Me thinks you are justifying the RPT status so you can justify yourself in business !!!!!! On 01/15/2013 08:34 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > > DAMN - WIM - READ - OR - RE-READ THE MESSAGES I SENT IN RESPONSE TO Phil Bondi's > !!!!! > > SORRY FOR THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE BUT ....DAMN....WILLEM......... I AM SICK TO > DEATH OF SAYING THIS ................... > > WIM GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS (SAND) - OR - WHERE EVER YOU HAVE IT AND > ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RPT STATUS DON'T MEAN > JACK-SHIT HERE IN ST. LOUIS................ > > EXTREMELY SICK TO DEATH OF THIS RPT STATUS CRAP................... > > Duaine > > I'm sure you've heard the expression. "me thinks though protests too much". So just keep saying to yourself that being > an RPT doesn't mean crap, and one of these days you'll actually believe it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 4:26 pm > Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Free" PTG membership > > On 01/15/2013 08:13 PM,tnrwim at aol.com <mailto:tnrwim at aol.com> wrote: > > My membership in the PTG is "free". Let me explain. I became an RPT the same > reason 95% of the RPT's took the trouble, > > time and money to become an RPT, in two words. "feel good". We became an RPT > to make us feel good about ourselves. > > Sure, in the process we became a little better at our profession, and there > were some benefits, like working hard than > > to keep the organization running. > > In addition to feeling good about myself, once in a while I could see the > benefits of being an RPT because I would get > > a phone call from a customer who saw my RPT status in the Yellow Pages, or > because they got my name from an other RPT > > in another part of the country. > > But that all changed a couple of years ago when the PTG went "public", and we > got put towards the top of the Google > > search engine when customers would look for a piano tuner in a certain > location. Because of that, I have probably > > gotten at least a dozen call every year from customers who saw me on the PTG > web site. That's enough new business to > > not only pay my PTG membership dues, but also registration to the PTG > convention. Would I have been able to build up > > my business without being a member? Probably. But those extra 12 customers > every year help my bottom line. > > The Google search allows a customer to search within 5 miles of your house. It > probably helps that I'm only one of > > three RPT's on Oahu, but there are not that many RPT's in every city in the > USA and a lot of people like to get their > > pianos worked on by "local" tuners. > > But you won't be on the PTG web site unless you're an RPT. So, for someone > like Duaine, who's business is 99% pitch > > raises on old uprights, and doesn't think needs to be an RPT, I'm sure even he > won't turn down and extra 10 - 15 > > customers every year. Word of mouth is good, but a little "free" advertising > never hurt, either. > > Like I said, becoming an RPT used to be for our own gratification, but now it > can make you more money. > > Wim > DAMN - WIM - READ - OR - RE-READ THE MESSAGES I SENT IN RESPONSE TO Phil Bondi's > !!!!! > > SORRY FOR THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE BUT ....DAMN....WILLEM......... I AM SICK TO > DEATH OF SAYING THIS ................... > > WIM GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS (SAND) - OR - WHERE EVER YOU HAVE IT AND > ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RPT STATUS DON'T MEAN > JACK-SHIT HERE IN ST. LOUIS................ > > EXTREMELY SICK TO DEATH OF THIS RPT STATUS CRAP................... > > Duaine > > -- > Duaine Hechler > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding > (314) 838-5587 /dahechler at att.net <mailto:dahechler at att.net> /www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com <http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com> > Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / dahechler at att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years
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