Please, don't go there. Once you start discounting services or products you invite more of the same. I suggest that even the smallest church probably has enough members to throw a bake sale or something to come up with the priced of the Dampp Chaser. You're selling them a product that very well may end up saving hundreds of "tuning dollars" over the years, adn _that_ should be discount enough. I'm sure every industry / service has it's share of price cutters; do these people gain the respect of the regular price people? Nay I say. While I have been known to once in a while cut a bit for a little old lady in a senior high rise all by her one-sies, I ask that it be kept our secret as I can't afford to make a routine of it. So far I've gotten 100% cooperation, but this condition is not the norm. Additionally, I've heard the same stories from churches, yet they seem to have little or no problem coming up with hundreds of thousands of dollars for a new organ! The money is there if they want it to be. It therefore logically follows that the challenge is not in filling the offering plate, rather it's in selling the product. Once they believe they need it, (and in this case I too believe they do), they'll find the money. Roy Ulrich -----Original Message----- From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM <Billbrpt@AOL.COM> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: August 19, 1999 8:06 PM Subject: Re: stability question > >If they cannot afford a new, complete humidity control system, could they >afford the dehumidifier and humidistat only? Do you maybe have one of the >old style humidistats that you could sell them at a low cost along with a >good 50 watt dehumidifier? You can save them money if you keep your profits >low on new Dampp-Chaser products or sell them used ones at lower costs. >
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