Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] (OT) Job Available > Tim: > > You're right. If there were no one else in Dallas but me I'm sure I > could get $1,000 per tuning but I think congress would start looking at > a windfall profits tax for me as they should be doing with oil companies > now (IMHO). > > dave > > David M. Porritt > dporritt at smu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of > Tim Geinert > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:03 AM > To: College and University Technicians > Subject: Re: [CAUT] (OT) Job Available > > At some level I know that some of what Ed says is right, but I don't > believe > it is an absolute. Especially in this scenario(Katrina, people moving > around, etc), and in some others as well, to push the market to whatever > it > can possibly bear pushes past the truth of knowing you are worth what > you > are charging to outright arrogance and profiteering and immorality. It > can't ever be right to kick someone when they are down just because you > can! > > Good luck, Lance! > > Tim G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <A440A at aol.com> > To: <caut at ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] (OT) Job Available > > > > Lance writes: > > > > << I need three > > of me. Our tuning fees range $100-135 and I have more work than two > > more techs could handle. >> > > > > Greetings, > > If the phone isn't ringing, the prices are too high, (or quality is > too > > low). If you are booked more than three weeks in advance, there is > > something > > else going on. It doesn't matter what the price is, if a tech is > > turning > > down tunings for lack of time, they are underpriced! > > Regards, > > > > Ed Foote RPT > > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > > > >
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