Ken, The home office will just have to forward it to your Regional Vice President. The RVP is the person to contact for dues extensions. Laura On Sep 2, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Ken & Pat Gerler wrote: > Matthew, > If you know in advance, that you will not be able to make your dues, send a note to the home office. Back in the late 80's I had extensive bills putting a step-son through college. I sent a note to the home office saying I was going to have to drop my membership. Then about four years later, I took the test again and got my RPT status back. > > Ken Gerler > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matthew Todd > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 11:44 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Is this the work of an RPT? > > So if you become an RPT, and then fail to pay your dues one year, do you get stript of your RPT status until you give the guild your money? > > Matthew > > > From: Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Is this the work of an RPT? > > I love my work. I really do. But, if I couldn't make a living at it, I > would do something different. But, I would most certainly not bite the hand > that feeds them.... Meaning, all of the learning you're received for nothing > here. > > I would think that anything a person could do to improve one's likelihood of > acquiring more business would be most prudent. As I said, I have received > numerous emails from people that have looked on the PTG website looking for > a piano tuner. 2 emails from the PTG website easily pays my dues for a > whole year. :) > > Jer > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of Duaine Hechler > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 8:30 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Is this the work of an RPT? > > On 09/01/2011 05:53 PM, Gerald Groot wrote: > > > > That isn't true at all Matthew. That, my friend, is a frame of mind - a > mindset that you and many other tuners have > > made for yourself that sets your prices low and keeps them low. What you > think, is not necessarily the actual way > > things work in business. In any business. Prices must be raised from time > to time in order to keep up with the cost of > > living and in order to make a living. I've heard many tuners say that "my > customer won't pay that!" That's wrong. I > > have a friend here who lives in Grand Rapids 12 minutes from where I live > that says the same thing. Yet, I have the > > same exact customer types as he does. Mine pay it. His might not though > but, that is only because of his negative > > attitude. > > > > Case in point. As an example only. My base fee for tuning here, is $150. > That is JUST for tuning only! Major pitch > > raises are extra. Removing the action is extra. Repairs are extra. Sure, I > toss little things in here and there, we > > all do that. But, that is besides the point. I average well above that > price for most tunings. I tune at least 3 or 4 > > a day and am always booked ahead all year long. I used to tune 6-9 a day > but at age 55, I'm intentionally slowing > > myself down, trying to go for 3 tunings a day but, I'm far too busy to do > that so, I keep tuning more and more. JFor > > this next month, I will be tuning no less than 5 a day, 6 days a week. I > am booked solid through September. I have > > most of October booked out. I have all of November booked out. I have all > of December booked out. I have all of > > January booked out. I have all of March booked out. By booked out, I mean > NO openings at all. I have 4 or 5 action > > jobs already scheduled for next summer. So, if what you said were true > about raising prices, I would have gone out of > > business long ago. > > > > That did not come by me "naturally." I worked my tail off for years to > build up my business and my reputation so that > > I could be that busy. The fact is, our business is built up on our own > reputations. On our honesty, our integrity, our > > quality of workmanship, on our dependability and much more not to mention > how we treat our customers. It's no wonder > > so many tuners are complaining about a lack of work with how they treat > the RPT's in here. If they treat their clients > > the same way, I would never call them and being an RPT that knows these > people, I would NEVER recommend them nor would > > I sub contract anything to them. That becomes their loss. Attitude is > everything. > > > > Jer > > > Jer, > > That's great if you can get 5 or 6 tunings a day - really it is. > > BUT - again, it called demographics - if the business ain't there - it ain't > there. You just can't go around drumming up > business out of thin air. If nobody has pianos anymore then where are you > going to find them - in hideouts, in > speakeasy's - do you get my point ? > > And, No, I can't move where the pianos - a r e - because I have family > obligations here. > > So - now that you know and understand the facts - where do I get this > business to get 5 or 6 tunings a day ? > > I hope you are - not - going to tell me that obtaining RPT status is going > to drum up the pianos that ain't there ? > > Duaine > > -- > Duaine Hechler > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ > Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding > Reed Organ Society Member > Florissant, MO 63034 > (314) 838-5587 > dahechler at att.net > www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com > -- > Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110902/ec4a9c05/attachment.htm>
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