This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Roger. I'm very interested in developing my shop work for the trade = business. I understand the example below. Do you use the same system for = a complete rebuild of the $10,000 to $25,000 nature? Does the referring = tech get 20% of that work? Seems to me that $2,000 to $5,000 for the = referral is steep. But of course that is the view from my vantage point = (as the one that would be shelling out the referral fee). Seems to me = there should be a formula for reduced percentage as total project budget = goes up. What is your (or anyone else) take on that? Thanks. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: jolly roger=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:45 AM Subject: Re: referall fees; last gasp I believe the price the jobber charges the customer is none of our = business. =20 If a jobber wants to give someone a break and not make anything on a = job=20 that's his prerogative, how can that be unethical?=20 David Koelzer=20 Hi David, I thought we were talking about what a jobber charges a = fellow piano tech. Since we do quite a few jobs for piano techs in the = area. I sure as heck don't want them quoting below my customer quoted = prices, by passing their discount along to the consumer. It make's it look as if we are gouging, in the customers eyes, and we = have had this happen. Here's the full story. We charge $250.Cnd to recover a set of keys, = we quote a customer. Simple eh! Piano tech comes into the shop with a = set of keys about a month later, we complete the work bill the tech $250 = less 20%. Run into the customer, who procedes to tell me that we over charge, = she had got the job done by some one else for $200. Since we had done the work, I was not too impressed. The tech had = just used his discount to under bid my self and others. Needless to say we now decline any business from him. Since we spell = this out to any tech coming into the shop, for jobs like this. I = consider the individual as being unethical. =20 By giving tech's in the area breaks like this, we get a lot of = rebuilding referals. I would also decline work from techs that would = want to mark up our services by an unreasonable amount,. Just my thought's on the issue. Roger ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/67/c7/52/f5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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