Referral Fees

[Farrell]

Yuk, that's pretty cruddy. Sounds like a good person to stay away from.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "George" <geotak@minet.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Referral Fees


> My apologies for the typo.
> I worked on the inside of the piano and got paid.
> He worked on the outside of the piano and got paid.
> He said for his fee he would have done both the inside and the outside
job.
> George
>
> At 08:43 AM 2/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Sure you can reply! But reply again. I don't understand what happened
here.
> >Did the other guy do ALL the work? What do you mean he could have done
both
> >his job and mine for the refinishing job? And then be on the lookout for
> >what? I don't get it. But I may just be dense. Please explain, as I do
wish
> >to understand. Thanks
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >Piano Tuning & Service
> >Tampa, Florida
> >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "George" <geotak@minet.ca>
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 8:49 PM
> >Subject: Re: Referral Fees
> >
> >
> > > Terry,
> > > I am not sure if I should write to the listserv since I am not a PTG
> > > member.  I agree to some sort of referral fee for any recommendation.
> > > About 30 years ago, when I was a beginner, one of my costumer wanted
to do
> > > some major repairs on his piano refinishing included.  Since I am not
a
> > > furniture refinisher, I recommended my costumer to a colleague of mine
who
> > > had a complete refinishing section in his piano shop. ( For
information
> > > purposes he was a piano rebuilder with a complete shop).  When he
returned
> > > the piano to my costumer with a very beautiful piano a got paid he
said he
> > > could have done both his job and mine for the refinishing job.
> > > That was two recommendation to this fellow from; the first and last.
> > > I thought I mention this to all sincere technicians to be on the
lookout
> > > when referring someone.
> > > George Takats
> > > retired technician
> > >
> > > At 06:32 PM 2/7/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >This post is related to Howard's recent post. Some techs like a lot
of
> >shop
> > > >work and some don't. Some tune almost exclusively. They obviously run
> >into
> > > >many pianos that could use major regulation, action rebuilding,
bridge
> > > >repairs, restringing, rebuilding, etc.
> > > >
> > > >If a tech called me up and said that he/she had a customer with a
piano
> >that
> > > >needs bridge work, restringing and a new pinblock - let's just say
$3,000
> > > >worth of work - it would seem appropriate to me to work out some type
of
> > > >referral fee for this type of work. I get what I want (shop work),
the
> >other
> > > >tech gets a happy customer and a better piano to tune.
> > > >
> > > >I would think a referral fee would entice those non-shop oriented
techs
> >into
> > > >pursuing these types of arrangements. Does anyone have any experience
> >with
> > > >this type of thing. I just did a bridge repair for another tech and
gave
> >him
> > > >10% of the job fee. Any thoughts?
> > > >
> > > >Terry Farrell
> > > >Piano Tuning & Service
> > > >Tampa, Florida
> > > >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
> > >
> > >
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