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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
merry Christmas to you as well Mr Schrudge , I think the boys deserved an early Knock off to miss the traffixckx.,
Did you get what you were aftewr ? for Christmas ? mm Hope so. m from a distance ....
Brian.
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Ho Ho Ho, how did I end up stooping so low....
Well perhaps the boys at Andrews deserved an early knock off, and I can't fault anyone trying to beat the traffic (God knows I would have liked to as well). Yet that info would have been far more beneficial and all to easy for the woman I spoke with to relay over the phone when I asked just less than 2 hours before heading there.
So what I got for xmas from Andrews;
- $20 fuel bill.
-pamphlet for anger management classes from innocent bystanders (I should probably use that already
).
- attitude that equates to waiting till Hell freezes over before heading back to Greystanes from the Northern beaches again.
I guess some may consider this priceless, but in reality it's rather costly. I finally got my much needed laser collimator from Astro Optics Supplies at Artarmon (great service and very helpful advice), after xmas!. Then spent well over $1000 at Bintel (top shelf store, service and advice) on accessories to play with, which at this point appears to be an ongoing exercise lasting for eternity
. All this equals huge wads of hard earned money Andrews will never see
.
If I seem harsh here it's because I know after running a small family business for almost 20 years, had I even once told a customer one thing, then turned around and did the complete opposite (especially within the space of only a few hours), regardless of what day of the year it was, I'd expect to loose income on a grand scale.
The golden rule of running a successful small business is understanding everyone is a potential customer. More often than not the seemingly most unlikely people are the ones that spend up big.
back standing on the shoulders of giants.
Cheers Guy
ps; no hard feelings, just business.