Fw: It gets worse "ONLY BECAUSE OF ASSHOLES LIKE YOU!!!

Robert Goodale rrg@nevada.edu
Thu, 31 May 2001 11:33:59 -0700


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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

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