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<font size=3>At 06:09 PM 6/14/2011, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Engineers generally don't make
great salesmen. "Good" salesmen know how<br>
to put the right merchandising spin on just about anything they want
you<br>
to buy. </blockquote><br><br>
They don't make great Technical Writers, either, although they'd sit on
red hot metal 6L6 before admitting it, if they ever would.<br><br>
As far as Electronic Sales Reps go, it's just like selling anything
done right; if you've done your research, and know your audience, the
product will sell itself. Unfortunately, AES looks like they've
taken this philosophy and turned it around, & targeted
"phools" having more money than brains, and are going for
them.<br><br>
Always happens in a Depression: Aim for the Carriage Trade with too
much dough and no brains: "Now, it comes with
Glycerine-Octoglomerate-Vibraphone!"<br><br>
I'm surprised they didn't say it would improve your dating
life.<br><br>
Real disappointment. Fathauer must be grinding his teeth.
I've been buying from these guys since the early 1990's.<br><br>
The next catalog will probably have a lot more pictures and less specs;
soon it'll look like an Ikea folder: "Lotsa pitcheers for me
seee! Wow!"<br><br>
Fooey.<br><br>
-Lin/KJ6EF<br><br>
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