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As cheap as this weazel appears to be in regards to buying signs and the confrontational manner he exhibits toward the profession trying to make a profit, I'd be afraid to get dental work done by him. Who knows if he applies the same 'purchasing tactics' with the suppliers of his practice??
I'd hate to sit there and wonder if he's using low quality xray machines, dental tools, dental sterilization processes, filling materials, etc. just to save a buck.
I'm hoping that would not be the case.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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My mother used to tell us five children, "If you can't get along with someone, it could be your problem or it could be their problem. If you can't get along with anyone, guess whose problem it is."
When the dentist says, "Virtually every one of these signage purchases was a struggle to complete with numerous ''unexpected'' costs being added to projects", I know where the problem lies.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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David, you don't surmise that maybe the guy kept adding and subtracting items from the projects, do you? Those change orders can be a bugger... especially when the project has gone into production.
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Bruce, I wouldn't be surprised one bit. We recently did two restaurant sign packages and had to deal with the "rest o' rants" of the owner, who changed his mind after production started more often than Elizabeth Taylor cycled through husbands. His executive assistant said she'd be a millionaire if she had a buck for every time he changed his mind. He also couldn't understand why scrapping something in the middle of the project and making it much bigger should cost more. His brother must be the wealthy dentist.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Initially it made me mad because I took it personally, but if I substituted another profession in there, I'd think it's a ridiculous statement and start thinking the person saying it was full of it.
Throwing out a big figure as a blanket for all the different types of dentist offices out there further makes me think he's just full of bull.
Hopefully the people reading it will realize what a load of hot air he's trying to sell them.
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Im gonna guess that this BUFFOON probably doesnt hold a legal license to practice Dentistry in this country anymore, I mean seriously if he spends all the time presenting seminars, how would he have time to practice what he preaches and earn the required continuing education points he would need. Or wait, maybe he is a Horse dentist.
Now looking at the glass from a different viewpoint. If WE(those of us reading this) all stop doing signs for dentists. Eventually the guy who bought himself a plotter and thought he was going to make millions in the sign business will be so busy doing cheezy cheap dentist signs, that WE will be able to focus on the quality designed jobs that our customers appreciate.
-------------------- Harris Kohen K-Man Pinstriping and Graphix Trenton, NJ "Showing the world that even I can strategically place the pigment where its got to go." Posts: 1739 | From: Trenton, NJ, USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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