I think that if you're going to do a substantial raise in prices, you need to figure in some overpull. Since you will be paying extra in taxes, you could bring it up to $97.50 or so and by the time April rolls around, it should settle in very close to $90. Tom (who used to raise prices by ear) ;-) Diane Hofstetter wrote: > > Les, Brian, ET AL > > My customers are constantly amazed my price hasn't gone up recently. The > last time we changed them was in 1996 just after my dad died. We went from > $65 to $90 in one fell swoop as we hadn't changed prices in years then > either. > > A few people were surprised when we told them the new price, but most never > said _anything_, even the head of the conference center where we have taken > care of 20 pianos for the last 18 years never blinked an eye (and he's > _always_ looking for a bargain). > > So don't get yourself all worried, today people _expect_ prices to rise. We > live in one of the most expensive areas of the country, near "Silicon > Valley" in CA. The house next door, which sold for $438,000 two years ago, > just sold again two months ago for $990,000! I guess we should be charging > more like $200 by now, based on those figures. Too bad tunings aren't real > estate! > > Diane > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com.
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