price raising

[Farrell]

Hi Brian. I've heard numerous philosophies regarding how to raise prices.
One guy in our chapter said to always raise fees in $10 increments, and
never have a fee divisible by 10, i.e. go from $65 to $75, or $85 to $95,
but not from $80 to $90. Maybe I should raise my price to $79.99.  What a
deal!

"The idea of $1 per key is intriguing". I don't like that. I charge $10 more
for old uprights because I figure I will spend at least 10 minutes gluing a
few hammers back on or the like. If I charged $1 per key, I would be
charging less than for the old beater than for a newer piano - I would be
giving a discount for the worst ones! NO WAY! ;-)

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Trout" <btrout@desupernet.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: price raising


> Hi Keith,
>
> I'm still at $65 here, too.  But I believe I'll be increasing my prices
> shortly.  In about 3 weeks or so, I'll be in business for myself one full
> year.  (Wow, that went fast!  It only seems like two or three months ago I
> was starting up.)  So, it seems like an appropriate time to make an
> increase, both in retail, and in wholesale prices.   I like Ed's idea of
> $88.   The idea of $1 per key is intriguing.  But I don't think my area
> would sustain that number for me at this time.  I believe the majority of
> this area is between $65 and $75 per tuning, but I haven't checked lately.
> Some move in $5 increments, some move in $1 increments.  Maybe some even
go
> by $0.50 increments.  (So in case anyone thinks the prices are being
fixed,
> it wouldn't last long enough to survive all the accusations before someone
> would change.  That's just the way things work here.)
>
> Just my $0.03
>
> Brian Trout
> Quarryville, PA
> btrout@desupernet.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kmhamilton1 <kmhamilton1@email.msn.com>
> Subject: Re: price raising
>
>
> > What part of the country are you in Ed?
> >
> > Here in eastern Ohio most prices and the
> > cost of living is 5 to 10 years behind
> > the rest of the world.  I'm still at $65.
> >
> > Keith Hamilton, RPT
> > Youngstown, OH
>
>
>