This is NOT an anti-religion/church post,it's an anti-comittee post
prices are 1979
Many years ago when I worked selling pianos & organs one of the things I & all the other salesmen in town hated was dealing with churches.6,8,12 people comin' into the store,they all had little notepads & would take up our time for a coupla hours askin' silly questions: "Will you deliver it? "Well,duh,yeah" "How much electricty does it use?" "Depends on how much you play it" "How much is that?"
It was always the biggest,fanciest in the store (I should find a pic of the one we had) but in the end we always knew there would come The Question:
"Will you donate it to us?"
My boss at my 1st store told me not to even talk to 'em,if they wanted to buy they'd pull out the checkbook.Almost 5 years of seein' this pattern & I could see 'em comin' down the sidewalk.
So when the 5 people come in lookin' for an organ at the mall store I take 'em to an old (even for that time) Hammond M-3 for $250 & say "That's all I got"
"We were looking for something bigger"
So I wave my hand over at the 'church' organ that we considered 'our never gonna sell' piece & say "That's our largest."
"How much is it?"
"$3000"
'We were thinking about 15"
"Hundred?"
"Thousand"
I realize THIS MAN"S SERIOUS!!!
So I compose myself & say "I'm sorry,but we have nothing that fits your needs,have you looked at the Allens?"
Turned out they'd been talkin' to the Allen-a wholesaler to churches & theaters- rep (I knew him,good guy) & they liked the 3 manual,64 speakers model they had.So I told them to get it,they couldn't go wrong & the rep would take good care of them.
Nice commision on that one,wish I'da got it
prices are 1979
Many years ago when I worked selling pianos & organs one of the things I & all the other salesmen in town hated was dealing with churches.6,8,12 people comin' into the store,they all had little notepads & would take up our time for a coupla hours askin' silly questions: "Will you deliver it? "Well,duh,yeah" "How much electricty does it use?" "Depends on how much you play it" "How much is that?"
It was always the biggest,fanciest in the store (I should find a pic of the one we had) but in the end we always knew there would come The Question:
"Will you donate it to us?"
My boss at my 1st store told me not to even talk to 'em,if they wanted to buy they'd pull out the checkbook.Almost 5 years of seein' this pattern & I could see 'em comin' down the sidewalk.
So when the 5 people come in lookin' for an organ at the mall store I take 'em to an old (even for that time) Hammond M-3 for $250 & say "That's all I got"
"We were looking for something bigger"
So I wave my hand over at the 'church' organ that we considered 'our never gonna sell' piece & say "That's our largest."
"How much is it?"
"$3000"
'We were thinking about 15"
"Hundred?"
"Thousand"
I realize THIS MAN"S SERIOUS!!!
So I compose myself & say "I'm sorry,but we have nothing that fits your needs,have you looked at the Allens?"
Turned out they'd been talkin' to the Allen-a wholesaler to churches & theaters- rep (I knew him,good guy) & they liked the 3 manual,64 speakers model they had.So I told them to get it,they couldn't go wrong & the rep would take good care of them.
Nice commision on that one,wish I'da got it
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