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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have 3M reflective lettering on my
van.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It has been nothing but a positive
experience.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I get approached in parking lots, people come to
the house I am at, all wanting a tuning, then or in the future. When I had my
cell # on the van, I have been called on the road, by someone driving behind
me.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I started in 1975, and my first signs were
magnetic.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have never regretted going to the professionally
installed lettering, lets face it, it lets people know, you are a
professional.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Oh yes, I have never had a tool stolen. The
majority of the tools are of no use to the average Joe
anyway.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It seems to me I remember someone saying his
vehicle was broken into, and his Accutuner was cast aside. Mind you a laptop
would be gone.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If anyone wants to see my signs, I could take a
picture of them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>What is this moving target to get sued? Sounds
paranoid to me. When was the last time anyone heard of a piano tuner getting
sued?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=draine@comcast.net href="mailto:draine@comcast.net">J Patrick
Draine</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 14, 2005 10:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Creative ways to find new
customers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Jan 14, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Matthew Todd wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><B><I>Dave Nereson <<A
href="mailto:davner@kaosol.net">davner@kaosol.net</A>></I></B>
wrote:<BR><BR>-some technicians claim a magnetic sign fastened to their car
gets them<BR>new business<BR><BR> <BR><BR>Doesn't the magnetic sign on
your car say, "Hi, I am a piano technician, and I have valuable tools to
steal. I am also a moving target to get sued." What is
everyone's thoughts on this??<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I suppose it depends on
where you work -- not too many car break ins in the neighborhoods where I
work, fortunately. Likewise, the "moving target to get sued" seems overly
paranoid to me, but your neighborhood must vary from my experience. Plus, when
you go into a risky neighborhood, it just takes a moment to put that magnetic
sign in the trunk.<BR><BR>Patrick Draine<BR>Billerica, MA "Home of the
Billerica House of Corrections"<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>