tech fees

[Wimblees]

In a message dated 98-03-29 21:56:50 EST, you write:

>I should mention as an aside to Wim that I think the technician who
>calculates his hourly rate by doubling his hourly salary does not fail
>because he did not take his business expenses into account,  I think
>it's much more likely that he assumed that his weekly gross income would
>be forty hours times his hourly rate for his new piano service
>business.  New technicians routinely underestimate how hard it is to
>build and maintain a large enough client base to support themselves.

I agree with you on this, Carl. Although there are many classes on business
techniques at the convention and seminars, not enough new technicians take
them to learn how to be in business. Not that they shouldn't also take the
technical classes, I think the older techns should try to remind the newer
ones not to everlook these classes. 

>Just to complicate matters,  a significant number of technicians don't
>want or need piano service income to provide the lion's share of
>household income.

Unfortunately, to consumers, some of these part timers keep their rates low
enough to make our rates seem too high.  

Willem Blees