[CAUT] mileage fees.

[Cy Shuster]

I charged $0.20 a mile in WV (back when gas was $2.29 a gallon) for people 
more than half an hour away, and never had a complaint.  In fact, when the 
bill comes out to an odd amount, it seems more defensible...  Many people 
know the IRS reimbursement rates (around $0.41/mile now?), so that seems 
defensible.

I'd take the whole day's mileage, out and back, and divide it equally among 
that day's customers (outside my local radius), and tell them that's what I 
did.  This gives them the incentive to market on my behalf.  "Come out next 
week, 60 miles one way?  Sure, but if you find one more person, your mileage 
charge is cut in half."

--Cy--
shusterpiano.com