>My take, If you feel a job causes you more work (physical, mental or otherwise) and you feel inclined to charge more, do so. No one forces clients to use any one of us and if we have a distaste for a particular job, we are free to decide whether to take it or not or, whether to charge more or not. In a case like that, I would offer to my client that they may be able to find someone to do it for less, but that is my fee. Charging more, purposefully, does not equate to gouging. Charging more arbitrarily does. Wim, getting sore playing racqutball is totally unrelated to work. There are those that suggest that tuning a square actually is. William R Monroe< Those are my feelings also. I charge $10 more for players that have the player actions in place, and for square grands. I tell the customer that I'm charging more than the ordinary fee before I begin, and why. I have yet to have a customer argue about it. I think if you're up front with the customer about your charges, there is nothing unethical about charging more for a job which is more difficult because of the nature of the instrument. Chuck Behm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100630/1e7d45a7/attachment.htm>
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