Speed Tuning

[David Love]

I read Joe's comments to say that he didn't worship the dollar to the extent
that he compromised the quality of his work or his enjoyment of it.  That is
a far cry from giving the work away for free.  I personally agree with him.
I have followed many techs on jobs where it seemed that they were so
concerned with making their "hourly" that they left a sloppy mess behind.
Ironically, most of these types of jobs I followed were, in my opinion,
underbid for the time really required.  I imagine that the techs found
themselves in a position where they weren't earning enough money for their
time so their poor choice was to leave it undone or sloppy.  In these cases,
it would have made better business sense in the long run to give the balance
of the work required away for free.  By not doing so, they lost the customer
and gained a "don't use that guy" referral.  In spite of what some people
are saying vis a vis this topic, quality work takes time.  People should
learn to calculate more accurately what it really takes to do excellent
work, charge accordingly, and don't look back if some slob underbids you.
If you find that you underbid the project and can't get the customer to pay
more, you will be better off doing the work anyway and learning for the next
time.  You'll make more money in the long run, earn more loyal customers,
and feel  greater sense of satisfaction with the work you do.

David Love


----- Original Message -----
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: January 13, 2002 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: Speed Tuning


>
> In a message dated 12/01/02 5:15:06 PM, joegarrett@earthlink.net writes:
>
> <<" I would like to go on record to say that I do not pray to the dollar
> God.">>
> OH? I suppose you give your work away? Why do you work on those thingees
that
> other techs choose not to? Simply for the love of it? And do you lose
money
> on each project?, and you never look for more efficient ways to do
> things?.................
> Money God indeed Joe...I don't know where this came from. :-(
>