Under an hour tuning

[Tony Caught]

Hi Clyde,

I go to Alice Springs, about 1,500 kilometres away. stay for two weeks, eat
drink and work.  The point is it is not just the mileage but also the
accommodation and the rest of the expenses.

Now when I go down there I generally tune 40/ 50 pianos, I loose two days in
driving there and back and I guess that to make money you have to charge a
fair price. I hate sawing that 'this will cost you $100 and you percentage
of the extra expenses so I figure that it is fairer to give them a straight
up price of the total cost of getting their piano tuned.

Their happy, I'm happy.

Regards

Tony

----- Original Message -----
From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: Under an hour tuning


> Tony,
>
> Having different hourly rates based on where people live looks very
> risky to me.  The ethics will almost certainly be called into question
> if any country people find out they are being charged $20/hour more than
> the town people.
>
> If I have to travel 20-25 miles from home to tune a piano, yes, of
> course I charge more than for pianos that are within 15 miles, but the
> mileage charge is a separate item on the invoice.  The tuning charge
> doesn't change based on location.  I have a very clear policy, I can
> easily explain it, and it has never been a problem.
>
> Regards, Clyde
>