<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/12/04 6:40:41 AM Central Daylight Time, McNeilTom@= aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>That said, I do have an alternative f= or dealing with the multiple piano service calls.  I simply bill the fi= rst tuning at the standard fee, and all subsequent work at my hourly rate.&n= bsp;</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Tom</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for your contribution to the topic at hand. My question to yo= u is, if you charge your normal rate for the first piano, and it took y= ou 30 minutes to tune, then how much do you charge per hour to do the other = tunings? Is you hourly rate the same as your tuning rate? Do you charge a fu= ll hour for only a partial hour? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In other words, it looks like you might be doing the same thing I do, e= xcept in reverse. Instead of charging full boat for the first tuning, a= nd then by the hour, I give the discount up front. Looks to me we're wi= nding up with the same amount of money in our pocket. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BODY></HTML>