In article <3659E531.6142@redrose.net>, Clyde Hollinger <cedel@redrose.net> writes >Barrie Heaton wrote: > >> If you double your prices and lose half of your clients, you will have >> half the work load for the same income. Unfortunately, you will only >> lose a third. > >You mean just like that? All at one time? Sounds very drastic. Have >you or anyone else on the list tried this? Results? > >Clyde Hollinger > > > Clyde, I have not tried the double would not have the hart or the bottle I went for a 3rd. I do have a friend down south who did. However, he was ready to retire he was amazed most did not bat an eye lid. He just lost a third, I lost hardly any, if they wont you they _will pay_. I am £8.00 more expensive than my nearest competitor and £15.00 to the cheapest and I live in an EEC grade 2 depressed area. Grade 1 is classed as 3rd world. I am £2.00 more expensive than the PTA and ABPT recommended price for this area. You will find that the good tuners in your area soon follow with a price rise as well. Like Keith said it is easier to say than to do, it will work. But it depends on how hard faced you are and you do not tell them you have doubled it just tell them the new price. Barrie, -- Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly URL: http://www.uk-piano.org/ | To Your Neighbour The UK Piano Page | pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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