r u tired of people talkin sh!t ?

[tuba kitchen]

I once sold a C tuba on ebay and got about 6 posts trying to convince me that it was NOT a C tuba!

[Chuck(G)]

Qwitcher pitchin.

You have an item to sell, you're looking for a good and quick profit, you use an international auction service that has, as its clientele, the vast unwashed masses--and you're upset that you get a few jerks?

It's called "business". You do what it takes or you use a different market and settle for slower movement and lower profits--say, by advertising on hornplayer.net.

The bigger the audience, the greater the number of jerks. Unfortunately, like a cockroach in your spaghetti it only takes one to make life miserable.

[windshieldbug]

Try LTL delivery where it doesn't matter what you do or say, you're always wrong in the eyes of the consignee. It's the only job you'll ever find where you can be wrong 95% of the time and still draw a paycheck.

You're have no idea what you're talking about! You're completely wrong about that!

[Chuck(G)]

IMO every outspoken tubenet ex-spurt should work real retail every few years just to re-mind theyselves how good they's got it. Try JC Penneys at Christmas time, or indoor fast food ANYtime of the year. Go to work every day for two weeks. Then report back what you've learned about "the unwashed"

Been there selling to the vast unwashed for two decades. Try that and doing technical support and then tell me about "ex-spurts".

What's your point? It can be absolute misery, but it's still business. You do what you have to.

[KenS]

IMO every outspoken tubenet ex-spurt should work real retail every few years just to re-mind theyselves how good they's got it. Try JC Penneys at Christmas time, or indoor fast food ANYtime of the year. Go to work every day for two weeks. Then report back what you've learned about "the unwashed"[/quote]

While I was in Chicago, I spent a few years at the Woodfield Mall selling pianos and organs at Lyon and Healy. We had a 7' Steinway on the floor and every idiot that bought a bag of popcorn at Sears thought it was cute to come by and hammer away and play chopsticks, or that stupid thing on the black keys. And if I hear Fur Elise one more time, I think I'll hurl...

The nice thing now is that they can make their popcorn at home and cruise through eBay...

Ken S.

[Lew]

... Unfortunately, like a cockroach in your spaghetti it only takes one to make life miserable.

Now there's an image I could have lived without!

But, so true...

[Chuck(G)]

Now there's an image I could have lived without!

But, so true...

Credit H. L. Mencken for that one. The quote in full:

How little it takes to make life unbearable.... A pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh.

[SplatterTone]

I love helping people.
There's NOTHING I'd rather do than help people!

[windshieldbug]

I really hope you didn't describe something on eBay as

rare

...

Maybe I shouldn´t have...

I hope you realize that I was just takin' a swipe at ol' eBay... I'm convinced that YOU know what you're talking about!

[Chuck(G)]

You know, on ePay, it goes both ways.

I've got two emails out to sellers asking very specific questions--not hard, just obvious things not clear from descriptions.

That was almost a week ago. No answers yet.

Let's face it, ePay's less than perfect for everyone.

[Chen]

Hi Joe,
Do you care to entertain us what the question/request was?

I know how frustrating this kind of situation can be. Having said that, if the guy simply found something he'd rather give a try to (and possibly pay shipping both way for), something he might like better, and that happens to not be yours, that ain't his fault.

Once a I bought a mouthpiece from some guy and never received it. The guy didn't insure the package and lied about sending me another one. He didn't. I remember it ended up he gave me "a deal" on another mouthpiece.

I still remember what a hassle it was.

I agree with the spaghetti/cockroach analogy: you can go to the right school, study with the right teacher, buy the right tubas, have the right connection, but when you are not honest, or not acting in good faith, for just once, it ruins all other good things.

[tubatooter1940]

'I don't take any sh#*. I don't give people sh#*. I'm not in the sh#* business."
It seems that the fewer customers a seller has to deal with to make a sale is far better for the seller.
Two salesmen were seated next to each other on a plane. They got to talking shop. The first salesman stated what a good year he had selling. He said that he had made sales every day and that was unusually good.
The second salesman replied that he, also, was having a good year.
"How many sales did you make?", asked the first salesman. "One!" replied the second.
"What do you sell?", asked the first salesman.
"Bridges." replied the second.

[tubatooter1940]

'I don't take any sh#*. I don't give people sh#*. I'm not in the sh#* business."
It seems that the fewer customers a seller has to deal with to make a sale is far better for the seller.
Two salesmen were seated next to each other on a plane. They got to talking shop. The first salesman stated what a good year he had selling. He said that he had made sales every day and that was unusually good.
The second salesman replied that he, also, was having a good year.
"How many sales did you make?", asked the first salesman. "One!" replied the second.
"What do you sell?", asked the first salesman.
"Bridges." replied the second.

[Chuck(G)]

Precisely how many seconds does each rotor "hold a suction" with the "slide pop" test?

Rotors don't hold suction--they're made of solid brass