10 days and a wake up

[Tige M.D.]

well guy's i'm am sorry to say that i am leaving tige watersports after 10 years of service. my last day is july 9th. i will be leaving the industry and hoping to return to this site as a tige owner someday. my new hours and drive time will not allow me as much time to watch this site. i will check in from time-to-time to see what is going on.

i can't tell you how much of a thrill and honor it has been working here at TWS. this is probably the best crew you could ever deal with. to all of the tige watersports customers out there, you will be left in good hands.
chris(topher)thompson has been my lead tech and go-to-guy for 8 years and will do a hell of a job for you, he has more time in the tige's than i do. i spent 2 1/2 years in the office while he was out wrenching in the shop. i will definitley miss working with him.

well, i gotta get to work now.

greg

[Tequilasun]

Just when I was gonna nominate you for the Tigeowners.com user of they year award.

Good luck, you will be missed

[ghollow]

Good Luck Greg
Thanks for all your help

[joe8395]

Greg - Thanks for the help over the last few months....best of luck to you.

[Matt Garcia]

Good luck with your new job/venture Greg. Tigeowners.com will definitely miss your participation and wealth of knowledge.

Thanks for everything,

Matt

[talltigeguy]

Good luck with your change! I've been comforted that if I had an unfixable problem that I could find someone who could give some advice on what to do. I can tell you have worked hard to become knowledgeable and hope that Tige can find someone half as well spoken to troll these boards to correct us and give instruction.

[scootc]

Good luck with your new venture Greg. Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us. We're going to miss you here, but look forward to seeing you on the water!
Scott

[Ddogg]

Greg: Sorry to hear you're leaving. My friend Eddie Lekkerkerk gave me a Greg's phone number to call if I have any mechanical problems. He had a red 01 21V. Do you recall the name? Also, before you go, 2 questions: 1) I am getting an intermittent squeeking/screeching while driving. It sounds like a pulley bearing going out, but I took it took to Corona and they replaced the idler pulley, but it still does it and not just when it gets wet. Any thoughts?2) Is is possible for me to change the oil and fluids at home without having high-dollar equipment to do so?

Thanks for your input!

Brandon
01 21V Riders Edition

[Tige M.D.]

you can change everything yourself, but it helps to have a oil sucker for the v-drive and transmission.
yea, i know eddie, he's one of the nicer guy's out there. i went to his house to help with a couple of problems he had.
the noise your having has got to be a pully. remove the belt and turn each pully, listen to each one. they should be whisper quiet.

[Ddogg]

Greg: Are you interested in coming out to my house to do some work on my boat? I live about 5 minutes from Eddie.

[Beau McCrory]

Greg,

You've been the man on this board. We'll all miss u and know that you will land squarely on your feet. Best o luck,

B

[BeeKeeper]

Greg, I know we talked about this at the office, but I had to get it out there. You are HUGE part of why this dealership has done so well. Your ability to connect with the customer has always amazed me. Over the years I have always been able to look to you for anything, from fixing my glasses to tracking down who’s been into the pumpkin pie. It will never be the same here. But I don’t know anybody who deserves bigger and better things more than you do. While it breaks my heart to see you go, I am so happy for you. I have really enjoyed working with you as well as growing up with you.
Good Luck.
H.
:)

[farmacist]

Sorry to see you go but I surely hope this doesn't mean you won't be monitoring and posting. I never talked with you directly but certainly read several of your posts and appreciate the knowledge that I have gained. Your are obviously highly respected for what you do. Best of luck in your new venture.
This also now means that Lee will now have to become a tad bit more vocal and post more than 2 words at a time. Somebody has to pick up the slack!!

[brettthurley]

Greg,
Congratulations on your tenure at Tige Watersports, you are a large part of the reason there are so many Tige owners in Southern California, I know also when I was at Tige your input and feedback was invaluable in helping us refine and evolve the product.
Well done and all the best for your future.
Say hi to Chris, Tom and Daniel for me.

[Matt Garcia]

Well look who came out of the woodwork! How is it going Brett?

[Tige M.D.]

holey crap! was that brett thurley? WOW! how have you been mate? glad to see they finally got the internet down to your side of the outback:D
i'll pass on the hello's as soon as everyone arrives.
i hope all is well with you and your family.

[tkuzma]

Say it ain't so Greg!!! You're the man!! You will be sorely missed. My jaw is still dropped in disbelief! You have been a safety net for all of us Tige owners in the wakeboat world. Good luck in your future endeavors.

[HB.FAB.CO]

I'm already nervious about you leaving. You attention to this site was my decideding factor in going with tige. i havent had a single thing happen that you didnt have an answer for. I hope i can still ask all my paranoid questions to someone like you. Congatulations and i wish you the best of luck.

[smendez]

Best of Luck M.D. - And thanks for all your unselfish help . We have all benefited greatly.

[Original Wing Nut]

I hope all goes extremely well for you MD. With the type of attitude you have towards customers I hope you are staying in the customer service industry and have great things in store for your future. Good luck and don't be a stranger to us, some of us will always need help when it comes to figuring these boats out.:cool:

[Andrew]

Greg will be missed by all of us. I've known Greg for all of his 10 years and his knowledge is endless. We both started with Tige about the same time frame. Him at the dealership and myself at the factory. Best of luck my friend and if you ever need anything do not hesitate to call.

