To shred or not to shred?

[Isaac Sadigursky]

My answer is NOT to shred...I saved extra copies of PTG directories  
for :
1]my  shop
2]in my car
3]I gave away a few copies to people in the trade,not in PTG,yet  
[mover,refinisher,small dealer] Thay had used contacts on a few  
occasions,providing extra work for our members.....
Same things apply to older Pierce Atlas and Larry Fine's "Little Piano  
Book" with MSRP : One in my car,extras near computer and in the  
shop,or give away to a newbie....
.
Just my 2 Kopeks    isaac
On Jun 8, 2008, at 10:29 AM, David Ilvedson wrote:

> I have thought about the same thing when I dispose of my old  
> directory.   I realize it is advertising income for the PTG, but  
> couldn't a directory be online for PTG members?   If I needed the  
> name of a tech in South Dakota, I could search it...maybe this  
> already exists?   If so lets drop the paper directory....
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "paul bruesch" <paul at bruesch.net>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Received: 6/8/2008 9:34:24 AM
> Subject: Re: To shred or not to shred?
>
>
>> Well, I think ID theft IS a bigger deal than some of the  
>> manufactured news,
>> but it doesn't happen as a result of phone lists.  I don't live in  
>> a big
>> city like Chicago, but I do know people that it has happened to in  
>> no small
>> way, and it is U-G-L-Y.
>
>> What CAN happen as a result of my not shredding my clients' less- 
>> than-public
>> information is that our not-exactly-freedom-giving government could  
>> get
>> their grubby little paws on it.  Will that happen? Very, VERY  
>> unlikely.
>> Could it? Could Uncle Sam or the state use something against them?  
>> Sure.
>> Possible. It's a simple, small courtesy I do for my customers.
>
>> In my former corporate job, I used to get calls from headhunters (I  
>> STILL DO
>> for that matter!) and the company insisted on special disposal of the
>> printed company phone directories when new ones were circulated.  
>> That was in
>> the company's interest so that these headhunters couldn't get their  
>> hands on
>> a book and start recruiting our staff for other businesses firms  
>> (oh, but it
>> sure did happen anyhow!)  I don't feel that's an issue here, and I  
>> have no
>> qualms about my name etc. going in the recycling (as opposed to  
>> needing to
>> be shredded.)
>
>> Paul Bruesch
>> Stillwater, MN
>
>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>  
>> wrote:
>
>>> Don't shred my name!  Some of my best customers have
>>> gotten my phone number out of the trash heap!
>>>
>>> Seriously, is identity theft really such a big
>>> problem?  Do you know ANYONE who has had their
>>> identity stolen?   I don't, and I'm not in the least
>>> bit worried about it.
>>>
>>> The news media has to generate so many stories to keep
>>> people buying papers, watching the news, etc.  They
>>> latch onto anything that might generate public
>>> interest, and what generates interest better than a
>>> scare tactic?
>>>
>>> I give my phone number out every day.   My address is
>>> on my business card.   You can find out things about
>>> me on the web.  When I sign my client's checks I have
>>> to put my checking account number on the back.
>>>
>>> What harm is someone picking up the directory out of
>>> the trash going to do?
>>>
>>> Tom Sivak
>>>