Charlie A.
05-19-2004, 01:59 PM
After writing the information relative to Joe Who? I have received several personal e mails from individuals that have fully verified that this Joe Junio and my Joe Junior are indeed the same person and have related many instances where they were "screwed around" by him.
Apparantly I have lost a mouthpiece, I can live with that as he is now paying one heckuva price for it, Tim Glessman of Sax Alley has lost a tenor sax, and others have losts items as well.
I'm not on a witch hunt and have had some people say that maybe he is out of the country or traveling or whatever. It's good to be so trusting, however I make one outstanding rebuttal to all of that. I sent him a certified letter postmarked April 21, 2004 and it was refused at his address and was returned to me on May 3, 2004.
Why was it refused when I had already sent him a personal letter previously just asking for the return of my prototype, as I only had a few available for some of you to try at no charge. This letter was sent via regular mail channels and it was not returned but was accepted. But ----no reply!!
There are/have been a lot of us that have been highly trusting in sending out products to people and in most cases have had beneficial results with players we did not actually know as a result of being able to do this but this character, and I have over a period of 50 years of playing, have personally known others in the music business just like him, has rekindled a state of awareness in this practice on my part.
It is shameful that we, the dealers and manufacturers, cannot live in a state of trust with all of our customers and offer you opportunities to try new products at a no charge rate whereas many of you cannot afford to buy on a lark without first checking the product out.
Again I say--------to those like Joe J., "it don't pay to mess around with the Kid"! We should all have this attitude and pride in our business and our associates. To you , the honest players I personally say thank you for upholding a proper standard in your chosen profession.
Take care and be sure to write or call Joe----he is in dire need of friends at this time----------- I would imagine.
Charlie A.
Apparantly I have lost a mouthpiece, I can live with that as he is now paying one heckuva price for it, Tim Glessman of Sax Alley has lost a tenor sax, and others have losts items as well.
I'm not on a witch hunt and have had some people say that maybe he is out of the country or traveling or whatever. It's good to be so trusting, however I make one outstanding rebuttal to all of that. I sent him a certified letter postmarked April 21, 2004 and it was refused at his address and was returned to me on May 3, 2004.
Why was it refused when I had already sent him a personal letter previously just asking for the return of my prototype, as I only had a few available for some of you to try at no charge. This letter was sent via regular mail channels and it was not returned but was accepted. But ----no reply!!
There are/have been a lot of us that have been highly trusting in sending out products to people and in most cases have had beneficial results with players we did not actually know as a result of being able to do this but this character, and I have over a period of 50 years of playing, have personally known others in the music business just like him, has rekindled a state of awareness in this practice on my part.
It is shameful that we, the dealers and manufacturers, cannot live in a state of trust with all of our customers and offer you opportunities to try new products at a no charge rate whereas many of you cannot afford to buy on a lark without first checking the product out.
Again I say--------to those like Joe J., "it don't pay to mess around with the Kid"! We should all have this attitude and pride in our business and our associates. To you , the honest players I personally say thank you for upholding a proper standard in your chosen profession.
Take care and be sure to write or call Joe----he is in dire need of friends at this time----------- I would imagine.
Charlie A.