---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 07:38 PM, David Love wrote: > =A0 > Awhile ago we were discussing whether wholesale prices on supply house=20= > items were available to the general public.=A0 Case in point.=A0 A=20 > customer of mine needing a piano cover called Schaff (found the label=20= > on her other cover) to inquire about availability and price.=A0 They=20= > were more than forthcoming about prices etc., without asking her any=20= > questions or about her account status.=A0 She did not order the item = for=20 > fear that they would ask her if she were a technician.=A0 Rather, she=20= > called me with the price to ask if I could order it for her.=A0=A0 Whether or not the plumbing supply house would give me their wholesale=20= price information, do you think that if I called my regular plumber,=20 and asked him to supply me with the extraordinarily expensive (retail=20 that is, about $220) water filter cartridges at *his cost* do you think=20= he'd even bother to say "goodbye" as he hung up the phone? Piano technicians -- we're just too nice .... Patrick PS Obscure Schaff's phone number next time ... ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1117 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/82/e4/2b/c5/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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