Customer ethics--no more extras!

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 06:31 9/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I had tuned for "Six Flags Over America" here in Allenton, MO, just 
>outside of St. Louis for 2 summers a number of years ago.  At the end of 
>the 2nd season I tuned all 3 of their pianos at no cost and told them how 
>I appreciated their  business.  I had been tuning these pianos every 
>couple of weeks early on Sunday mornings.  After doing the work and giving 
>them the short thank you letter I was never called back again.  Go figure.
>James Grebe


I suppose you could say that they felt that you were worth what you 
charged... ;-{

I raised my rates this summer,  whether I'm worth it or not! ;-}



Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS.
Decorah, IA

- Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated 
Lever Action Tone Generation Systems.
- Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor
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