PL

"Phil Laird"

12/09/2005 5:24 PM

Minor gloat

Sent a bed off to a lady in Boca Grande, FL. a few months ago . .. . and
it duly arrived 3 months later ,after being on a nice boat ride, then a nice
train ride from Caliphornya . . .

The Lady was delighted and told me so in a very nice email all about how
pleased she was with it - we now communicate regularly with funnies and
general chit chat.
All really nice and good feeling stuff.

Anyway - late last night (Sunday), after getting home from the boozer and
managing to dodge all the Roo's along the way - I was lying flat out on my
face,under the bed -and no I wasn't arse up from th'grog, - I was trying to
coax my little 8 month old Border Collie/lab/retriever mongrel out from
under the bed and explaining to her just who's bedroom it was and just what
the sleeping arraignments were . .. .. . when the phone rings . .. .
"Phil speaking" I answered rather abruptly, "is that Phil?" a tentative male
voice inquired " Yes. Phil speaking" I replied rather abruptly again (
having gotten into the swing of the conversation early)

Anyway this bloke, with a rather pleasant American accent, turns out to be
the aforementioned Lady's brother - who has eyeballed her new bed and
decided that after years of searching for the perfect bed - my design is the
one he wants - and proceeds to give me the details for payment of deposit on
a bed and chest of drawers to bunged on a boat at some later stage and
tripped orf to Florida . . . . .. .

Isn't that nice ?- i love emerica!

Phully
The Nannup Furniture Gallery
Support small business ~ Save a Species Today ~ ME!
www.swanriverfurniture.com.au
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"Leon"

in reply to "Phil Laird" on 12/09/2005 5:24 PM

12/09/2005 3:34 PM


"Phil Laird" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> Anyway this bloke, with a rather pleasant American accent, turns out to be
> the aforementioned Lady's brother - who has eyeballed her new bed and
> decided that after years of searching for the perfect bed - my design is
> the one he wants - and proceeds to give me the details for payment of
> deposit on a bed and chest of drawers to bunged on a boat at some later
> stage and tripped orf to Florida . . . . .. .
>
> Isn't that nice ?- i love emerica!


Great story Phil. I don't think that there is any thing quite as rewarding,
"when you do this for money", as being commissioned to do a piece that was
literally sold by another customer. I love it when I get new customers from
old customers that were referred by older customers. You get to concentrate
more on the pleasure of working on the project rather than trying to sell
your self or the work to some one that may be clueless.

PL

"Phil Laird"

in reply to "Phil Laird" on 12/09/2005 5:24 PM

13/09/2005 1:08 PM


"Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>

>>
>
> Gotta love word of mouth advertising. Congrats on a nice sale.

Cheers Nahmie
>
> Did you and the dog get the sleeping arrangements sorted out?(or does she
> sleep on/under your bed like other spoiled pets?)

Yeah well . . .. its me against the dogs and Jean . .. and Jeans bite is
way worse than her bark...


>
> DAMHIKT
>
> Daughter has 2 Dobermans and a miniature long haired dachshund, it's a
> tossup as to which or how many share the bed.
>
> Other daughter has two Black Labs, guess what?
>
> We have a Boxer who alternates between the floor or the bed.

Funny how these dogs get a good life - i usually have our two tied up out
front of the shop . . . morrie - the Kelpie X rolls over and gets his tummy
rubbed all the time . . . .I try it and get me goolies trod on. . . ..

Phully

PL

"Phil Laird"

in reply to "Phil Laird" on 12/09/2005 5:24 PM

13/09/2005 1:11 PM

Gudday Lassa mate


>
> The big question is: Are your beds Hurricane Proof? Hmmmmm?

Dunno lassa - depends on how hard you can fart i spose . . ..
>
> Q2: What was the freight fee for that shipment, anyway? $600?

Freight for the whole lot comes to Aud$1689 +3% for insurance and fumigation
>
> Congrats on your global sales.

Cheers Lassa

Phully


>
> --
> Never ascribe to malice that which can
> be adequately explained by stupidity.
> ---------------
> www.diversify.com -- Smart Website Design

ND

"Norman D. Crow"

in reply to "Phil Laird" on 12/09/2005 5:24 PM

12/09/2005 6:02 AM


"Phil Laird" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sent a bed off to a lady in Boca Grande, FL. a few months ago . .. . and
> it duly arrived 3 months later ,after being on a nice boat ride, then a
> nice train ride from Caliphornya . . .
>
> The Lady was delighted and told me so in a very nice email all about how
> pleased she was with it - we now communicate regularly with funnies and
> general chit chat.
> All really nice and good feeling stuff.
>
> Anyway - late last night (Sunday), after getting home from the boozer and
> managing to dodge all the Roo's along the way - I was lying flat out on my
> face,under the bed -and no I wasn't arse up from th'grog, - I was trying
> to coax my little 8 month old Border Collie/lab/retriever mongrel out from
> under the bed and explaining to her just who's bedroom it was and just
> what the sleeping arraignments were . .. .. . when the phone rings . ..
> . "Phil speaking" I answered rather abruptly, "is that Phil?" a tentative
> male voice inquired " Yes. Phil speaking" I replied rather abruptly again
> ( having gotten into the swing of the conversation early)
>
> Anyway this bloke, with a rather pleasant American accent, turns out to be
> the aforementioned Lady's brother - who has eyeballed her new bed and
> decided that after years of searching for the perfect bed - my design is
> the one he wants - and proceeds to give me the details for payment of
> deposit on a bed and chest of drawers to bunged on a boat at some later
> stage and tripped orf to Florida . . . . .. .
>
> Isn't that nice ?- i love emerica!
>

Gotta love word of mouth advertising. Congrats on a nice sale.

Did you and the dog get the sleeping arrangements sorted out?(or does she
sleep on/under your bed like other spoiled pets?)

DAMHIKT

Daughter has 2 Dobermans and a miniature long haired dachshund, it's a
tossup as to which or how many share the bed.

Other daughter has two Black Labs, guess what?

We have a Boxer who alternates between the floor or the bed.

--
Nahmie
The greatest headaches are those we cause ourselves.

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to "Phil Laird" on 12/09/2005 5:24 PM

13/09/2005 3:40 PM

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:11:30 +0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
"Phil Laird" <[email protected]> quickly quoth:

>Gudday Lassa mate

Gudday, Phullykins.


>> The big question is: Are your beds Hurricane Proof? Hmmmmm?
>
>Dunno lassa - depends on how hard you can fart i spose . . ..

Ewe've never seen me after a Taco Bell Fest, have ye?


>> Q2: What was the freight fee for that shipment, anyway? $600?
>
>Freight for the whole lot comes to Aud$1689 +3% for insurance and fumigation

HOLY SHIT, BATMAN! That effectively doubles the price, doesn't it?
Wow!

----
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LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to "Phil Laird" on 12/09/2005 5:24 PM

12/09/2005 7:06 AM

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:24:52 +0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
"Phil Laird" <[email protected]> quickly quoth:
--snip--
>Anyway this bloke, with a rather pleasant American accent, turns out to be
>the aforementioned Lady's brother - who has eyeballed her new bed and
>decided that after years of searching for the perfect bed - my design is the
>one he wants - and proceeds to give me the details for payment of deposit on
>a bed and chest of drawers to bunged on a boat at some later stage and
>tripped orf to Florida . . . . .. .

The big question is: Are your beds Hurricane Proof? Hmmmmm?

Q2: What was the freight fee for that shipment, anyway? $600?

Congrats on your global sales.

--
Never ascribe to malice that which can
be adequately explained by stupidity.
---------------
www.diversify.com -- Smart Website Design


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