No-show fees?

Piannaman@aol.com Piannaman@aol.com
Thu, 29 May 2003 09:47:04 EDT


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Listers and Listees,

This is a business question rather than a technical question, but I'm sure 
we've all dealt with this issue in one form or another.

I got a phone call from a woman who'd bought a piano from a store for whom I 
do warranty/1st tunings.  She needed her freebie, so we scheduled a time and 
day.  The morning of the anointed day, she called to say she couldn't make it, 
so we re-scheduled.  No problem.

The date and time we were supposed to meet was monday(Memorial Day) at 4:00 
PM.  I was there, she wasn't.  I got mildly aggravated, waited for 20 minutes 
or so, slipped a card in the door and left.  I expected at least an apologetic 
phone call from her, but two days went by and I heard nothing.  I called her 
and left a message that I would like to re-schedule, but another two days went 
by and again, I've heard nothing.

My question is this:  since it is a warranty tuning paid for by the store, 
should I bill the store as though I performed the service, thus voiding her free 
tuning, or should I send her the bill for the no-show fee(roughly the same 
price)?  

IMO, somebody who's a no-show wouldn't be inclined to reimburse me, so I'm 
leaning towards billing the store for this.  Any opinions or shared experiences 
are most welcome.

Thanks,

Dave Stahl



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