Perfect! What was their response to that? Paul From: Alan Eder <reggaepass at aol.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: 01/03/2011 04:25 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] price-negotiating customers Someone once gave it their best shot with me, appealing for a discount by asking, "Don't you like to help people?" Who can say no to that? I told him that yes, I really DO like helping people, starting with those people at home for whom I am responsible. ;-) anon. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Gorley <tomgorley88 at sonic.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011 5:55 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] price-negotiating customers Not only unfair to my other customers but unfair to my family. "Ma'am, I charge a rate that allows me to barely make a living in an average house in an average part of town. If I discount by $20 for you, then it will be like taking it away from my own wife and children and giving to you instead." "What would you think of a person who would do that." I never actually said that. But I have said it to other tuners. ---Tom Gorley On Jan 3, 2011, at 8:58 AM, John Dorr wrote: > that it would be unfair to my other customers to cut my prices for no good reason. (Typically the tire-kicker type responds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110103/4317078a/attachment.htm>
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