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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2004 10:36 am |
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The Musicians Friend catalog always arrives in the mail at the same time as the AMS catalog, and I stack them together at the corner of my desk with the current magazines for reference. I regularly buy from both companies and, while their prices are pretty much the same, often one will offer an item that the other doesn't.
Yesterday the catalogs came in the mail. The AMS catalog is typical, but the MF catalog is grossly oversized. It measures 11"x12" - 65% larger in surface area than the standard 8"x10" of other catalogs and magazines.
I'm sorry, MF, but I'm not giving you a bigger corner of my desk. If you insist on sizing your catalog like the daily newspaper, it will receive the same treatment: scan once and recycle. AMS stays on the desk, in the stack with current magazines. I think that your marketing coup just backfired.
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 Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
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Pat Burns
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Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2004 11:56 am
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| I'm sorry, MF, but I'm not giving you a bigger corner of my desk. |
...I was just saying the same thing to my coworker this morning... |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 30 Jan 2004 11:59 am
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| That's telling them, b0b! As soon as they come over here and read this, they'll learn not to mess with you! You go, girl! |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2004 12:34 pm
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You guys are too much!  |
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Bill Moore
From:
Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 30 Jan 2004 1:45 pm
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| b0b, wait a week or so and you will get another one, in the old size. The big one is a sale catalog. I just received the smaller version. |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 1:55 am
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I wish they'd FINALLY figure out how to make COLORED pages as soft as REGULAR pages..
EJL |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 4:26 am
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I was thinking that with the arrival of the huge MF blow out discount catalog the discounts would be bigger too... 
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 8:21 am
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I'm gonna haveta buy me a desk so I can tell them off too!  |
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Jan 2004 9:11 am
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[This message was edited by Fred Shannon on 06 December 2004 at 01:31 AM.] |
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 1 Feb 2004 8:50 am
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Send big Catalog,Spend big money! Makes cents to me
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2004 9:19 am
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| My uncle was busted for making big money - a quarter inch too big! |
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Joseph V. Sapp
From:
eastern shore, Md.
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Posted 2 Feb 2004 6:57 pm
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but it sure alot easier for these ol eyes to see. Big Catalog, Big Print. !!!! I like that. us ol folks appreciate little things like that. without trying to figure out where the heck I layed my specs. Give em a break bob..
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John Fabian
From:
Mesquite, Texas USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 5:44 am
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I don't care what size it is as long as they keep printing and mailing it to over 1 million people every month. KACHINGG!!!
John Fabian
www.carterstarter.com [This message was edited by John Fabian on 03 February 2004 at 05:45 AM.] |
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Pat Burns
From:
Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 6:29 am
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| ...just out of curiousity, John, how many Carter Starters have you made/sold since you started the line?... |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 3:55 pm
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The smaller catalog arrived yesterday. The big one is in the trash. They must be reading my posts - they moved the Carter Starter off of the b@jo page.
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Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9),
Sierra Laptop 8 (E6add9), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax |
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John Fabian
From:
Mesquite, Texas USA * R.I.P.
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2004 7:40 am
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| Darn, Bob. Real Estate on your desk top must be expensive. |
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John Floyd
From:
R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Feb 2004 10:34 am
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| MF people have been here and seen b0b's picture, thought he was aging and eyesight probably failing, decided he needed a catalogue large enough for him to be able to read. Just don't understand why they sent a youngster like me one of the big ones. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 4 Feb 2004 1:24 pm
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| John, they've seen you trying to read the knobs on a sound board!! |
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Rick McDuffie
From:
Benson, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2004 10:41 am
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b0b, this should be moved to HUMOR
Rick |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 14 Feb 2004 12:57 pm
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"If big is good, then bigger is probably better!"
I reckon Dolly Parton felt that way, anyhow'
Bobby, my man, you need a bigger desk for books and such! (Or, roll up the catalog, put a rubber-band around it, then stand it on it's end. That's called "compressing data".) |
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