--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul Emerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ME: Hey what channel are you on? > PFG: I dunno > ME: Well you might be interfering with our club field across the > street, you don't want to shoot down one of those $2000 planes do you? > PFG: Meh. > ME: Well you could join our club and enjoy frequency control and the > shared knowledge of 100 fellow pilots. > PFG: How much? > ME: Our club is only $20 a year, but of course you would have to > become an AMA member for $60 a year. > PFG: No thanks <walks away> > > We don't fly at our club field much anymore. > > You are probably not interested in constructive criticism, but I can point out a number of things in your conversation if better worded or perhaps brought up in a different order would make this conversation much more likely to end positively.
I have had "this conversation" about 2 dozen times over the last 3 years, and have only had the "PFG says no thanks and walks away" happen once. Some people, you can't reach, but I have found the vast majority of folks really would like to learn more and also don't want an interference issue to down their model. Ryan RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
