I also used to tune for a music store and built a pretty good business in a couple of years as a result of referrals and warranty tunings. On one occasion I was asked by the store manager if I did the same quality tuning for the store as I did for my customers who were paying 30% more than the store, and I thought about it for a moment. I initially thought I should say yes, but honesty prevailed and I said no, I do what is necessary for the store but I always give a little bit more to my paying customers. His response was, well then we'd like to pay you your full fee and have you do your best work for us too. Sadly, later that year they went bankrupt. I don't think it was because of me, at least I hope it wasn't. True story! Bill Costanzo www.RochesterPianoTuner.com <http://www.rochesterpianotuner.com/> _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dean May Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:42 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Discounted rate for piano stores? Exactly, Todd. Back when I did floor tunings I spent about 20-25 minutes per piano. I could easily do 4-5 pianos in just a couple of hours and NO TRAVEL TIME! So my hourly rate still stayed pretty good. Add in the benefit of new customer referrals and it is definitely a plus to be connected to a piano store for a newbie tech. Dean Dean W May (812) 235-5272 PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Todd Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:53 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Discounted rate for piano stores? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100630/abbea067/attachment.htm>
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