for good service.

I'm about to make up some wood composite stuff. I beams if
you want to know. Need to cover about 250 sq. ft.

Since they aren't going to be load bearing, but have some
exposure to the elements, I figure I can use polyurethane
glue.

But where to get enough PU glue to cover 250 sq. ft.??

So I call up Elmer Products since I noticed their glue in a store just
yesterday.

After getting through their "Press 1 for ... Your call is important
to us." I finally speak to an operator and ask for customer support.

She gives me an 800 number to call.

The 800 number turns out to be some sort of industrial support.
Could I please call their retail support number.

I explain that this will be 3 calls and all I want to know is what
the "coverage" is and where I can buy more than 2 ounces of the
stuff.

The nice lady wishes me a good day and I try the third number.

The third number is another "Press 1 for..." mixed in with promo
stuff about how great their products are.

By now I am rather ****ed off so I give up and decide to call Lee Valley
Tools in Toronto.

I bought my last batch of "Excel One" from them and I have been a
customer for many years.

While I don't like the fact that they "track" customers, they always seem
to provide knowledgeable service.

The lady on the phone asks me for my customer number. "Duh."
Name? Postal code? What I want to know?...

I ask how many of her questions I'll need to answer before I can ask
one of my own!

She puts me on to a helpful guy who can't really tell me what I need
to know. OK. He's at least trying, so I thank him very much and
call the company that makes Excel One.

Bingo!

The phone is answered by a REAL PERSON!

When I explain my problem she puts me on to Sammy.

Sammy turns out to be a woodworker who understands the
product. I run my idea by him and we discuss everything from
the coverage I'll need to the fact that you never have enough
clamps in your shop. :-)

I need to check with "the boss" first, but I expect to be ordering
the stuff from Sammy tomorrow.

And I can't tell you how great it feels to get what amounts to
basic good service!

In case you are wondering, the coverage Sammy suggested
was 1/2 oz. per sq. foot so I need about 125 ounces.

Usual disclaimer. But if anyone wants to buy their next lot of PU glue
from Sammy (The AmBel Corporation), it's fine with me.


DOC

Buy my junk! http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:54:41 -0400, "DOC" wrote:

for good service.

I'm about to make up some wood composite stuff. I beams if
you want to know. Need to cover about 250 sq. ft.

Since they aren't going to be load bearing, but have some
exposure to the elements, I figure I can use polyurethane
glue.

But where to get enough PU glue to cover 250 sq. ft.??

So I call up Elmer Products since I noticed their glue in a store just
yesterday.

After getting through their "Press 1 for ... Your call is important
to us." I finally speak to an operator and ask for customer support.

She gives me an 800 number to call.

The 800 number turns out to be some sort of industrial support.
Could I please call their retail support number.

I explain that this will be 3 calls and all I want to know is what
the "coverage" is and where I can buy more than 2 ounces of the
stuff.

The nice lady wishes me a good day and I try the third number.

The third number is another "Press 1 for..." mixed in with promo
stuff about how great their products are.

By now I am rather ****ed off so I give up and decide to call Lee Valley
Tools in Toronto.

I bought my last batch of "Excel One" from them and I have been a
customer for many years.

While I don't like the fact that they "track" customers, they always seem
to provide knowledgeable service.

The lady on the phone asks me for my customer number. "Duh."
Name? Postal code? What I want to know?...

I ask how many of her questions I'll need to answer before I can ask
one of my own!

She puts me on to a helpful guy who can't really tell me what I need
to know. OK. He's at least trying, so I thank him very much and
call the company that makes Excel One.

Bingo!

The phone is answered by a REAL PERSON!

When I explain my problem she puts me on to Sammy.

Sammy turns out to be a woodworker who understands the
product. I run my idea by him and we discuss everything from
the coverage I'll need to the fact that you never have enough
clamps in your shop. :-)

I need to check with "the boss" first, but I expect to be ordering
the stuff from Sammy tomorrow.

And I can't tell you how great it feels to get what amounts to
basic good service!

In case you are wondering, the coverage Sammy suggested
was 1/2 oz. per sq. foot so I need about 125 ounces.

Usual disclaimer. But if anyone wants to buy their next lot of PU glue
from Sammy (The AmBel Corporation), it's fine with me.


DOC

Buy my junk! http://www3.sympatico.ca/doc/robotone/for-sale.html



Well thanks DOC! Many here have varied interests, especially when it
comes to jobs done by hand. And it's always nice to have a review of a
business or product because you never know when you'll be needing
exactly that same product.
Cheers,
Eric