From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Jan 4 12:12:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA20790 for isp-outgoing; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 12:12:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from ns2.cetlink.net (root@ns2.cetlink.net [209.54.54.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA20785 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 12:12:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jak@cetlink.net) Received: from hot1.auctionfever.com (ts1-cltnc-35.cetlink.net [209.54.58.35]) by ns2.cetlink.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA09501; Sun, 4 Jan 1998 15:12:03 -0500 (EST) From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: , Subject: Re: The tone of ETINC to his customers .. ENOUGH!! Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 21:12:52 GMT Message-ID: <34b0f911.11260613@mail.cetlink.net> References: <3.0.32.19980102135747.006ff558@etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980102135747.006ff558@etinc.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.01/16.397 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id MAA20786 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 02 Jan 1998 13:57:50 -0500, Dennis wrote: >>Why? There's always someone else who can perform just as well or >>better without a bad attitude. If I'm a customer, I can change >>suppliers, and if I'm an employer I can fire and hire. > >There are more customers than suppliers. And those customers will drop a supplier like a horse drops manure just as soon as the first reasonable alternative comes along. >Its much more likely that you will be damaged by burning your >bridges with a supplier than the other way around. What arrogance. On the contrary, it's much more likely that new suppliers will appear on the market to displace the bad ones. That's called competition. John