The other day I had someone here to give me a price on some painting and plastering work on my house. He told me that he charges $18/hr. for painting and $21/hr. for plastering. It didn't occur to me that this was unethical. Repairing and regulating a birdcage action is different can of worms (and I do mean can of worms) from working on a standard vertical action. Anyway, the orginal info is not complete enough for me to draw a conclusion. Was the quote per hour open ended, or was there some idea given to the customer as to how many hours could be involved? > >Without getting into too much detail, as I think whath I am about to say >should be limited to the PTG-L page, but I am curious as to why you need to >cover your back side by charging more money per hour to work on a bird cage, >than on a regular piano? Do you all of a sudden have to use mental resources >greater than what you are accustomed to to do the work on this kind of piano, >or are you purposely trying to make the poor owner of the piano pay more >because she made an unwise diecision to have the instrument worked on by you? > This, I think, is an ethical question we all need to consider. (see the >PTG-l page for more on this topic). > >Willem Blees RPT >St. Louis > > Aaron Aaron Bousel Ormstown, QC Canada abousel@rocler.qc.ca
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