List, It's a little slow today (end of spring break for me) so I thought I'd post a compilation of the CAUT discount question I asked. The NO's have it by 8 - 3! Interesting. A few good comments, though. Thanks for responding. I didn't include the names of any who posted privately. Avery P.S. Just for the record, I do for students (only in the music dept.) but haven't been for faculty (except for one who has three grands, usually tuned on the same call. Besides, most of them make a good bit more money than I do. :-) ************************* >I don't. Just the usual (for me) 10% discount on the >second , third, etc. piano they might have. >No. >Gina Carter >How effectively can I say NO. >Joel A. Jones >I never discount tuning for either faculty or students. I will however, >tend to give faculty a pretty darn good deal when it comes to >extensive action work or rebuilding. >Dennis Johnson >No. >Tom Seay >Yes, I do. I discount 20% to both music faculty and students. I receive >a lot of referral work from our faculty, so it seems appropriate to offer >them a discount in appreciation. My discounts to students is more like >charity than anything else. It's tough for students to afford piano >maintenance, I try to help them out as much as I can. >Scott E. Thile, RPT >I'm with Scott. I love my college situation, and there is a real community >feeling here. I don't give discounts to students and faculty I don't know. >I do $55 tunings for the faculty and students I work with and know well, >mostly in the music school. >Mark Graham >Yes, 10% rounded to the nearest convenient whole dollar. >David M. Porritt, RPT (I never even received this post. Got it off of David Porritt's.) > > I do not give discounts, period. > > James Grebe from St. Louis >No as well. >Paul E. Dempsey >Only on reffered sales. Service is non-negotiable, and for some >institutional work, should be higher! >Guy Nichols,RPT _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.uh.edu/music/ _____________________________________
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