Re: Disappointment - New Hope

["Bob La Londe" <onebikenut@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Apr 22, 2:36 pm, "RockyTSquirrel" <gafa_...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > On 21/04/2011 7:01 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> >> As I have made abundantly clear Tri-Ed has made my shitlist. I quit
>> >> dealing with them, because over and over again they failed to provide
>> >> products in a timely fashion with products often never showing up at
>> >> all
>> >> and of course they couldn't possibly condescend to let me know. Its
>> >> cost
>> >> me a couple customers and a lot of headaches...
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>> >> ... I just makes me sick that Tri-Ed got some more of my money.
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>> > Your experience with Tri-Ed has been the exact opposite of mine. Their
>> > Vancouver office is simply Aces. I think this really proves that
>> > "people
>> > make the difference" when it comes to national companies.
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>> I agree and I disagree. A company policy can over bear even good people.
>> I
>> have followed a few sales people from one distributor to another though
>> because they take good care of me personally.
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>> I agree Bob, the salesperson makes all the difference..
>> Once I make a connection with a sales person, I stick with them...
>> They understand what it is I'm talking about and don't give me a lot of
>> grief over "sales"..
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>> Only problem I have to break-in a new one every 4 or 5 years...
>> Seem none of them want to stay in sales longer than that..
>> ( or god forbid they up and die on me.. had that happen several times
>> now..)
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>> RTS-
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> Rocky ......ummmm ...... ahhh ......
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> Did it ever occur to you that ummmmm .... it might have something to
> do with  ummmm ..... you?

Can't speak for Rocky, but I know its me.  I took a distributor sales
staffer's word for it once that I don't need to worry about inventorying
anything I don't need to have instantly today for service.  He said, "That's
what distributors are for."  I'm sure he was right, but so far I guess I
haven't done business with a real distributor since then.