On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:23 AM, David Love wrote: > People get a detailed (and I mean detailed) estimate/proposal which > includes parts and labor broken out. That way, if something needs > to change for some unexpected contingency—i.e., additional parts, > additional labor--I can add it in and it’s clear where it’s coming > from and that it wasn’t already included in the original estimate. > I do offer a protection clause for them which says that the final > price won’t exceed the estimate/proposal by more than 5% without > their written authorization. If something comes up, I talk to them > about it. That's exactly, precisely what I do; look on my website for examples of my restoration proposals.....I show everything we do in detail, and state in the contract that I need their permission to change the number if and when we encounter hidden surprises. David A. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080213/dfd09de3/attachment.html
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