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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know all the "whys." Schaff =
actually bought
them out. I do know that I had a tendency to call Schaff first only =
because they
always seemed a little friendlier and easier to get along with. Not that =
I
didn't compare prices, tho! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No offense to any of you Atlantic =
Seaboarders but
there IS a certain brusqueness that a lot of people perceive, at least, =
in doing
business with NYC area people, if not Easterners, in general. Oh, truth =
in
advertising, I am a displaced Massachusetts-ite myself. You don't like =
it?
Whatayagonnadoaboutit? Keep smiling, keep smiling ...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde =
Hollinger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 08, 2002 =
3:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Goodbye =
APSCO</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Anyone know why they went out of business? I also =
like to
shop where the prices are lowest, but if a store's prices are *too* =
low, then
they can't make enough money to stay in business.
<P>Regards, Clyde
<P>Philip Jamison wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>I'll miss =
APSCO. Their prices were the lowest of all the suppliers,
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