Have a look on you watch, Joe. > Hi Conrad, > What is the date? > Joe Goss RPT > Mother Goose Tools > imatunr at srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:29 AM > Subject: RE : piano tuning- fickle church accounts > > > At 08:47 AM 11/1/2006 -0500, you wrote: >>Reminds me of one thing: They only value your work as much as they pay >>for it. I don't think it's a good idea to give either your work or supply >>instruments at no cost. There should always be a fee. You can discount it >>if you want, but if you give it away, customers will think it's not worth > much. >> >>My 2 canadian pennies, >> >>Marcel Carey, RPT >>Sherbrooke, QC > > > > I concur and add my old 2¢. > > I, too, used to do pro bono work at my own church and gave discounts to > churchs, generally. Confusion grew on all sides as to what my rates > actually were. > > I recall being almost at the point of eliminating discounts just on the > theory that I didn't do any less work at the churches, and frequently > more! One thing which finally pushed me over was getting to a church > organist's home to tune her piano and seeing a check for the discounted > church amount waiting on the piano (she wasn't home). > > I obviously hadn't indicated the discount on the church invoice, and she > saw it... and assumed... > > Conrad > > >
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