Tim, You had to go and ruin it. LOL. I'm buy as I can be, but I'm going to steal some time today from my real job to work on the new TK Conversion stand. Must make a little progress since the Revo is on its way.
Begat On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Tim Krause <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > ** > It was pointed out off list I'm rich??? Clearly a typo, I'm sure Roger > meant "HIM" as in Norm not me :-). > > I agree with many points of view in this conversation. I've been going to > every other show or less lately. I've either got all the tools I need for > what I do, or don't have the need for what people are selling. I have not > seen any deals at the show for years. I go for the actual hands on demo's > to see what the machines can do. With video editing what it is today, I > don't trust what I see on camera, and only a little with what I see with my > own eyes at the show. I know I'm not the only guy that buys something and > then wonders why it does not work as well for me at home as it did on at > the show. > > I really hope none of us are complaining about the entry fee. My show we > pay parking. It's varies from $5.00-$8.00. The lunch and drinks in the > place costs more! Who cares what the entry fee is? I think the real > savings is in NOT buying something you wanted after seeing how it > performs. To have access to so many real people with real opinions is > valuable to me. I value what the cynical crowd has to say. They have > prompted me to buy or not buy something because of things they have noticed > that I did not. There is no doubt a dynamic demonstrator sells > products. There's several real pros that understand the art of the pitch > at these shows. > > This Christmas season there's a TV ad that is saying, "Get out there and > actually like something", I can't remember what they are selling, but I > like the sentiment instead of just "Liking something" on facebook. I > refuse to participate in social media networks, my friends here are more > than enough entertainment for me :-). What Roger said about the dying > local guy is extremely true. It's the small guy that was blinded in the > beginning by passion and stubbornly refused to see profit keeps the real > world going that will be missed in the future. > > Having said all of that, is anyone actually building anything with their > Legacy? May I suggest a new thread that involves our machines? > > -Tim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Roger H Phebey <r...@woodworkersworkshop.co.uk> > *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Sunday, January 06, 2013 3:22 AM > *Subject:* RE: The Woodworking Shows > > Hi guys**** > > I have to say Curt how true was the Norm Abram’s effect. If I had a $ for > everyone who has mentioned him to me at a show or on the telephone when > selling I could give up selling because I would be richer than* Tim.*Norm is > no longer shown over here but in his heyday a definite market > driver.**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To post to this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
