Just combing through a few old posts..... I agree with Don Mannino 100%. I no longer offer discounts, even to schools. I need to support my family! Let us not forget that the customer is not only paying for our time but also our training, experience, and a margin to cover things like phone calls and emails, especially the extra time talking about discounts! I do offer a substantial discount to the trade (i.e., other technicians who hire me), and on piano rentals to promoters, industry people etc. I cannot charge a retail price on a rental or production costs get too high, so I have a special rate set up for those people. Ditto piano moves - although lately I would rather just suggest that they call the mover directly rather than be a middle man. -- *Boaz Kirschenbaum, RPT* | Concert Piano Tuner *Cherry Tree Piano* PO Box 1304 West Tisbury, MA 02575 508-939-0629 | Cell & Office info at cherrytreepiano.com <pianotuner at gmail.com> | email www.cherrytreepiano.com | web -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110208/7c919c25/attachment.htm>
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