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Author Topic: Oscar no longer at SMART Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-02-2005 04:45 PM                        Would that be the same Norm Schneider that owns MnM Theatres?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-02-2005 07:26 PM                     quote: Richard Fowler Scott and a group of investors are purchasing the company over a two year period so as to learn the business and deal with established clients. Well, I can see that its time to stop dealing with Smart then.... I refuse to deal with anything that guy is associated with and I also have customers that dispise him. Hopefully the Panastereo contract will be up then and Ray Derrick can set up his own U.S. distribution. If not then so much for Panastereo. Mark  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 06-02-2005 09:23 PM                     Mike, No, not the same Norm. Don  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 06-02-2005 10:15 PM                     I wonder what will happen when Smart's established clients find out one of the people that 'made' the company are no longer there. Let's not forget, though, that the economy is generally bad, and the exhibition industry is worse. I'm sorry to predict that there will be more people let go.  |  IP: Logged Justin West Master Film Handler Posts: 271 From: Peoria, IL, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 06-02-2005 11:38 PM                     Yeah, just what will the various assistant moderators do if Film-Tech suffers the same troubles in the industry...and they are laid-off??? I guess Brad will be runnin the show alone? BTW, I, too, am sorry to hear about your fate, Oscar...and I can reiterate what others have said about your attention and commitment to the customer!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-03-2005 01:21 AM                       quote: Gordon McLeod While no one is unreplaceable Oh, not at all. I was. quote: Jason Black I heard some time ago about Scott Meader buying into,or taking over SMART Who the heck is Scott Meader, and why does that name sound familiar?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-03-2005 01:51 PM                     Tim, I have two locations here that he sold and installed... both of those customers would just as soon tar and feather him if he showed up in SLC...... Mark  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 06-03-2005 06:46 PM                     Tim....Marquee Services who has serviced Carmike....one of his partners has taken over the service / sales company so Scott can concentrate on Smart.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-03-2005 08:56 PM                       Okay. Thanks, guys. At any rate, they were fools for letting Oscar go. He WAS Smart, far as I'm concerned. There was no one else.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-03-2005 09:16 PM                        Tim, Richard is correct. I don't think there is anything that Scott hasn't done, including, but not limited to, installing SMART devices for in Russia and being interrogated by the KGB. Scott did the install at my old theatre, and I've worked on at least two installs with his crew.. Shane (Big Mac) and brother in law, Mike. His wife's folks own, or owned, a house in Garden City (down the road from Myrtle Beach), so he wound up getting the install at the Broadway. For anyone who knows Scott, I don't think any further comment is necessary.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 06-04-2005 12:41 PM                     Smart is also moving to a new location 70 miles from Atlanta since their area has become too built up and expensive. This is not unusual....Ultra-Stereo, Component Engineering, ICECO have all had moves in the past few years.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-04-2005 02:35 PM                     quote: Richard Fowler This is not unusual....Ultra-Stereo, Component Engineering, ICECO have all had moves in the past few years. Well, USL moved to much nicer area of CA., Component Engineering has their own building instead of renting, and ICECO is still in one of the MOST dangerous areas of the U.S..... donno what went wrong there....... labor there is cheapest I guess...... Mark  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 06-04-2005 02:50 PM                     I must like danger since I live in Miamiville We have our attack dog - Nino - our 5 pound half mutt / half chihuahua to protect us in the office....he just got his adult teeth and he knows how to use them Ray Derrick will supervise future product development at Smart. The pending move will affect other employee's decision to commute to the new location. The latest is that Scott Meader agreement has been dissolved per a recent e-mail....so people do read the forum.  |  IP: Logged Scott R. Meader Film Handler Posts: 1 From: Loganville Georgia USA Registered: Dec 2003 posted 06-04-2005 03:43 PM                     Hello Oscar, how is the job search doing??  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-04-2005 05:49 PM                     quote: Scott R. Meader Hello Oscar, how is the job search doing?? You know, it's funny, I was just about to log in and say: "Whoever this guy Scott is, he couldn't be THAT big a schmuck".  |  IP: Logged

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