When a piano tuner determines his hourly wage, does he figure in getting paid for the labor, the paid holidays, the paid vacation, the medical insurance, the retirement funding, the salesman, the marketing dept., the bookkeeper, the scheduler? The income should reflect paying all these people. Or should most of these people work for free? ---Tom Gorley In a message dated 7/21/10 9:49:40 PM, bill at a440piano.net writes: > ??Formula?? > > Hours x Hourly wage = price > > Thing is, hours is variable from one piano to another so there are > additions/subtractions, and my skill is reflected in my hourly wage. Of course > it's not arbitrary, no one has suggested that. Not me, not Jack, not > anyone. We each determine a cost of a job in our own way, reflecting our own > experiences and skill levels, either as a straight hourly rate or some > configuration that involves hours, difficulties, hazards, etc., etc. Just because > I don't understand how Jack or anyone else arrives at their prices, > doesn't invalidate them. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100722/615d78ed/attachment.htm>
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