[pianotech] Charging by job, or by hour?

Jon Page jonpage at comcast.net
Wed Jul 21 15:55:53 MDT 2010


>Try this one on.   Suppose I charge $100 an hour, and a job takes one hour.
>   I get $100.   Now I go to a convention at a cost of $1000.   There, I
>learn how to do the same job in half an hour. Do I now do that same job for
>$50? Did my spending money to become more competent actually work to my
>detriment?     ----Tom Gorley

Yes. Just because it takes someone twice as long to do a job doesn't 
mean they get twice the pay.
Now that you know how to do the job, shouldn't you be more concerned 
about your supposed overcharging!?  <g>
-- 

Regards,

Jon Page
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