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Eisboch wrote:
"jps" wrote in message
...

I sell introductory systems as a means to growing my business with a
customer who's not ready to take the plunge. There are lots of ways
to create demand for your goods or services; smart folks can read the
customer and tailor a solution appropriate to their requirements.

Obviously, introductory offers are used all the time. I never cared for
them.

I find it annoying sometimes to get offers for special deals on cable or
Internet services that I am already subscribed to, only to find out they are
available to "new" customers only. Those who have been paying the full
price don't qualify and continue to pay full price.

Wouldn't you be impressed to get an unsolicited notice from your cable
company thanking you for your loyal and continued business and rewarding you
with 3 months of discounted invoices? Maybe cable service is a bad example
because it's regulated and non-competitive, but it might keep you from
switching to Direct TV or Dish.

In my former business that involved custom engineered, big ticket items
orders for additional systems were discounted because most of the
engineering and design costs were non-recurring.

Eisboch

American Express used to send me gift certificates for $200 to eat at
the restaurant of my choice, just to thank me for my business. I don't
know if they still do this, because I don't use American Express
anymore. ;)

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

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Captain Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:44:07 -0400, Just Regigie
wrote:

H the K wrote:

Fun is fun. I'm writing a speech for a new client. It's for delivery in
late August. When he called, he said I was recommended by a current
client. He wanted to know if I would give him a discount on the first
speech because he "didn't know me." I didn't tell him he should find a
cheaper speech writer. :)

I gave him a discount. It's only my time that's involved. I don't have
to buy goods and resell them for a profit.
I hope you took him out in your Lobster Boat and introduced him to your
Dr. Dr. wife.

Harry, I do have to be honest, I have NEVER meet such an insecure guy as
you are, but I am always amazed that you actually expect people to
believe your stories.

Hey - I've got to defend Harry on this one.

If he knew Harry, he wouldn't have asked him to write the speech in
the first place.



Pretty impressive...you've got The Freak as your scumbag buddy in
Connecticut, Jackoff as your scumbag buddy in South Carolina, and Reggie
as your scumbag buddy in George.




--
A wise Latina makes better decisions than a dumb elephant.

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jps wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:15:32 -0400, Captain Zombie of Woodstock
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:44:07 -0400, Just Regigie
wrote:

H the K wrote:

Fun is fun. I'm writing a speech for a new client. It's for delivery in
late August. When he called, he said I was recommended by a current
client. He wanted to know if I would give him a discount on the first
speech because he "didn't know me." I didn't tell him he should find a
cheaper speech writer. :)

I gave him a discount. It's only my time that's involved. I don't have
to buy goods and resell them for a profit.
I hope you took him out in your Lobster Boat and introduced him to your
Dr. Dr. wife.

Harry, I do have to be honest, I have NEVER meet such an insecure guy as
you are, but I am always amazed that you actually expect people to
believe your stories.
Hey - I've got to defend Harry on this one.

If he knew Harry, he wouldn't have asked him to write the speech in
the first place.

And if any of your clients were to witness your behavior here you
think they'd consider you stable?


Are you referring to SW Tom, the bipolar fisherman? :)


--
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Captain Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:44:07 -0400, Just Regigie
wrote:

H the K wrote:

Fun is fun. I'm writing a speech for a new client. It's for delivery in
late August. When he called, he said I was recommended by a current
client. He wanted to know if I would give him a discount on the first
speech because he "didn't know me." I didn't tell him he should find a
cheaper speech writer. :)

I gave him a discount. It's only my time that's involved. I don't have
to buy goods and resell them for a profit.
I hope you took him out in your Lobster Boat and introduced him to your
Dr. Dr. wife.

Harry, I do have to be honest, I have NEVER meet such an insecure guy as
you are, but I am always amazed that you actually expect people to
believe your stories.

Hey - I've got to defend Harry on this one.

If he knew Harry, he wouldn't have asked him to write the speech in
the first place.

I'll also defend your defense of Harry on this one. ;-)

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H the K wrote:
jps wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:15:32 -0400, Captain Zombie of Woodstock
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:44:07 -0400, Just Regigie
wrote:

H the K wrote:

Fun is fun. I'm writing a speech for a new client. It's for
delivery in late August. When he called, he said I was recommended
by a current client. He wanted to know if I would give him a
discount on the first speech because he "didn't know me." I didn't
tell him he should find a cheaper speech writer. :)

I gave him a discount. It's only my time that's involved. I don't
have to buy goods and resell them for a profit.
I hope you took him out in your Lobster Boat and introduced him to
your Dr. Dr. wife.

