *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.
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>  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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