<div> Michelle:<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Bid and keep your hand in, or not. But cover all your bases and make money. There's nothing like staying in business to be in business. If you lose the bid, then someone else is doing it for less than you reasonably can. Frankly, I would separate the installation cost from the purchase of the equipment since your installation cost isn't "wholesale". <br> <br> Paul <br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Willem Blees <wimblees@aol.com><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 4:15 pm<br> Subject: Re: School districts and markup<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_2b5e7cdf-20e9-46f7-8a20-bb6d346f4f88"> <wbr>Michelle<br> <br> We are in a specialized field. There are not too many places where the school district can get a piano truck. As Tom said, you are entitled to make a profit. But even if you charged them twice wholesale, don't forget, that's not all profit either. You had to take the time to get the phone call, place the order, receive the order, write the check, etc. etc. Then if you have to install the truck, and don't charge them for the time it takes to do that, the next thing you know, that piano truck just cost you money.  <div style="clear: both;"><br> <br> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> <a href="http://www.pianotuning.com" target="_blank">www.pianotuning.com</a></div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Michelle Smith <<a href="mailto:michelle@smithpianoservice.com">michelle@smithpianoservice.com</a>><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:07 am<br> Subject: School districts and markup<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_00d40a2c-3189-419c-b098-ceaaad3610b7"> <style></style> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Hi everyone.  I’m doing some contract work for a local school district and one of the schools needs a piano truck.  Fine Arts is asking if they can get a wholesale price or if they need to take bids.  I’m new to all of this.  Do I sell it to them wholesale or go the longer (retail) route?</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks for your advice.</span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig"><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Michelle Smith</span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig"><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Smith Piano Service</span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig"><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Bastrop</span></font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">, Texas</span></font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"></span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig"><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">(512) 466-0238</span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig"><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><a href="mailto:michelle@smithpianoservice.com">michelle@smithpianoservice.com</a></span></font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> </div> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top: 10px;"> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <a target="_blank" href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970">AOL Mail</a>!<br> </div> </div>