Ron, You are most certainly not alone! But then, I too, don't exactly set the financial world on it's ear. <G> Greg At 06:35 PM 6/18/2004, you wrote: >>What you need to keep in mind, Ron, is not everyone thinks like you do. > >That's abundantly obvious, thank you, which is why I posted my opinion. >Contrast. > > >> Lots >>of people are very happy to pay to have their pianos vacuumed out, for >>example, even though you and I know that is strictly cosmetic. If you don't >>offer them that service, when doing it would make them happier, how is that >>really servicing the customer? >> >>Dean > >And all this time, I thought I was servicing pianos. Go figure. It becomes >ever more obvious why I never got rich in this business. I've been working >on the wrong stuff all along. Fortunately, the timing on this is just >right. Nashville looms near. We can introduce a proposal to council to >include a new membership category of RCT (Registered Customer Technician), >or perhaps RCMT (Registered Customer Massage Therapist) to avoid being >mistaken for a tuning device. Don't suppose there would need to be any >piano related testing to qualify for customer servicing. The applicant >would just have to sell the testing committee on their worthiness to hold >the title. Should there be extra credit for selling them shoe shines as well? > >If no one else sees any apparent contradiction between looking out for the >customers' best interests and trolling for enhanced sales volume, it will >remain my lone personal opinion. And that's OK, I don't mind. I have >plenty more. > >That's it. I'm done now. > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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