Patrick~ What a fantastic idea! No, really! It's true - Research has shown conclusively that those most susceptible to sales pitches are - other salespeople! The higher the pressure, the more susceptible! (Most people's inclination would be to simply jettison the nuisance salesperson, before they take up more valuable time.) You have brought it to our attention that even those who attempt to exploit us can be sold! Even dark clouds can be silver mines! (-Especially if Fenton ends up being a "captive audience member". ) (-Especially if they think that by buying something from him, he will be more receptive to their sales pitch..... oh, the possibilities!) (Of course, if he gets the tuning/rebuilding job, he may have to continue putting up with a nuisance timeshare or EST pitch all the while he's tuning, or rebuilding their piano... ...perhaps that's the reason most of us don't pursue this, or make a business of trying to sell to these types of salespeople.) But actually, even if you don't sell them a tuning/rebuild, it's a great idea to "fight fire with fire". Hard sell - Yeah! They asked for it... (Fenton- Hopefully the incentive pricing is just to help fill up the cruise, -not divert you into EST or timeshares (-shudder). Have fun, sounds like a blast. Wish Karen and I could be there... ...we expect a full report here on pianotech when you get back, along with a report on new business opportunities you discovered... ...like maybe all those neglected pianos you found in Avalon... ...who tunes all those pianos on Santa Catalina anyway?) "Timeshare tunings." "EST rebuilds." -Sounds like another article for the PTJ in the making... ;-) ~Ken Bean PianoFinders. _____ From: J Patrick Draine [mailto:jpdraine at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:19 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Panel drying and finishing Are you sure that's not an EST seminar, or a time share pressure cooker? If so, just counter their "conversation" with a hard sell on monthly tunings or rebuilding grandma's piano (my standard response to boiler room sales phone calls). You'll have them all booked by the end of the week. Patrick Draine On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Fenton Murray <fmurray at cruzio.com> wrote: Rhonda and I are going on a cruise next week, 5 days and 4 nights out of LA to Catalina and Ensenada. $200 each for everything, how can they do that? Who cares, I'd spend more than that at home, see ya. Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 3:01 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081025/387cbfb7/attachment.html
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