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Appreciates surveys
Having come from a back-
ground of market research and
product viability testing, I can
appreciate your annual surveys
and use them in decisions we
make regarding line extension
and product decisions.
If enough of us got together
and requested it, we could
petition and possibly get the U.S.
government industry analysts to
provide better data out of their
surveys of business taken every
five years. The result would be
even better market intelligence
from which we manufacturers
and others could make marketing
decisions.
Sympathy
I sure have sympathy for Mr.
Robert Johnson (Fun land Amuse-
ment, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wis-
consin, PM, Oct. p.40). I operate
the Eight Ball Recreation Center
in Delaware City, Oklahoma, and
now the city government is
putting in a free game room at
the taxpayer's expense . It is in
direct competition with my bu.si-
ness.
If any of your readers have any
helpful information about what
can be done, please let me know.
Eight Ball Recreation Center
Sunnylane Circle
Delaware City, Oklahoma
[405) 677-9333
Mali
The Henry W. T. Mali & Co . Inc.
'l£1 Park Ave . South
New York, NY 10010
(212) 475 4!1lO
Toll Free: (fOJ) 223 6468
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James Ruegemer
Executive Vice President
Sunbird Corp.
Man behind
the scenes
As you all know trade maga-
zines are educational and look
into the future of arcade equip-
ment. Every month I pick up an
article in one of these magazines
and read about who· heads what
organization, or who is involved
in what charity.
But how often do we hear
about the many people working
in the background of his organi-
zation? I, like everyone else, took
for granted the people that work
with us. Until the other day,
when I made a phone call to
Cleveland Coin and found that
Bob Griffith was hospitalized
(Incidentally, he is not a rela-
tive).
When a man is at his job an
hour before time and stays an
hour late, even when he is not
obligated to, and does so just to
insure that business is carried on
as usual, this is the kind of effort
that distinguishes the little guy
behind the boss. Or should we
call him the giant behind the
boss. Without him very little
would be accomplished. More
often than not the boss is either
busy with one of his pet projects
or charities. The day to day
business is carried out by the
so-called giant, which we take for
granted.
I know myself, because of
communications between differ-
ent distributors, we get com-
fortable with the people we talk
with. When there is someone new
at the other end of the phone you
just don't have the same rapport
as before. Not to say the person
on the other end of the phone is
not competent, but it takes time
to build a comfortable relation-
ship.
Therefore, I feel it is very
important that we give recogni-
tion to the man that is always
behind the scenes keeping the
business running. I feel that this
month we should salute Bob
Griffith at Cleveland Coin as one
of these men, and hope Bob has a
speedy and healthy recovery so
he can get back to taking care of
business as usual.
Edward R. Griffiths
Monroe Distributing Inc.
Billiard Cloth
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le 20-Plain, Styl
920-Backed
Fa brics ' de veloped pecifically for
coin-operated table
A vailable through your eli tributor.
PLAY METER , January, 1979