In the word ACTUAL, I'm meaning wholesale of course. I understand the costs of things in different areas. I came from Seattle to Lincoln and it was like day and night! Imagine houses that a lowly CAUT piano tech can afford!! (No traffic either :>) ). I grew up, partially in Portland, too. Nice city.... Paul Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner at msn.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 02/12/2008 12:35 PM Please respond to Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> To <pianotech at ptg.org> cc Subject Steinway parts It's common business practice by virtually every business to build in a profit margin on anything they sell--that's how they stay in business. The ACTUAL cost, IS the retail cost. And there are so many variables connected with this. One example is that I moved from the very high cost of living San Francisco Bay area to a much more reasonable cost of living area--the greater Portland area. Rebuilding jobs in total are much less expensive here than in California. Tunings cost less. My home costs less. Gas used to cost a fraction of what it did in CA, but unfortunately, it caught up :-( Diane Steinway parts Paul T Williams pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu Me thinks that the issue is that most techs (as well as mechanics, computer repair, plumbers, etc) build in a profit margin on parts and if the general public knows the ACTUAL cost, they might raise a stink about it. Although when I get my car fixed, I just grumble and pay the bill. pw Diane Hofstetter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080212/67edc368/attachment.html
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