This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Joe, In both of these situations I think you should consider yourself lucky = that the client didn't have you arrested. While I totally agree that you = were within your rights, the law tends to look at these things = differently. The property was not yours to take. I know (from = experience) that not being paid for your labor feels just like theft, = your response to your clients was no better than their inaction to pay = you.There are other avenues for collecting accounts receivable that = probably should have been investigated first. Phil Romano Myrtle Beach, SC ----- Original Message -----=20 From: JosephB33@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 3:52 PM Subject: Re: You people are staring to scare me. Ok... I'm reluctant to share this story as you may think me immature = but I=20 will do it anyway.=20 I've had 2 problems with people that wouldn't pay. One was a church = and the=20 second a nightclub.=20 For the church, after the work was completed, they refused to return = my calls=20 and letters. I paid them a visit one afternoon and removed the middle = two=20 octaves of keys from the keyboard. The pastor called me... needless = to say=20 he was irate. Unfortunately this went nowhere. I still have the keys = in my=20 shop, but it is a fun story to tell.=20 The second one was more productive. In the same fashion, I did a = tuning for=20 a local night club. After 2 months of waiting for payments and = repeatedly=20 hearing "the check is in the mail" I paid them a visit and removed = their=20 entire action from the piano. Two days later I received a frantic = call that=20 the piano wasn't working. I informed them why. I informed them that = they=20 could either come pick the action up from my shop or I could return it = for an=20 additional $60 service charge. We compromised on a $45 service = charge, but=20 they got their action back and I got paid.=20 Again, these probably demonstrate my horrible immaturity, but when = they so=20 blatantly lie to me and refuse to cooperate a little "retribution" is = in=20 order.=20 Joe=20 InTune Piano Service=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9b/cd/c1/ab/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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