Honest people

[Graeme Harvey]

Hello Brian,

Luck may have something to do with it, and good follow up of whats due helps
greatly. I have been in business now for five and a half years and in that
time I have only written off $150 partly due to my not being on the ball
quick enough. Just today though I have passed a 5 month debt to some debt
collection people as I'm not having much success in collecting. It is only
$140.
I must say that piano owners (if there is such a grouping) are generally
pretty good to deal with, on the other hand  I think dealing with pop
musicians would be quite a different story as many of these folk never seem
to have much money and they always seem to want the latest expensive gizmos.

I really like being a piano tech for all the reasons outlined in this thread
plus lifestyle reasons. What other work can you do at any age, puts you in
contact with genuine people, is challenging, creative, allows you to get out
and about, provides a great sense of satisfaction, can be brought home etc
etc.

Cheers.

Graeme Harvey
New Plymouth NZ


----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Holden <bholden@wave.co.nz>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Honest people


> Hello Clyde
>
> I admire your attitude towards musicians and the supposed correlation
> between them and favorable credit ratings.  I have also been in business
for
> many years, and while I have not been stung too often by non-paying
> customers, I have been stung often enough - and also by people who I
really
> believed would have treated me better.  Before I went out piano tuning, I
> worked in two different  music stores over a period of five years and I
lost
> count of the bad debts that were incurred by musicians when buying
> equipment.  As much as I would like to believe you Clyde, I suspect that
> your lack of bad debtors is not attributable to your customers, but
rather,
> to your own good business sense or (dare I say it) - good luck.
>
> Just a thought - Cheers, Brian Holden
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: Tuesday, 21 December 1999 1:03
> Subject: Honest people
>
>
> >Friends,
> >
> >I can also recall only two bounced checks, and that in almost twenty
years
> of
> >business (twelve of those were part-time).  In both cases there was a
> >"situation," and I got my money promptly after phoning the clients.  To
> date I
> >have lost less than $150 to two clients who refused to pay.
> >
> >I was a high school music teacher for seventeen years.  I always felt
that
> my
> >students caused much less trouble than the general student population.
I'm
> quite
> >certain there is a direct correlation between involvement with music and
> >trustworthiness or good character or whatever, but I've never seen
research
> done
> >on the subject.  I'm not sure what useful purpose it would serve anyway.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> >Lititz, PA, USA
> >
> >DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote:
> >
> >> The piano industry indeed is one of the best to be associated with. I
> could
> >> go on and on, but to this date I have only 2 bounced checks from
> customers in
> >> 20 years of business.  In fact, I believe piano owners are the best
> customers
> >> to be associated with.
> >
>
>