Andrew

[rushin]

Greg, good luck to you. You will be missed around here. I was hoping to make it down to socal to meet you sometime.

[Tige M.D.]

i'll still be around. i live just a couple miles from the shop. also, i am leaving on very good terms with the boss. "never burn a bridge" is what dad always said. i will be working monday-friday. these guy's will see me on weekends. after all these years and all the hours spent here these guy's and gals are like my family.

[dogbert]

Thanks for all the great advice, Tige MD

Matt, if you're monitoring this, you may want to pass along how valuable it is to have someone who's worked in the field solving problems posting on this board. We're certainly not shy about expressing ourselves :) But, there's good marketing data in there somewhere for Tige if they choose to use it.

[Tige M.D.]

wingnut, sorry to say i am getting out of customer service.

[Original Wing Nut]

Sorry to hear, you are soo good at it.

[Tige M.D.]

sorry that post was so short, i just had the flatbed towtruck pull up to take my toolbox home. i'll post some pics, it was quite a site.
as i was saying, i am leaving customer service. the job that i was able to land is a once in a lifetime opportunity that will make my little families life a alot easier. i have a 13 month old son, dylan, and i don't trust day care to raise my boy. so, with the wife at home, $ is tight. this new job will insure that she can stay at home and not have to worry about working. plus it has outstanding benefits. my round trip to work and back is going to change from 26 miles to 120 miles a day but it isn't about me anymore it's about dylan. i remember my dad working 12-14 hour days when i was a kid, i'm sure he didn't like it but he did what he had to for his boys and i will do the same.
so, leaving here and you all is with a very heavy heart. i can't say i will miss the customer service stuff, mostly because the majority of poeple out there don't appreciate it anyway. my customer service skills come straight from how "i" won't to be treated when i am in a pinch. i feel if more poeple would step back and re-think their attitude they would get alot more out of life.
oh! change of subject. i just learned yesterday that the fuel flow meters will not work on the pcm engines. i was told that they have a return fuel line that actually dumps into the tank:eek: i guess we'll have to rethink this a little. :mad:

[dogbert]

Totally understandable. I hope things work out for you. We're homeschooling one of our boys because the school district isn't able to meet his needs.

Seriously, you oughta be working for Tige directly. It's people like you and our local dealers that make all the difference in the world. I know that whenever I have problems I get top notch support.

The boats are cool, but service does matter. That's why there are 4 Tige V drives in our small cove. It all started with mine and grew from there.

[whitlock87]

TigeMD
I know where you are coming from,
When my twins where 3 months I left a job that I loved and started a new job that had better benefits and a higher pay.
I have now been at this job for 15 years and have no regrets.

With out taking the new Job, I never would have met you or your crew, nor would I have known to joy of having my own Tige.

Just do what you have been doing (the way you are with people) any thing will be fine.
Good luck and hope to see you in August.
David

[Tige M.D.]

i will be at the regatta this year. but this time as a guest. my tools are staying home. can't wait to hangout with all my tige friends as friends and not customers.

[whitlock87]

Greg
First drinks on me
David

[Ruune]

Greg-
First off, congrats on your new venture... I wish you the utmost success.
Although we're sorry to see you go, customer service can be pretty rough!

Well, if you're ever in south Texas, look me up!

[dogbert]

There's a cold one waiting for you at Lake Buchanan, TX as well!

[Tequilasun]

ditto for SW missouri, ah heck anywhere in the Midwest, I'll drive to buy you a beer. Least I can do for all the help.

[dogbert]

Could be the Tige M.D. Tour :)

[Original Wing Nut]

Greg come to Park City, I'll put you up for the night and buy you dinner at the finest place in town, at least in my opinion.

[Ruune]

will you sponsor him, so that he can get into the bars? :D

[Tige M.D.]

i don't know if my new boss will go for me taking all this time to tour the country. i sure as hell know my wife won't let me do the "tige m.d. binge tour":D

[smendez]

I think Tige could sponsor you, video tape your every move as you move from one customer's boat to the other fixing all them problems no one seems to be able to fix and then sell it to the Discovery Channel, more or less like a "Traveling American Chopper".

If you're always stumbling in a drunken stuppor, They could sell it to MTV, like "Viva La Bam"

Either way - you could become famous :p

[flackpack]

Greg -

On the binge tour, you have a free place at our house. Free Beer, and no boat to fix. Your previous work means there is nothing to fix!

We will miss you at Corona. Now I won't have anyone to call for help sincw we are now geographically challenged for great service!

[jsz]

i just wanted to join the rest of the guys and wish and your family well. i have 2 boys (1 is also 13 mos) and also had to make a tough job change a few years back to do what was right for the family. I just wonder if your new boss knows what a huge help you have been to all of us and if tige realizes what a great rpresentative they let go.

[Tige M.D.]

i'm back! just for the morning though. all is good at the new job. the boss likes my work habbits, that's good, miss the tige crew. gonna go see them today.

flack pack, if you ever need help the shop can get in touch with me.

hope everyone is enjoying their boats?

greg

[Matt Garcia]

Greg, thanks for continuing to reply to the questions and concerns here. You input is appreciated.