Terry and service vehicle

[Phil Ryan]

Don,
 The market determines what your proper fee should be, not your desire for a
particular quality of car.  If you cannot afford a particular car, raising
your fee above market value will not get it done.  Best look into overtime,
perhaps reducing your fees, or changing occupations - perhaps to a piano
salesman.

Phil Ryan
Miami Beach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: Terry and service vehicle


> Hi Terry,
>
> You are the one who is not charging enough. If you can not afford the
> vehicle of your choice and a *new* one, or a *leased* one your rates are
> simply too low. The salesman probably leases the car so in a sense the
> Government is paying and not him.
>
> At 06:53 AM 6/19/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >I saw the flip side of having a presentable car the other day. I pulled
> into the parking lot of a warehouse-type used Japanese piano importer to
> inspect a couple pianos for a lady. The salesman pulled into the lot right
> in back of me. Took him a couple minutes for the hardtop to automatically
> come out of the trunk of his new Lexus two-seat convertible. I am not
> familiar with this car, but I saw a used one in the Auto Trader and the
> asking price was $63,000. I concluded immediately, that the salesman (my
> spell checker suggested salmon?) was charging WAY TOO MUCH for his pianos!
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:11 AM
> >Subject: Re: Terry and service vehicle
> >
> >
> >They also cost $45,000.  Techs must be doing well in your neighborhood.
> >
> >David Love
> >
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: Diane Hofstetter
> >  To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >  Sent: June 16, 2002 2:47 PM
> >  Subject: Re: Terry and service vehicle
> >
> >
> >  Terry,
> >
> >  I'm sorry you won't be in Chicago too, your posts are always
interesting
> and it is clear that you are a great guy, it would have been nice to meet
> you in person.
> >
> >  In our area almost all the techs drive Volvo wagons--Volvos have the
> image worldwide of being well engineered and well made, great technical
> machines, and that image is pretty good for a tech to have.  Also, it is
an
> acceptable car to be sitting in the driveway of even the most posh homes,
> so your clients are not embarrassed--although not quite as good as a
> Mercedes ;-(
> >
> >  Wishing you better luck,
> >
> >  Diane
> >
> >    James Baker <JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >    Sorry you won't be in Chicago, but Atlanta is a toddlin' town too.
> I'll see you there.  By the way, I put a rebuilt transmission (after
> nursing it home from PA state) and ceiling liner in my Volvo wagon with
> 223,000 miles on it.  It is a '90 and I get 30 mpg on the interstate.  It
> is a great car with a lot of room.  I expect to get another 100,000 out of
it.
> >
> >    James Baker
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
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