Heah, I wish I could proof read as well as I can read AFTER I hit the dang send button. Honestly, I really did read through it TWICE and still screwed up! Oh well. My dad stressed many things. One of them being, "if you ever question whether or not the piano is worth fixing or tuning? Don't do it. You just answered your own question." Jer From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 6:25 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] rates for new techician Exactly!! I was especially glad to not hear from my very first client again! a spinet (or consolette?) player... can't remember now. wasn't worth remembering back then either! This POS was a half step flat with everything worn out!! NEW ADVISE: Don't take on some project in the worst of condition or funky players that you weren't trained in repairing. It will only frustrate you!! BIG TIME! It only felt good to cash that very first pay-check. Paul From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Date: 10/10/2010 05:16 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] rates for new techician _____ I agree completely. I might add too that the character of the quality of pianos you will likely get to service will also tend be set by your pricing as well as by your quality and dependability of your services. Price shoppers are not for the most part, not interested in quality. They never have been. They are interested in prices only and guess what kind of pianos you will wind up servicing? Spinets, pianos that haven't been tuned in 25 years. Pianos that need work, probably lots of work. Pianos that might be worth tuning in the first place. Clients that really are not interested in fixing the pianos and then as mentioned in other posts, when you do raise your rates? They will just go onto the next lowest tuner they can find. IMO, You don't want them as clients in the first place you want stability, customers who want you and customers who will call you year after year. Work toward achieving your best quality as quickly as possible. Jer Groot -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [ <mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org> mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Kent Swafford Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 3:49 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] rates for new techician I charged less when I started; you may not wish to do the same. What I wish someone had told me at the time (OK, they probably did tell me, I just didn't listen) was that the character of your future business tends to be set by your present business. In other words, if your present customers are accustomed to discount rates, they will expect discount rates in the future, and your present customers will tend to pass your name along to others wanting the same discount rates. In the long run, you might be better off charging full rates from the beginning. Kent Swafford However, On Oct 10, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Zoe Sandell wrote: > Hello > > I am wondering if it is general practice for a technician starting out (like > myself) to charge slightly less because I do not have the same years of > experience. > > Ideas? > > Thanks > Zoe > _____ avast! Antivirus < <http://www.avast.com/> http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 10/10/2010 Tested on: 10/10/2010 6:16:41 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 AVAST Software. _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 10/10/2010 Tested on: 10/10/2010 6:58:55 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 AVAST Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101010/85b86fb8/attachment.htm>
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