[pianotech] billing dilemma with pitch raises

[Gerald Groot]

Hi Susan,

 

We all have the basic same expenses.  Vehicles, life insurance, health
insurance,(very expensive either way you look at it)  phones, computers and
the rest.  It may be on a different scale from one another but the concept
remains constant.  We have expenses for which we need compensation in one
form or another.  Not charging or making enough and then complaining about
not being able to do so or not being able to make a living at tuning as some
techs have, well, many factors come into play one of them possibly being a
lack of business sense, or perhaps a lack of being in a good location for
piano tuning (makes me wonder why then, one is living there in that case.)
And of course, many over factors.  My point is that either way we look at
it, we must incorporate into our fee's our own expenses regardless of what
they may be.  Provided, we wish to remain in business and making a profit.  

 

Jer

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Susan Kline
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 4:42 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] billing dilemma with pitch raises

 

On 10/31/2010 11:16 AM, Gerald Groot wrote: 

As I have said
before, we have to make $100,000 a year in order to take home roughly
$50,000 after taxes, insurance and the rest of our business expenses. 

Jer, someone at the lower end of the earnings scale will lose far less to
taxes. Avoiding over-insurance can also give benefits, not just in lower
premiums, but also in simplicity of life, at the expense of a little courage
and willingness to accept risk. Living in a relatively low cost area can
also bring an effective increase in wealth without an increase in tax
burden.

Putting in a whacking long day of too many jobs scheduled too close together
(especially many days a week) can bring in more of the little continually
shrinking dollars, but at the expense of rest and physical well-being and
other interesting and varied activities; not to mention having the time and
energy to enjoy and savor the experience of tuning and piano work done at a
more leisurely pace. 

Of course, if you prefer earning a whole bunch of money and paying out a
whole lot of it in expenses, that's up to you. To each his own. 

Susan Kline 

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