<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'>Guys <div> Respectfully!!!</div> <div> Time to let it go. Oil and water don't mix so stop trying.  OK?</div> <div>Thanks</div> <div>Dale<br> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin <br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler@att.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 8:52 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Free" PTG membership<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_929b6ec8-aa20-479f-a737-fe45c158e002" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Me thinks you are justifying the RPT status so you can justify yourself in business !!!!!! On 01/15/2013 08:34 PM, <a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a> wrote: > > DAMN - WIM - READ - OR - RE-READ THE MESSAGES I SENT IN RESPONSE TO Phil Bondi's > !!!!! > > SORRY FOR THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE BUT ....DAMN....WILLEM......... I AM SICK TO > DEATH OF SAYING THIS ................... > > WIM GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS (SAND) - OR - WHERE EVER YOU HAVE IT AND > ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RPT STATUS DON'T MEAN > JACK-SHIT HERE IN ST. LOUIS................ > > EXTREMELY SICK TO DEATH OF THIS RPT STATUS CRAP................... > > Duaine > > I'm sure you've heard the expression. "me thinks though protests too much". So just keep saying to yourself that being > an RPT doesn't mean crap, and one of these days you'll actually believe it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Duaine Hechler <<a href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</a>> > To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> > Sent: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 4:26 pm > Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Free" PTG membership > > On 01/15/2013 08:13 PM,<a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a> <<a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com?">mailto:tnrwim@aol.com</a>> wrote: > > My membership in the PTG is "free". Let me explain. I became an RPT the same > reason 95% of the RPT's took the trouble, > > time and money to become an RPT, in two words. "feel good". We became an RPT > to make us feel good about ourselves. > > Sure, in the process we became a little better at our profession, and there > were some benefits, like working hard than > > to keep the organization running. > > In addition to feeling good about myself, once in a while I could see the > benefits of being an RPT because I would get > > a phone call from a customer who saw my RPT status in the Yellow Pages, or > because they got my name from an other RPT > > in another part of the country. > > But that all changed a couple of years ago when the PTG went "public", and we > got put towards the top of the Google > > search engine when customers would look for a piano tuner in a certain > location. Because of that, I have probably > > gotten at least a dozen call every year from customers who saw me on the PTG > web site. That's enough new business to > > not only pay my PTG membership dues, but also registration to the PTG > convention. Would I have been able to build up > > my business without being a member? Probably. But those extra 12 customers > every year help my bottom line. > > The Google search allows a customer to search within 5 miles of your house. It > probably helps that I'm only one of > > three RPT's on Oahu, but there are not that many RPT's in every city in the > USA and a lot of people like to get their > > pianos worked on by "local" tuners. > > But you won't be on the PTG web site unless you're an RPT. So, for someone > like Duaine, who's business is 99% pitch > > raises on old uprights, and doesn't think needs to be an RPT, I'm sure even he > won't turn down and extra 10 - 15 > > customers every year. Word of mouth is good, but a little "free" advertising > never hurt, either. > > Like I said, becoming an RPT used to be for our own gratification, but now it > can make you more money. > > Wim > DAMN - WIM - READ - OR - RE-READ THE MESSAGES I SENT IN RESPONSE TO Phil Bondi's > !!!!! > > SORRY FOR THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE BUT ....DAMN....WILLEM......... I AM SICK TO > DEATH OF SAYING THIS ................... > > WIM GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS (SAND) - OR - WHERE EVER YOU HAVE IT AND > ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RPT STATUS DON'T MEAN > JACK-SHIT HERE IN ST. LOUIS................ > > EXTREMELY SICK TO DEATH OF THIS RPT STATUS CRAP................... > > Duaine > > -- > Duaine Hechler > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding > (314) 838-5587 /<a href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</a> <<a href="mailto:dahechler@att.net?">mailto:dahechler@att.net</a>> /<a href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com" target="_blank">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</a> <<a href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com" target="_blank">http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</a>> > Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / <a href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</a> / <a href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com" target="_blank">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</a> Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </div> </font>