From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#1]
16 Oct 2006
To: ALL
Effective immediately:
Tom Sletten, CRS, will be your JDS Industries' rep for the states of California, Nevada and Arizona.
Tom has more than 20 years experience in the awards industry, both as a retailer and supplier representative.
EDITED: 16 Oct 2006 by DGL
From: John (ICTJOHN) [#2]
16 Oct 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#1] 16 Oct 2006
David,
Wait a minute!...........that means they pulled him away from the midwest - including KS, MO, IA, NE......................
I don't know if I like that situation (devil) ........
But I wish him well. B-)
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#3]
16 Oct 2006
To: John (ICTJOHN) [#2] 17 Oct 2006
John,
I don't know Tom, but his name is familiar.
With California being his territory, I imagine, in the same way I occasionally ran across Howard LaPierre, I'll have a chance to meet Tom. :-)
From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#4]
16 Oct 2006
To: John (ICTJOHN) [#2] 17 Oct 2006
I'm in the third largest city in Missouri and have never met a JDS rep. Hopefully, those of you in the west will get the opportunity to meet Tom, whoever he is. If he's anything like the rest of the company, he's likely a good man.
From: John (ICTJOHN) [#5]
17 Oct 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#3] 17 Oct 2006
David & Dave,
Tom is a "Sletten", the family that runs JDS. Tom is related as a nephew or cousin I believe. Tom and his wife ran an awards shop in Iowa for many years and Tom has been a rep for JDS for about a year now. Movin' on up, I guess!
He came to my shop earlier this spring, that is the first time I had ever been contacted by a JDS rep. I have always delt with the customer service reps, and they do a wonderful job I might add.
From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#6]
17 Oct 2006
To: John (ICTJOHN) [#5] 17 Oct 2006
John,
Thanks for the history. It makes me still feel like a rookie.
I deal with JDS on my computer screen and it does an awesome job. ;-)
From: John (ICTJOHN) [#7]
17 Oct 2006
To: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#6] 17 Oct 2006
Dave,
I have ordered via the web from them but usually I have some left-field question, so I usually call in for help. I do get the invoices via e-mail tho.