Contract Tuning

[David Ilvedson]

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You don't have to continue giving discounts.   You simply tell=
 whomever is concerned that you no longer do discounted work.  =
 Period.

David I.







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From: Porritt, David 
To: Pianotech 
Received: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:48:45 -0600
Subject: RE: Contract Tuning


Before I became full-time at the university I did give discounts=
 to teachers and professional musicians.  As my business=
 increased, I found that this was a mistake.  Over the years I=
 reduced the discount to where it became only a nominal discount=
 to overcome this error.
 
The problem was as my skill set increased I had more and more=
 teachers and professional musicians as my client base.  While=
 the new inexperienced guys were out tuning at full tariff, I was=
 running around giving more discounts than getting full fare.  I=
 thought that as I got better I should be making more not less. =
 I wished I had not started the practice of giving discounts.
 
dave
 
David M. Porritt
dporritt@smu.edu



From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org=
 [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Keith Roberts
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:17 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Contract Tuning
 
I don't give discounts. I started to but where's my payback? I=
 tell teachers that call, when I hear their name as the person=
 who referred me, I will come over and tune their piano for free.=
 It has to be more than one but not necessarily as much as 10.=
 This shows me who the teachers are who care if their student's=
 pianos are in tune.
 
kpiano


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