---------- > From: John Musselwhite <musselj@cadvision.com> > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: Attitudes and a question... > Date: Tuesday, March 25, 1997 7:11 PM > > At 09:29 AM 3/25/97 -0500, Les wrote: > > >"someone else". The list dried up almost overnight. Perplexed Scott start- > >ed asking some questions and guess what? You got it! "H" had moved back > >into the area, had contacted every customer on the list and told them > >that he would once again be taking over the tuning work. When Scott con- > >fronted "H" face to face, "H" only comment was "Hey, I've got to make a > >living, too!" I advised Scott to sue, but I don't think he ever did. In- > > A solution to that for those considering this is to ensure that the seller > includes a Notarized bond not to take up a piano service practice in the > same area (or even the same state) for a period of years. > > He could have sued, but it wouldn't have done him much good if all he bought > were a bunch of names... and at that price too! > > > John Musselwhite, RPT > Calgary, Alberta Canada > musselj@cadvision.com > > Dear John, My wife is a chiropractor and many practices are sold like this. They sign a non-compete clause contract for the area and an amount of time. Generally she says it is really unenforcable while being very expensive to persue. James Grebe from St. louis pianoman@inlink.com
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