I'm with you, Kurt. Excessive puffery and phrases like "truly unique"
when applied to a production bike, "show bike," and "revered [De Rosa]
lugs" make me feel like I should be getting a free Ginsu knife along
with the frameset.
K. R. Bennett
Pleasant Hill, CA
Check cable listings for "The Knife Show" if you really want to brush up
on your salesmanship.
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147.eml <getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10607.0147.eml> Date:
Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:33:14 -0700 From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe(AT)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Final words on "Hybole" in salesmanship.
<query.asp?SearchString=%22Final+words+on+%22Hybole%22+in+salesmanship%2
E%22&SearchPrefix=%40msgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D> I've always been
impressed by the almost universally straightforward, superlative-free
descriptions in offers made to the list. The flowery prose somehow seems
out of place here given the relative sophistication of the audience. --
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