[BULK] Re: [TPIN] Need Opinion

[vglockwood at comcast.net]

Sage advice, Steve.  The oil is good but ease of use is important too.  I probably wouldn't bother to put my Binak into another container.  I'll just take a different oil to gigs and use the Binak more infrequently at home after cleanings.  Sorry - just being honest!  -Gin

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From: "Kellogg, Steve" <skellogg at circortech.com> 

> Nanette, 
> I haven't tried your product but I am impressed with the testimonies of 
> those who have. You apparently have a good thing there. One thing that 
> seems to be common to most of the e-mails that I have read is that the 
> packaging is a problem. The customer buys the packaging just as much as 
> the product inside. If your research and customer feedback shows that 
> packaging is a problem...fix it to make it better. You are competing 
> with other products out there. I'm sure that your competition would like 
> you to ignore the issue. 
> Stephen Kellogg 
> 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On 
> Behalf Of Robert DeSavage 
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 8:09 AM 
> To: binak at rochester.rr.com; tpin at tpin.okcu.edu 
> Subject: [BULK] Re: [TPIN] Need Opinion 
> Importance: Low 
> 
> Message: 30 
> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:37:37 -0400 
> From: "Nanette Kappus" 
> Subject: Re: [TPIN] Need Opinion 
> To: "Robert DeSavage" , 
> 
> >Bob, Your reply was excellent and thanks. In other words, all I can do 
> 
> >is do my best to make everyone happy. It really is up to the player to 
> 
> >see that the cap is on tight at all times. Also, one TPINer wrote and 
> >said, "It's not a problem because I oil once every three months and 
> >don't need 
> the 
> >bottle in the case anyways." I sure have gotten some great ideas and 
> again, 
> >thanks so much for those who wrote me, both on and off TPIN. 
> 
> >Nanette L. Kappus, Tribologist 
> 
> >"Everyone dies. Not everyone truly lives." 
> > William Wallace 
> 
> Nanette, you are doing your best to make everyone happy, especially by 
> the quality of your oil. Nevertheless and unfortunately, you end up 
> behind the eight ball one way or the other even if it's for packaging 
> flaws. Leave things as they are and let the individual fend for himself 
> / herself as to finding a failsafe way to carry their oil without 
> leakage. I notice that your witch's hat nozzle is removable but 
> compatible to most screw on caps that come on other oil bottles. I'm 
> sure the multitude of us have a zillion dead bottles of valve oil where 
> one can 'recycle' a cap to put on your existing bottle. If that's not 
> good enough for them, then there are all kinds of refillable containers 
> including hypodermic type oil syringes and small metallic containers 
> with threaded caps. These can be found and purchased at hobby shops that 
> cater to model railroaders who use lightweight oils to lube up their 
> electric trains. And the price for any of them is quite reasonable, 
> where 10 or so bucks should be nothing to trumpet players who spend 
> money like drunken sailors buying mutes for 50 bucks and more, rez 
> enhancements, valve alignments, mouthpieces and tone enhancers. As far 
> as I'm concerned, you could package and ship your oil to me in a sealed 
> milk carton and I'll find a way to store and use it to my own liking. 
> BOB 
> 
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