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pbear56 · 10-18-2008, 09:07 AM

Jim P is probably one of the nicest and most well respected business person on this lake. He has always treated people with respect and dignity, no matter if you were that rich guy from New York or Mass, or a family first time boater that has saved for 10 years to buy the 18 ft boat of your dreams. You could be assured that as you were signing that big check, that you had a smile on your face, and you got a genuinely warm handshake each and every time he saw you. That is GOOD business my friends. Letting this guy go for economic reasons is probably the most stupid thing I have heard to date. Jim WAS Channel Marine for many years. He brought a well respected business owned by the Littlefields and earlier, to a new level by having a following that NO boat dealer on this lake has even now.
It just goes to show you that some business owners do not know, nor do they care about their future customers and what really draws them to their business. It's maybe 20% the product, 30% the after sale service factor, and 50% the way you are TREATED from start to finish and beyond. Jim knows how to, naturally and the way it should be, make you want to come back for MORE AND MORE! You lost Channel! Big time! How stupid a decision you made bacause the market will not always be down and when it comes back you'll realize how big a mistake you made. Those kids and grandkids of the people he "respected", will go somewhere else.
And for all you business people out there....Jim could show your staff how to win and win....and how it's suppose to be done. Thanks Jim, for everything you did all those years. Good luck in the future.

10-18-2008, 09:07 AM	#11
pbear56 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Jim P at Channel Jim P is probably one of the nicest and most well respected business person on this lake. He has always treated people with respect and dignity, no matter if you were that rich guy from New York or Mass, or a family first time boater that has saved for 10 years to buy the 18 ft boat of your dreams. You could be assured that as you were signing that big check, that you had a smile on your face, and you got a genuinely warm handshake each and every time he saw you. That is GOOD business my friends. Letting this guy go for economic reasons is probably the most stupid thing I have heard to date. Jim WAS Channel Marine for many years. He brought a well respected business owned by the Littlefields and earlier, to a new level by having a following that NO boat dealer on this lake has even now. It just goes to show you that some business owners do not know, nor do they care about their future customers and what really draws them to their business. It's maybe 20% the product, 30% the after sale service factor, and 50% the way you are TREATED from start to finish and beyond. Jim knows how to, naturally and the way it should be, make you want to come back for MORE AND MORE! You lost Channel! Big time! How stupid a decision you made bacause the market will not always be down and when it comes back you'll realize how big a mistake you made. Those kids and grandkids of the people he "respected", will go somewhere else. And for all you business people out there....Jim could show your staff how to win and win....and how it's suppose to be done. Thanks Jim, for everything you did all those years. Good luck in the future.