<font size=2 face="sans-serif">That's fine, Del</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I didn't get into that either. (C of
C). Maybe it was only the c of c that had business meetings and such. Not
sure. I just didn't have any interest when finding out of the huge
yearly dues. I get enough of that here! I also didn't really
see how to better my business joining anything like that. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Maybe there is...??</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Any of ya'll get into Kiwanis, Rotery,
Mason's, etc?...Just curious. My Dad is a 70 year-plus member of Kiwanis,(nearing
90. I hope he makes it!) but I've never really wanted to join in. I
thought of the masons, so I can find out where the national treasure is,
but I think, I'd be sadly mistaken..! </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">My Dad is an Eagle Scout, too, but I
just didn't get into the Boy Scouts, either. I wish i did this though!
Too late! </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I admire those groups, so please don't
get me wrong! They are GREAT organizations with great intent. They
do fantastic adventures and help millions of people.....I just haven't
joined one. I'm leaning toward the masons as there are many faculty
here in our school of music and, for that, it might help me in some ways.
I just don't know.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">As far as PTG; Let's keep this
thing going as far as we can go! I'm in it; are you?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Good luck to y'all.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paul<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"Delwin D Fandrich" <del@fandrichpiano.com></font>
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<td><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:</font>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><pianotech@ptg.org></font>
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<td><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:</font>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">02/06/2012 04:23 PM</font>
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<td><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:</font>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [pianotech] BBB</font></table>
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<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">Are you sure you’re
not confusing the BBB with the Chamber of Commerce? Years back, when we
looked into the BBB—and we were members for a brief while—there were
no monthly meetings involved. There were with the CC. </font>
<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font>
<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">Frankly, I don’t see
either as being of much use to the self-employed piano technician. The
BBB purports to be something of a quality and ethics watchdog over its
membership. In practice—at least in my experience—as long as a member
paid his dues regularly no amount of customer complaint was going to result
in their giving a negative report about a member. </font>
<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font>
<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">After watching a couple
of members who made it a regular practice to cheat their customers continue
to receive good reports from the local BBB office we decided the BBB was
as bad as they were. Overall it was a waste of money. To my knowledge we
never lost a customer because we were not members of the BBB. Nor did we
ever gain one because we were. </font>
<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font>
<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">(In case anyone wondered
we didn’t find membership in the Chamber of Commerce to be of any benefit
either.) </font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">ddf</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#620012 face="Comic Sans MS">Delwin D Fandrich</font>
<br><font size=2 color=#620012 face="Comic Sans MS">Piano Design &
Fabrication</font>
<br><font size=2 color=#620012 face="Calibri">6939 Foothill Court SW, </font><font size=2 color=#620012 face="Comic Sans MS">Olympia,
Washington 98512 USA</font>
<br><font size=2 color=#620012 face="Comic Sans MS">Phone 360.515.0119
— Cell 360.388.6525</font>
<br><a href=mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com><font size=2 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS"><u>del@fandrichpiano.com
</u></font></a><font size=2 color=#620012 face="Comic Sans MS">— </font><a href=mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com><font size=2 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS"><u>ddfandrich@gmail.com</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [</font><a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org"><font size=2 face="Tahoma">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</font></a><font size=2 face="Tahoma">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul T Williams<b><br>
Sent:</b> Monday, February 06, 2012 2:08 PM<b><br>
To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<b><br>
Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] BBB</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">OK. I'll go first.</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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Never done it.</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> <br>
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It's very expensive, and they would like to see you attend monthly meetings.
All good if you can schmooz with the local politians and bigger businessmen.
Might make you some good customers......"might" is the
operative unless you schmooz well. I can see if you have a public
shop space open to the public with lots of retail people that come and
go all day with a store person. Where I was before becoming a CAUT,
I was so out of the way, nobody would even know how to get there! My
shop was elsewhere too.</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> <br>
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I'd like to know what they offer you for the huge price tag? </font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><br>
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I'm sure some of you guys who have storefronts, etc. can help out on this
too. I just said "no thank you" in my self employed days.
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Good question, Gary. Just be ready to get political! If you're good
with the community, then it might work for you. </font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><br>
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Paul</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> <br>
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<td width=65%><font size=1 face="Arial">Gary <</font><a href=mailto:gmcc@charter.net><font size=1 color=blue face="Arial"><u>gmcc@charter.net</u></font></a><font size=1 face="Arial">></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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<td><a href=mailto:pianotech@ptg.org><font size=1 color=blue face="Arial"><u>pianotech@ptg.org</u></font></a><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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<td><font size=1 face="Arial">02/06/2012 03:24 PM</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
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Just got a call this afternoon for an invitation to join the Better <br>
Business Bureau. I'm not sure what the benefit would be, other than
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maybe more<br>
advertising/tax write-off..Any of y'all members?<br>
gary<br>
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