Paid for Pitch Raises?

[Randy Dinwiddie User]

Right on brother! I had the same thing happen to me years ago....working for
a dealer. They¹ll take anything you want to give away. When I raised my
price, she brought someone else in and I was out, or was I? Out of a bad
situation....yes. I knuckled down with my sense of pride in my skill, and
hard work,  and I get FAR more respect (and money) as a professional. Now
when she calls me in, it¹s as a trouble shooter and higher end tuner.

Randy Chastain


On 2/12/07 1:06 PM, "Avery" <avery1 at houston.rr.com> wrote:

> David, 
> 
> I totally agree! 
> 
> Avery Todd
> 
> At 12:12 PM 2/12/2007, you wrote:
>> Daniel---please don't take this personally, brother, but you've triggered off
>> a rant.
>> What the HELL are you people doing----working without getting paid? That's
>> insane.
>> You really need to check your approach to life, IMO, if you submit to this
>> kind of bullshit.
>> Raising the pitch on a piano takes WORK---intense work, between 20 and 40
>> minutes, if done right. To not get paid for that, or to work for people who
>> don't intend to pay you for that, is dysfunctional. Period. What are you
>> thinking about? Would you ever ask any other kind of service tech to come to
>> your house or business and work for 20-40 minutes FOR FREE?
>> Never. NEVER.
>> 
>> Wake up. WAKE UP. You need to start valuing your time, your life, and your
>> skills.
>> Stand up for yourself, and tell that a**h**le who owns that  store to sell
>> you a piano for his cost.
>> See what he says. Wake up.
>> 
>> Until we demand respect and acknowledgement for our immense knowledge and
>> skillset we'll be treated like field hands, or dismissable underlings, or
>> naive idiots, or pathetic losers.
>> 
>> There. I feel better now.
>> 
>> David Andersen
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:21 PM, daniel carlton wrote:
>> 
>>> The owner of one of the stores explained that they don't want to have to
>>> spend more money than they have to on the used pianos in particular if they
>>> can only sell it for so much. I guess I do see the logic in that, but what
>>> about all the pitch corrections I have to do on the new pianos? I don't get
>>> anything for my time.
> 


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