It's all about priorities, and no one has the right to judge anyone else's until they've lived his life (not that this is what anyone's post was intended to do). During the years I made less than $12k a year, I amassed an audiophile stereo system and a damned nice transcription/restoration rig while barely eating and sleeping on the floor. With a divorce and a daughter thrown in for good mix. Some of us have to be overly picky at every opportunity to keep from drowning, but that doesn't give anyone else the right to judge our passions and priorities.
After all, what is all this for if we don't validate our passions, no matter what we have to sacrifice to do so? Keep up the good fight, Ron! r. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:03 PM Subject: RE: Wyatt's, was RE: [Phono-L] Styli... > I did most of my collecting when I was younger and single and not paying > child support. It will change but I have to watch things carefully until > they do. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 1:57 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: Wyatt's, was RE: [Phono-L] Styli... > > > Wow, if having ""that much cash"" on hand is an issue, maybe collecting > phonos isnt your bag. Swaps meets and flea markets in your area must all > take VISA then? You are really getting kind of overly picky arent you? > > > I only deal with Wyatt's out of > > desperation. They are hard to reach for and east coaster > with their > "phone > > hours" and lack of on-line ordering, Plus, they (illegally) > charge > a > > surcharge for credit card use so I have to have extra cash on > hand, > send > > them a check wait for the check to get there, probably wait > for the > check to > > clear and then wait for the item to be shipped. > > > > Ron L > > > > -- Peter > [email protected] > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: 2005/03/10 Thu PM 12:55:05 EST > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Wyatt's, was RE: [Phono-L] Styli... > > > > > > gee, this is the first negative about Wyatt's i've ever heard, in 15 > > years. > > > > "illegal..."? really, is it? i suppose they could just add the > > surcharge to all prices...but that wouldn't be fair to the non-CC > > people. maybe there's another device they can adopt, to level this > > out > > in a better way. > > > > i'll just say that i've always found the Wyatt's to be flexible, fair, > > honest, speedy and responsive, and - most important - talented. and > > Dwayne can usually fix stuff that nobody else can. > > > > the reason the phone hours are limited, is because he is so bad about > > dispensing copious free advice that Donna has to rein him in so he'll > > get enough work done! although they don't set their phone machine to > > record messages, and don't have an online ordering system, they do > > have > > email and are responsive. > > > > this is no slam on Ron or anyone else with a differing opinion, and > > certainly there are several other fine phono repair/parts outfits, but > > i just wanted to add my own experiences to the record. > > > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:30:41 -0500 'Ron L'Herault' <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I only deal with Wyatt's out of > > > desperation. They are hard to reach for and east coaster with their > > "phone > > > hours" and lack of on-line ordering, Plus, they (illegally) charge > > a > > > surcharge for credit card use so I have to have extra cash on hand, > > send > > > them a check wait for the check to get there, probably wait for the > > check to > > > clear and then wait for the item to be shipped. > > > > > > Ron L > > > > > > > -- Peter > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > Phono-L Archive > > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > > Thank You, > Robert > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
