[pianotech] rates for new techician

[Gerald Groot]

I agree completely.  

I might add too that the character of the quality of pianos you will likely
get to service will also tend be set by your pricing as well as by your
quality and dependability of your services. 

Price shoppers are not for the most part, not interested in quality.  They
never have been.  They are interested in prices only and guess what kind of
pianos you will wind up servicing?  Spinets, pianos that haven't been tuned
in 25 years.  Pianos that need work, probably lots of work.  Pianos that
might be worth tuning in the first place.  Clients that really are not
interested in fixing the pianos and then as mentioned in other posts, when
you do raise your rates?  They will just go onto the next lowest tuner they
can find.  IMO, You don't want them as clients in the first place you want
stability, customers who want you and customers who will call you year after
year.  

Work toward achieving your best quality as quickly as possible.  

Jer Groot 

-----Original Message----- 
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Kent Swafford 
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 3:49 PM 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] rates for new techician 

I charged less when I started; you may not wish to do the same. What I wish
someone had told me at the time (OK, they probably did tell me, I just
didn't listen) was that the character of your future business tends to be
set by your present business. In other words, if your present customers are
accustomed to discount rates, they will expect discount rates in the future,
and your present customers will tend to pass your name along to others
wanting the same discount rates. In the long run, you might be better off
charging full rates from the beginning.

Kent Swafford 


However, 
On Oct 10, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Zoe Sandell wrote: 

> Hello 
> 
> I am wondering if it is general practice for a technician starting out
(like 
> myself) to charge slightly less because I do not have the same years of 
> experience.  
> 
> Ideas? 
> 
> Thanks 
> Zoe 
> 



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