Most of my many industrial prospecting trips were for one week; I'd leave Sunday afternoon and return Sunday night. However, I took two weeks to call on companies in South and North Carolina, and once I attended he apparel show in Atlantic City and went on to spend a week in New York before going home.
I was on that particular trip to New York that I met with the owner of a company that made a top line of women's dresses. His plant was located in California and he was looking to move and/or expand. We met in his hotel suite, and he remarked that when he had business in New York City that he never left the hotel. "New York is a dangerous place," he said.
Some weeks after my meeting with this prospect, we read a long article about him, that his Cadillac had been found abandoned and he was missing. Further, he was in the FBI witness protection program and had been established as a garment manufacturer. As far as I know, he was never heard from again. Yes, he had a reason to fear New York.
I was on that particular trip to New York that I met with the owner of a company that made a top line of women's dresses. His plant was located in California and he was looking to move and/or expand. We met in his hotel suite, and he remarked that when he had business in New York City that he never left the hotel. "New York is a dangerous place," he said.
Some weeks after my meeting with this prospect, we read a long article about him, that his Cadillac had been found abandoned and he was missing. Further, he was in the FBI witness protection program and had been established as a garment manufacturer. As far as I know, he was never heard from again. Yes, he had a reason to fear New York.
Wow, that's crazy! You really met some interesting people doing all that traveling.
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