On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Michael Magness <IFixPianos at yahoo.com>wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:44 PM, <wimblees at aol.com> wrote: > >> >> I could give a rat's behind what Doctors, lawyers and accountants have to >> do. >> Since we mostly work on an hourly basis why not ask about the plumber, >> electrician or other tradesman? >> >> Mike >> >> Michael Magness >> Magness Piano Service >> 608-786-4404 >> www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> >> email mike at ifixpianos.com >> >> Mike >> >> First of all, why the nasty remarks about lawyers and accountants? My son >> is a CPA, and he works very hard, probably a lot harder than you do. >> >> Second. Doctors, lawyer and accountants work on an hourly basis, too. Some >> of them charge as much, (or little, depending on your point of view), as >> piano tuners, plumbers, and electricians. The difference, according to the >> NY law, is that they don't do any repairs on physical items. >> >> My point was, the AMA and the BAR had lobyist help write the legal >> language to exclude them from having to pay taxes. If the PTG had enough >> money, we probably could have influenced enough politicians to exclude us, >> too. >> >> Wim >> >> ------------------------------ >> Traveling over the river or through the woods this holiday season? Get >> the MapQuest Toolbar<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212816426x1200798402/aol?redir=http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?ncid=emlwemqmq00000001>. >> Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More! >> > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Michael Magness <IFixPianos at yahoo.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Sorry about the delay in answering, I've been working too hard to get >> around to checking the list the last few days >> > My point, and I'll stick to it is that we make house calls, very few Docs do that anymore, except coronors, Lawyers rarely do, accountants rarely do. Secondly they BILL by the hour which is very different than charging an hourly rate like the tradesmen I mentioned. My wife is a nurse and is now working for 3 docs in a clinic who see 6 to 10 patients an hour. Each of them(the patients) is charged about what I charge for an hour of my time, comparing my rate to that of doctors is like comparing apples to oranges. The same could be said of lawyers whose hourly rate can be in the hundreds of dollars an hour, accountants I'm not familiar with, I use a bookkeeper/tax prep service for that area. As for repairs on physical items, if you get right down to it a tuning is not a physical thing, is it? You can't hold it, see it, touch it, taste it, only hear it and given time it decays to what it was prior to being done. Rather ephemeral isn't it? I live in a farming community and have been answering the question for almost 40 years now, " You can make a living doing that"? Mike > >> >> -- > I intend to live forever. So far, so good. > Steven Wright > > > Michael Magness > Magness Piano Service > 608-786-4404 > www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> > email mike at ifixpianos.com > -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081124/08ab8595/attachment.html>
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