----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> To: <Pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: You never learn >> . . . . I explained I had been there an hour and she was going to have to pay me something for my time...She balked and I packed up and stomped out.<< >>Got a call later to say how he would have never have called me if he knew he had to pay for my time, yada, yada. << --Brian Lawson Some people's kids! I had a similar thing yesterday. Lady called up saying she wanted to sell her piano and could I come look at it and tell her what it was worth. I said, yes, and quoted my usual fee for estimates and appraisals, and she replied with, "$$ just to look at it, huh?" And I replied, "Well, it's a half-hour drive from here, and a half-hour back, and it takes about a half-hour or more to check the soundboard for cracks, take things apart to look over the action and keys, etc.-- it's going to be at least an hour and a half of my time. . . " Well, we set an appointment. I got there about 5 minutes late because the street was a bit obscure and hard to find and it was raining cats & dogs, nay, cows & horses! Nobody home. I waited for a half hour and she never showed. Some techs would leave a bill for a failed appointment, but I know she'd never pay it. You just take your lumps, I guess. -- David Nereson, RPT
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