Re: (ET) Technical Service

[jim <fiskfarm mediaone net>]

I think he (Bill) should do what people have been telling me to do for 
years
and install a 900# for questions sans orders. I spoke with him for a very
congenial hour last year but I also ordered about $90.00 worth of parts. I 
get
businesses calling me on my 800# and wanting all sorts of advice. Talk 
about
nerve!

Jim

"Elie, Larry (L.D.)" wrote:

> I talked with Bill as well the second week of January; I needed
> assembly instructions for some parts... and I have had 5 ET's!
> I think that IS the point; none of us know the machine and all the
> options as well as Bill.  Part of this is conjecture, as I don't
> know Bill that well, but I think he suspects a 'brain-drain' without
> any sort of commensurate payment.  Free consultation is fine if you
> expect some payment in time.  Too many people only use up his time.
> Once we start thinking of publishing info that he sells (even if the
> statute of limitations on the copyrights has expired) it starts
> to get to him.  I for one don't want to just soak up what he has
> had to spend time to learn without getting him some sort of payment.
> It is one thing to 'help someone out' but another to put someone
> out from further sales.  I don't mind the first but I prefer not to
> do the second.  ETC may well have done the second.
>
> Larry Elie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean A. Stuckmann [mailto:dstuck lakefield net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 10:57 PM
> To: <Elec-trak
> Subject: Re: (ET) Technical Service
>
> A few weeks ago I asked the group if anyone knew Bill good enough to have
> him compose a letter of his intentions so everyone would know what is 
> going
> on.  I didn't see any replies so I guess we have to keep going with these
> second hand stories which is dangerous.  This is my addition. I spoke 
> with
> him last week and he stated that most of the inquiries have fallen 
> through.
> If you remember, I was talking with the folks at Electric Tractor Corp 
> and
> they wanted to speak with Bill about seeing if one of the ETC dealers 
> may be
> interested in Bill's stuff.  I gave the message to Bill and he did not 
> want
> anything to do with ETC.  Evidently they tried to get some information 
> from
> him very early in the ETC development which left a bad taste for Bill.  I
> told him that ETC was not interested in the business, they would check 
> with
> their dealers.  He still didn't want anything to do with it.  Either he 
> is
> VERY upset with ETC or he doesn't want to get rid of the business too 
> bad if
> he turns down possible leads.
> Dean A. Stuckmann
>
> > From: "Don Barry" <Don Barry kmtc com>
> > Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:00:20 -0600
> > To: "<Elec-trak" <elec-trak cosmos5 phy Tufts edu>
> > Subject: Re: (ET) Technical Service
> >
> > Bill's problem is because of financing? I thought it was something 
> > along
> the
> > lines of not being profitable enough, or too time consuming.
> >
> > What's the straight poop??
> >
> > Don
> >
> >>>> "John" <etrak jvlnet com> 01/21/01 04:07PM >>>
> > Hi; I was doing some thinking today (I know I've heard it before) and 
> > had
> a
> > thought about Bill's dilemma. With all of the governments grants and
> > resources it would be a darn shame to see the oldest and best electric
> > tractors on earth become orphaned because of financing. It seems to me
> that
> > with a little support maybe Bill could afford to outsource a little 
> > more
> and
> > thereby leave more time to other things such as troubleshooting and 
> > things
> > that only he can do. Any comments, John.
> >