Karl Crooks
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:01 AM |
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Yes feel free to do so. |
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RESTORE ~ RENEW ~ REJOICE !
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al
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:04 AM |
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Oh, please email me your full name and town and state so I can give you credit for the quote, if is is okay to use it. al@thecarpentershop.net
Thanks, this is exactly what we need. I'll start compiling a list of good quotes and points and make it available soon. |
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Karl Crooks
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:13 AM |
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What we see the most is that products are over sold. Take solid surface for example, Sales Man tells customer that it will not scratch, chip or crack, it is the perfect counter top. This is just not true, come on the hardest product on earth, Diamonds, scratch, chip and crack so of course thier counter top will. What the Sales Man should be saying is ALL products can have problems, if you do with solid surface it can be RENEWED. I guess people do not want to hear the truth, maybe Mory can help, he know sales. |
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Norm Walters
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:18 AM |
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Granite, Solid as a Rock!
Disclaimer: Excludes granite with fissures, pits, cheaper stone with porosity issues, users of red wine, olive oil, and bleach. Cracks not expected, although extreme care is taken when installing. Installs over less than new cabinets may cause catastrophic collapses. Sealing is a must, cleaners may remove sealer, have your cleaners analyzed by a lab. Fornication may be diffused by cold surface. May be used as a weapon in domestic disputes. |
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Tom M
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:29 AM |
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"Granite - don't leave the pizza box on overnight..."
"Granite and lally columns. Supporting your lifestyle."
"Granite and Radon - scratch and sniff" (okay, that wasn't fair)
"Solid Surface - no screwin' around."
"We get a lot of requests for granite tops. Even after explaining the downside to stone, they still want it. Won't take no for an answer. So we sell granite to people with rocks in their heads."
"Federal saw sells sealer by the gallon, we sell tops by the quartz."
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FEDSAWDAVE
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:32 AM |
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Thinking...  ...Now, that's good!  |
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Tom M
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:36 AM |
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with apologies to the Statler Brothers...
Does - your -
Pizza box on the counter stain the sealer overnight?
Are you sad because there was no way to get the grain just right?
Did the salesman say you never have to seal the surface tight?
Does you pizza box stain the sealer on the counter overnight?
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Tom M
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:38 AM |
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Norm:
Fornication may be diffused by cold surface. May be used as a weapon in domestic disputes.
Best so far.
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:48 AM |
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Norm, if your wife hasn't clubbed you with a granite chunk yet, she will after reading that post........
Good writing, though, can I use that?
Great one on the pizza box, they will remember that one. |
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Norm Walters
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:52 AM |
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Al, it's all yours.
Tom, you have to do the Expo. If we all get together I'm sure it will be one of those times that your face hurts from laughing so much, |
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Tom M
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:56 AM |
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Norm,
Just waiting for Dave to rent the room and buy the beer....
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| 16 Nov 2006 01:59 AM |
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Had a customer ask a lot of questions after install of Solid Surface , about the weight that his bar top will withstand. I finally said, "if you are asking if it will support the weight of your wife, go for it" he just smiled and has been a satisfied customer eversince ...!!!!! : -) |
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Tom M
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| 16 Nov 2006 02:00 AM |
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Dave, you got me with the other thread!
I have to find out if that hotel has any rooms left. Which one was it?
I only got about two hundred emails telling me to reserve a room, or four.
Tom
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| 16 Nov 2006 05:29 AM |
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[QUOTE] Tom M wrote
"Federal saw sells sealer by the gallon, we sell tops by the quartz."
Tom
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Classic. Best line I've heard in awhile. |
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FEDSAWDAVE
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| 16 Nov 2006 11:23 PM |
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Have not reserved a room yet Tom. Me and FEDSAWWES will be in 1. If you need to use the pull out (sofa that is) your're in! |
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Tom M
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| 16 Nov 2006 11:42 PM |
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Me and FEDSAWWES will be in 1.
Umm, I assume that means 1 room, not 1 bed?
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FEDSAWDAVE
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| 17 Nov 2006 12:32 AM |
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You don't know me Tom....ONE BUILDING! Who do you think I am? |
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Linda Graves
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| 17 Nov 2006 02:23 AM |
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We just returned from a trip and spent 30 nights in
hotels. ALL of the new or remodeled Hampton Inns, Holiday Inn
Express, Comfort Inn & other chains are putting granite on the
bathroom counters and tub surrounds. We were shocked at the poor
quality of installations. The panels on the tub surrounds were
off set and sealed with silicone. Some of the panels were wet up
about 6", obviously not sealed between the tub and granite. Some
of the countertops were already showing stains on the
countertops. Most of these were installations not more than 2
years old. Obviously, the hotel chains have designers that are
specifying granite. Where are the Solid Surface Spec. Reps?
Perhaps when the granite falls off of the wall because the support is
so bad, and the countertops stain, the owners will rethink their
decisions.
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FEDSAWDAVE
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| 17 Nov 2006 01:59 PM |
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Good point Mom. I noticed on a stay in a hi-end hotel, that the stone vanities had water stains all over them. Asked the manager how long they had been in. 3 months he said. I guess they didn't bother to seal them. He said he had no clue if they were. |
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