<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        I get price shoppers occasionally.  This is a result I get from having a yellow page listing. Although I would not give up my phone book listing. Tuners in this neck of the woods are charging 65 to 70 per tuning. This is tough when I ask 83! I dont know how they can do it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/4/2008 10:39:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, IFixPianos@yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Matthew Todd <<A title=mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">toddpianoworks@att.net</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How often does everyone evaluate their tuning rates, and overall fees?  In my area I have found, so far, that I am the most expensive.  Not because I charge high, but because I feel my services are of a higher quality, and my clients are paying for a skilled trade, if you will.  I am the only PTG member in this area working toward RPT status, by the way.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have any of you had a lot of calls where they are only looking for the cheapest deal?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just to remind you, I relocated to this area six months ago, and began building a full time business here in March.  Yes there are several other extablished tuners in the area, some are good, some we won't mention...but I feel if I get out there and do quality service, and great customer skills, I shouldn't have a problem building a very reputable business.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How many years did it take all of you to begin your business to when you began full time?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance,</DIV> <DIV>Matthew</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><BR>My response to those looking for cheaper work is to give the name of one of the local tooners that I know charges less, when they ask if his work is good I tell them I'd rather not comment on that but I know he's cheaper. Mkes 'em think, some book with me, others hang up.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm not sure if I would have had the cojones to charge more than the experienced guys in my area PTG or not, IMHO.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. <BR>Vince Lombardi<BR><BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A title=http://www.ifixpianos.com/ href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/">www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A title=mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. <A title="http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002" href="http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002" target="_blank">Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>