Even with gas, electricity and food price going up here in Oahu, my word of mouth business is finally starting to get better. School and a lot of churches are starting at the end of the month, so a big mailer to them and teachers is going out this week, which should bring in more business. YEAH.     <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI 808-349-2943 www.bleespiano.com Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com</div> -----Original Message----- From: Jon Page <jonpage@comcast.net> To: pianotech list <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 1:51 pm Subject: Yikes AND Gadzooks ! <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_f498c987-0a03-4561-ac8a-fa27825bd4d7 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">Received my electric bill today. Used 20% less this month than last  and the bill is 30% more. Holy Smokes.    I think I'll roll back my latest price increase to some customers on fixed  income and price reconditioned pianos to move rather than holding out  for my premium price. This isn't a high-end area to begin but utility  prices going to affect discretionary spending, which means piano  tuning/services/purchases takes a back seat.    I don't know if this is a sign but usually I am swamped with calls for tuning  during the first two weeks of July, I usually refer them to other tuners but  the phone has been welcomely quite lately; allowing me to get needed  shop work accomplished.    So if your phone is not ringing...  you'll know it's me. :-)  --   Regards,    Jon Page  </div> <div id='u8CAB430982B974B-17EC-3514' class='aol_ad_footer'><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. <A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target="_blank">Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</A>! </div>