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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> My dealership =
actually does do
the Service Bond. (Wittingly, or not.) You see, when I get one, I =
actually do
the work. It's done when it's done, and then I go on to my next job. I =
think
that it's the job of the technician who's there to do what's right. I =
think that
the only time there's a problem is when the dealer is only willing to =
pay the
poor schmuck thirty-five dollars or so to do the free in-home tuning and =
service
bond. Then you're lucky enough to get it back to A440.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A
href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tlneely@mindspring.com =
href="mailto:tlneely@mindspring.com">Terry
Neely</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> Sunday, April 28, 2002 =
4:53
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: No shows: Was =
Convincing the
Client</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>And your dealer is willing to pay for this additional
service?<BR><BR>Ron Nossaman wrote:<BR><BR>> >Ron, What is your =
service
bond?<BR>><BR>> Hi Terry,<BR>> Not mine, Yamaha's. With the =
second
warranty tuning, they want the key fit<BR>> and action regulation =
checked
and corrected as necessary, action and<BR>> general case screws =
tightened,
pedals adjusted, and bench legs tightened.<BR>> It's sort of an =
extended
quality control program.<BR>> Ron N</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>