<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16609" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In some school districts the bills/checks have to be approved at a school board meeting--which can extend the process of payment.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, Illinois</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: School Contracts</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Isn't that why people charge late fees????<BR><BR><B><I>Michael Magness <<A href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com">IFixPianos@yahoo.com</A>></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Dean May <<A href="mailto:deanmay@pianorebuilders.com">deanmay@pianorebuilders.com</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV lang=EN-US vlink="blue" link="blue"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Well said, Mike. I see absolutely no reason to discount to what will likely be your most difficult customer who will take the absolute longest to pay. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have one choral teacher in a school 30 miles from me who is a sweetheart. She has me out 3 times a year to tune 3 pianos and whatever I do is wonderful. But that is definitely the exception for most of the schools that I have dealt with in my 25 years. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><B><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC" color=navy size=6><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: navy">Dean</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Terre Haute</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> IN  47802</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Ih2E3d> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>You're right Dean, I've become so accustomed to it I forgot about the 45 to 60 day, sometimes more, wait to be paid. <BR><BR clear=all>Mike<BR>-- <BR>We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?<BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/">www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ">Try it now.</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>