<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 name="Compose message area" CanvasTabStop="true" acc_role="text"> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007>Full hourly rate plus vehicle expense per mile Steve. I will split this for clients who have arranged several appointments at the same destination.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007>I break my rates down into "up to" 15 miles, up to 30 , up to 45, etc. increments and have the figures at hand, rather than calculate to-the-mile for individuals.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007>Neither my clients nor myself seem to enjoy talking about service costs or how I derrive them, so it's very convenient just to reply "a service call of up to 90 minutes in your town will be $XXX.XX plus tax."   </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007>best regards,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007>Mark Cramer, </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007>Brandon University </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=320343219-07052007></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Steven Sandstrom<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 07, 2007 9:40 AM<BR><B>To:</B> caut; pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] charge for time?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>I was just wondering if most of you charge for your time on the road to get to a job? If so do you charge from the time you leave your shop? Do you charge the same rate as your normal labor charge? Or do you only charge for mileage? This would be for jobs outside my normal area where I currently only do a mileage charge. With the cost of running a vehicle going up all the time I was thinking of redoing what I charge. I was interested what most of you are doing. Thanks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Sandstrom</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>