---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Very well put, thank you. I hope you will be able to join in discussions here more in the future. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV LarryinAtlanta@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 5/31/01 12:48:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > baldwin.piano@home.com writes: > > > <Very large amount of venom and mental midgetry snipped> > > > I would like to take this opportunity to say to all the technicians > who just > read the previous dealer's attempt to show how much he learned in his > Dale > Carnegie "How to win friends and influence people" class: > > That was but one example of what is wrong with the piano business > today at > the dealer level. Fortunately, not all dealers subscribe to such > nonsense - > some of us actually try to approach this business as professionals. So > I > would like to go on record as saying that I for one have not seen a > single > post regarding this topic that anyone should be ashamed of (except for > the > rantings of the previous dealer). Baldwin will not disappear into the > sunset. > If they can manage to weather the initial cash crunch long enough to > get a > little further along with their plan, they will likely emerge a better > > product for it. At the very least, the name will survive on different > product. There is nothing wrong with an open discussion about it. > > The rant by the other dealer was an embarassment to me as a (not a > Baldwin) > piano dealer and a technician. I sit on both sides of this fence. It > would > have been better if *he* had kept his mouth shut, instead of blasting > technicians for engaging in an open discussion, none of which was done > with > any malice or gloating over Baldwin's problems as far as I could tell. > > I don't post here much, but I read the list every day. Posts like the > last > one damage relations between dealers and technicians and do harm to > the piano > business in general. That is a stupid thing to do. As a dealer it was > embarassing. As a technician, it was insulting. Carry on freely with > your > discussions, and accept my apologies on behalf all the professional > dealers > everywhere. > > > > Larry Fletcher > Pianos Inc. > Atlanta GA > Dealer/technician > PTG chapter 301 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/dc/38/25/aa/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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