This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Typically stores pay more for warranty tunings than in-store. For me, = it was about 2/3 of my regular rate. You're right: you will get the = customer. Heck, I pay $5 referrals for a new customer! I don't charge = mileage within 20 miles or so; YMMV (!). In-store tunings seem to be dirt cheap. I've been paid $25 in MN, and = $18 in WV - last year! The bargain is to get in-store referrals in = exchange. This worked out great for me, though, as the number of floor = tunings was very low, and the number of referral calls was high. If the = ratio were reversed, it would be a problem for me. But people have = remembered the store's phone number for years; you really leverage their = advertising. Sometimes they'll even add "tuning" as a service to their = Yellow Pages and other ads for you (without your name, of course). In-store repairs of new pianos should be covered by the manufacturer, so = you should get your regular hourly rate. For used pianos, you'll have = to work out your own rate (are there other people who can do them?). Make sure to put out a stack of your cards when you tune in-store. I've = been asked by customers "Do you tune outside the store?". Find out when = they're busy, and avoid those times (usually Thursday thru Sunday), = unless you like trying to hear beats when the digital behind you is = being pounded on... It's an excellent way to start out. You can take as long as you need, = you don't have big hassles trying to find the place or make small talk = with customers, and the pianos are in good shape (usually!). --Cy-- ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Morgan=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 12:47 PM Subject: Warranty tuning Warranty tunings: how much, and how figured? The store I'm in = conversation with wants to pay half the usual tuning rate. Is this = common? Their rationale is that the customer will then be mine. Do you = charge mileage on top of that rate? What about in-store repair, regulation and tuning? Hourly? = Percentage of tuning fee? Percentage of hourly rate? It's certainly = not very lucrative, except to those of us getting started. My problem = is "I'm just a guy who can't say no." Richard ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d0/65/43/53/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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