Re: Don't buy Martin!

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:17:28 -0600, "Peter Herman" <rpeter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 14:46:21 -0700 (PDT), rigger <dave.vick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>On May 17, 7:37 pm, noooo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> I've certainly never heard anyone else say anything even
>>>> close to something like that. The best I've encountered is
>>>> a couple of people who said Martin fixtures are ok.
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>>>Then you haven't been around this business very long and you don't
>>>know very many people with street cred, do you.
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>>>I've been doing this better than 25 years on a national and global
>>>level and I can count the times I've heard complaints about Martin
>>>products on the fingers of one hand.
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>> I sure can't believe that one, nor can I believe you do.
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>I hate to say it, but Rigger is a professional who has been contributing 
>good stuff to this group for years.  Based on that and what other
lighting 
>folks I know say about their experiences with Martin, I think that what 
>Rigger has to say is pretty spot on.  

Some people like it. Maybe it depends on what they've been 
exposed to.

>Do I beleive that you had a bad 
>experience, sure, even good companies produce a lemon now and then.  Do I

>think that you went about trying to fix the problem very professionally -

>no!

Maybe not. But I wouldn't have had the problem with other
companies, and therefore wouldn't have ever posted anything
about it trying to warn anyone else.