Roger Jolly wrote: > I hate those tuning and prep cost, got a find a way to get them down. Bin > saying that for almost 30yrs. and they still get higher. > A poor dealer. > Roger Hi Roger, Keep shedding those alligator tears. That's the only thing that will go down : ) Derek > > > At 09:18 AM 07/04/00 -0400, you wrote: > > > >In a message dated 4/06/2000 11:35:45 PM, Terry wrote: > > > ><<."Also, for those of you who are/have worked as a floor tuner, do > >you get paid to tune pianos only ONCE, or if it's still unsold after several > >months, and needs a tuning again, will they usually pay you to tune it > >again?">> > > > >Well now lets see...hmmm, if you were a tomato picker and were paid to pick > >all the tomatoes off of a particular bush on a Tuesday.....would you then > >come back two weeks later and repick the new growth on the bush for free? > > > > If your store runs close to my experience you will find that the pianos > that > >are best in tune will sell first, not counting some of the less attractive > >cases, prices, etc. If this is the case then you might point it out to the > >dealer which should help in the negotiation. In any event, the dealer is > well > >aware of the fact that new pianos setting on their floor will not stay in > >tune forever........ or even several months and that they will require > >periodic retuning. The dealer probably will wish it were otherwise but that > >won't make it so :-) > >Jim Bryant (FL) > > > Roger Jolly > Saskatoon, Canada. > 306-665-0213 > Fax 652-0505
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