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<DIV><FONT size=2>1. I'm not "staring".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>2. I like this story - removing the action; =
that's
great. Count me in. Fortunately in 16 years I have never been stuck, =
however,
this story is going in my don't forget pile!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Roy Ulrich</FONT></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 href="mailto:JosephB33@AOL.COM"
title=JosephB33@AOL.COM>JosephB33@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 29, 2001 =
2:52 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: You people are =
staring to
scare me.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Ok... I'm =
reluctant to
share this story as you may think me immature but I <BR>will do it =
anyway.
<BR><BR>I've had 2 problems with people that wouldn't pay. One =
was a
church and the <BR>second a nightclub. <BR><BR>For the church, after =
the work
was completed, they refused to return my calls <BR>and letters. =
I paid
them a visit one afternoon and removed the middle two <BR>octaves of =
keys from
the keyboard. The pastor called me... needless to say <BR>he was =
irate.
Unfortunately this went nowhere. I still have the keys in my =
<BR>shop,
but it is a fun story to tell. <BR><BR>The second one was more =
productive.
In the same fashion, I did a tuning for <BR>a local night club.
After 2 months of waiting for payments and repeatedly =
<BR>hearing
"the check is in the mail" I paid them a visit and removed their =
<BR>entire
action from the piano. Two days later I received a frantic call =
that
<BR>the piano wasn't working. I informed them why. I =
informed them
that they <BR>could either come pick the action up from my shop or I =
could
return it for an <BR>additional $60 service charge. We =
compromised on a
$45 service charge, but <BR>they got their action back and I got paid. =
<BR><BR>Again, these probably demonstrate my horrible immaturity, but =
when
they so <BR>blatantly lie to me and refuse to cooperate a little =
"retribution"
is in <BR>order. <BR><BR>Joe <BR>InTune Piano Service</FONT>
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