Subject: Re: Question

From: "Franklyn Garland" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 18:30:44 +0000

> Date:          Tue, 4 Jun 1996 19:50:56 -0400
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> From:          [email-masked]
> To:            [email-masked]
> Subject:       Question

> How do you get across to a customer that a small forge can't
> compete with a large business on forgings? Can this be done
> without being a smart@$$ ?
> 
> Thanks
> 

Not in my expirience.  If they do not wnat to pay for your work ("you 
are just too expensive"), let them move onto to someone else.  In the 
long run, such customers are not worth the hassle as they are often 
never satisified.

Good Luck..

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From: "Dr. Mark E. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 07:18:10 -0400

On Jun 6,  6:30pm, Franklyn Garland wrote:
> Subject: Re: Question

I agree with Franklyn. Many people are confused by the price vs quality
question. I try to educate people about the quality and uniqueness of hand-made
goods. But when someone says that Sears has the same thing for half (or less)
of my price, I usually either say nothing or that I'm sorry I misunderstood
what it was they were looking for.

Take care.

-- 
Dr. Mark E. Williams
Bldg N-159, Rm E-215
NASA/GSFC/WFF/EG&G
Wallops Island, VA 23337
804-824-1744
[email-masked]

I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.
Grouch Marx

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From: "Franklyn Garland" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 05:20:21 +0000

Please forgive the "list" posting, but I received a call from Mr. 
Norm Larson last night and he forgot to leave me a phone number or 
address.  Since I do not have a catalog, either, it is a little 
difficult to contatc him.

Mr. Larson,

Brella Productions Phone number is:

1-847-864-4040

They have a web page at www.brella.com/brella

If someone knows Mr. Larsons Email address, Please forward this to 
him (just in case he is no longer on the list).

Again, please forgive the intrusion, and thank you.

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From: "Mark E. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 07:12:22 -0400

Franklyn & others,

As far as I know, Norm Larson is still on the list, however I forwarded your
message. His address, etc. are below.

Norman A. Larson
5426 Hwy. 246
Lompoc, CA 93436
805-735-2095
800-743-4766  evenings
[email-masked]  email

The last time I talked with him he said a new catalog would be coming out soon.

Mark

Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, lest ye deceive yourselves.
James 1:22

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From: "Steven O. Smith" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 96 9:40:15 MDT

> him (just in case he is no longer on the list).

Norm Larson
Larson Books
[email-masked]

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Steven O. Smith
[email-masked]

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From: "Franklyn Garland" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:32:58 +0000

On 25 Nov 96 at 10:49, [email-masked] wrote <snip-snip>

> 
> I'd like to publicly thank Franklin Garland for reprinting an
> announcement of our recent membership meeting in his newsletter.

You're welcome!!!

> I'd like to know whether any of the rest of you would like to pool
> efforts in order to better advertize each others events.  I envision
> a "chain-E-mail."  

This sounds like a good idea, but I have a couple of concerns/ideas

1.  I have resigned as the UMBA Journal Editor and as the UMBA 
webmaster.  So I will not be able to make use of the information in an
official capacity.  The new Editor has opted not to do the internet
thing and will thus be unable to participate.

2.  I am building a new section of my website called "The Electric
Anvil."  I will be moving The Blacksmith's Compendium there if no new 
volunteer Webmaster steps forward.  The Compendium has been very 
popular and is beneficial to so many that Joe and I will keep building 
it on my site if the UMBA site closes (and it most likely will.)

3.  I would be more than willing to Add UMBA event dates to the list 
as I receive them in the Journal.  I would also be willing to act as 
a "hub."  If everyone has access to the web, I would post the whole 
sheebang to my Electric Anvil section.  I could easily update it 
weekly and as the next issue of your publication gets ready for 
press you could download/cut and paste whatever seemed appropriate.  
I would post it as a big text file.  No HTML formatting.

By putting it on the Web everyone has access to the dates.  This 
includes the New and "interested but uncommitted" folks.  It would 
also allow you to provide as much detail about your event as you 
desire.  The individual editor can use what they deem appropriate.

Just an Idea....

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From: "Mark E. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:09:32 -0500

Franklyn's offer sounds good to me. Sorry to hear that you've resigned as
editor. Hope things work out for the best.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Mark