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I did a lot of computer consulting/fix-it work in high school (late 80s/early 90s), and one of my biggest clients was a guy who was the region's "Diamond" / big
by mrbill 10y ago
I did a lot of computer consulting/fix-it work in high school (late 80s/early 90s), and one of my biggest clients was a guy who was the region's "Diamond" / biggest Amway distributor.
The first time I showed up at his house, I was surprised to see that he had a two-car garage converted into a pretty nice home office / mini-warehouse. Couple of desks with their computers and printers set up, lots of shelves to store tapes, videos, soap, and other products to be sold.. with a double glass door leading to his indoor pool.
We had an agreement: he wouldn't try to sell me or my family anything, and I would fix his computers as needed for money. It worked out well.
A few months after I'd started fixing things for him, I got suckered into going to a presentation by a friend (classmate). I'm sitting there on the front row, and the promised Big Important Speaker walks up.. and it's my client. He sees me in the front row. "Bill ,what are you doing here!?" "Hey Robert. A friend asked me to come.."
It was rather funny seeing all the people oooh and ahhh over THE AMWAY DIAMOND SELLER and I was just, "Hey, while I'm here.. need anything fixed next week?"