selling customers

[Wimblees@aol.com]

Leslie:

If you are "hungry" for work, and you want to rebuild pianos, you can ask the
other technicians in town to send you work, and reward them by paying them a
commission. 

If you don't want, or need the work this technician is offering, then reject
the offer. The tech in question wants to make money the easy way. There is
nothing wrong with that, as long as he can find someone to do the work for
him. 

Willem Blees RPT
St. Louis


In a message dated 98-06-05 23:01:44 EDT, you write:

<< I was called today with the following conversation.	
 	"Hi Les. I am wanting to back off on my institutional work, and I
 have a potential customer for you.  I've already estimated the job at
 about $X.  I would expect to have you make your own, of course. Then I'd
 like you to give me 15% of the final figure, after which the institution,
 or the two pianos in question, would become your responsibility within
 that institution."
 	I have, heretofore, had three or four local techs refer to me,
 and never was a "reward" expected. I, to, have referred, or deferred to
 more experience, and never considered a fee of any kind.  That's just the
 way I was raised.
 	I'd appreciate knowing how others have explored this issue, or
 dealt with it.
 
 Thanks
 
 
 Leslie Bartlett
 lesbart@juno.com
 "Sanity is highly over-rated." >>