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<div>I agree with Conrad's post, in addition to what I said in my previous post. Basing appointments on a specific time period with an hourly charge after that is a good way to protect yourelf.</div>
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From: hoffsoco@luther.edu<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 6:43 AM<br>
Subject: Re: pricing<br>
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<div class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_6a4ee728-2edc-4831-b251-2bf914f8ebd5>At 01:17 PM 9/19/2006 +0000, you wrote: <br>
>I'm thinking about pricing tunings based not only by pitch adjustment,but >also by piano type and age. <br>
>Spinets and pianos older than 20yrs, highest fee, nicer pianos less etc. <br>
>With more pianos and limited time, I would rather tune pianos that I could >get better results with and less headaches. <br>
>Any thoughts? <br>
>RU/UP <br>
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I think you'd have to go to billing on an hourly basis, AND BE VERY EXPLICIT IN EXPLAINING IT, otherwise you'd probably get an "interesting reaction" from customers who have multiple genre pianos - churches/schools - when you present the bills... <br>
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