Harry, I do have to be honest, I have NEVER meet such an insecure
guy as you are, but I am always amazed that you actually expect
people to believe your stories.
Hey - I've got to defend Harry on this one.

If he knew Harry, he wouldn't have asked him to write the speech in
the first place.

And if any of your clients were to witness your behavior here you
think they'd consider you stable?


Are you referring to SW Tom, the bipolar fisherman? :)


He might have been, but The statement fits Krausie to a T.

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Eisboch wrote:
"H the K" wrote in message
...
I gave him a discount. It's only my time that's involved. I don't have to
buy goods and resell them for a profit.


Give one a discount and they all want a discount.

When I built big ticket, expensive vacuum deposition systems, I gave
discounts to repeat customers, not new ones.

Eisboch


But... But... He needs the business desperately.

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On Jul 21, 9:51*pm, Captain Yogi of Woodstock wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:48:54 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I am the.....telephone receptionist,

I do it better. *:)

Nah..... Herring for Receptionist. He's used to answering calls from
strangers.....

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On Jul 21, 10:11*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Captain Yogi of Woodstock" wrote in messagenews:g3sc65h77duja60u7onvlis7gmcids9tr6@4ax .com...

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:48:54 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I am the.....telephone receptionist,

I do it better. *:)

I thought of you the other day. *I happened to channel surfing before I fell
asleep and came across some new "reality" show, sorta based on the Orange
County Chopper series, except this one is a family that run a pawn shop. *It
was pretty funny.

Eisboch

except this one is a family that run a pawn shop.

Kinda like running a Used Guitar Shop......

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H the K wrote:
Captain Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:44:07 -0400, Just Regigie
wrote:

H the K wrote:

Fun is fun. I'm writing a speech for a new client. It's for delivery
in late August. When he called, he said I was recommended by a
current client. He wanted to know if I would give him a discount on
the first speech because he "didn't know me." I didn't tell him he
should find a cheaper speech writer. :)

I gave him a discount. It's only my time that's involved. I don't
have to buy goods and resell them for a profit.
I hope you took him out in your Lobster Boat and introduced him to
your Dr. Dr. wife.

Harry, I do have to be honest, I have NEVER meet such an insecure guy
as you are, but I am always amazed that you actually expect people to
believe your stories.

Hey - I've got to defend Harry on this one.

If he knew Harry, he wouldn't have asked him to write the speech in
the first place.



Pretty impressive...you've got The Freak as your scumbag buddy in
Connecticut, Jackoff as your scumbag buddy in South Carolina, and Reggie
as your scumbag buddy in George.

You have your puppy Don in Canada and you had your buddy Jim in
Cleveland, until the phone incident.

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BAR wrote:
H the K wrote:
Captain Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:44:07 -0400, Just Regigie
wrote:

H the K wrote:

Fun is fun. I'm writing a speech for a new client. It's for
delivery in late August. When he called, he said I was recommended
by a current client. He wanted to know if I would give him a
discount on the first speech because he "didn't know me." I didn't
tell him he should find a cheaper speech writer. :)

I gave him a discount. It's only my time that's involved. I don't
have to buy goods and resell them for a profit.
I hope you took him out in your Lobster Boat and introduced him to
your Dr. Dr. wife.

Harry, I do have to be honest, I have NEVER meet such an insecure
guy as you are, but I am always amazed that you actually expect
people to believe your stories.

Hey - I've got to defend Harry on this one.

If he knew Harry, he wouldn't have asked him to write the speech in
the first place.



Pretty impressive...you've got The Freak as your scumbag buddy in
Connecticut, Jackoff as your scumbag buddy in South Carolina, and
Reggie as your scumbag buddy in George.

You have your puppy Don in Canada and you had your buddy Jim in
Cleveland, until the phone incident.


Phone incident? I never called Jim, and he never called me.

Don is hardly my puppy. We don't coordinate messages, we've never talked
on the phone, we don't exchange secret messages, and we don't set up
junior high school "plots" against others in the newsgroup. Don and I
simply have similar union/progressive underpinnings, and, while I can't
speak for him, I am sure he shares my belief that there are achievements
more important than screwing others so you can attain a position in the
social order higher than the poor.



--
A wise Latina makes better decisions than a dumb elephant.