Under an hour tuning (was labor rates)

[Tony Caught]

Hi John,

maybe that is why you are so broke. Actually country trips are harder on the
car, sometimes (in my case nearly always, there is an overnight stay. And so
on.
You have just got to cover costs.

Tony

----- Original Message -----
From: <Hippypno2nr@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: Under an hour tuning (was labor rates)


> In a message dated 8/7/01 9:56:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> caute@optusnet.com.au writes:
>
> << Example
>  Tune in town is $100. Hourly rate $50 Cost to reshape a set of hammers,
2hrs
> by $50 = $100 plus pickup and delivery.
>  Tune in the country is $140. Hourly rate is $70 Cost to reshape a set of
> hammers, 2hrs by $70 = $140 plus pickup and delivery.
>   >>
>
> I can understand charging extra for the extra time it takes to get to "the
> country" but why should the hourly rate be higher once you are there?
> I live in a rural area and I don't charge extra to drive all the way to
town.
> I consider the lower overhead cost of rural living to be enough extra for
me.
> Of course that may have something to do with why I'm so broke too.
>
> John Krucke
> www.SandRidgeRecords.com/pianoservice.html