<font color='black' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'> Matthew writes:<br> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_89f2c553-c0f2-4642-9c09-2f0fbd2ee86e"> <div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> <div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">>>My point was that if we raised our own rates each year, after a while, no one would want to pay the money, and we would soon be out of business.  Sure, maybe it's an assumption, but I will not be the one to try it to see if it is true.</span></div> <div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto"><var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var></span> </div> <div style="RIGHT: auto">Greetings, </div> <div style="RIGHT: auto">    If you are charging what you are worth, and don't raise your prices, you are effectively saying you are not worth more each year that you gain experience. This is a terrible career path, and will leave you older,  worn out, and with nothing at the end but a beginner's income.  </div> <div style="RIGHT: auto">The fear of losing customers because of pricing will cost you more in the long run than the actual loss of customers ever will.       Inflation never sleeps. If you don't raise your prices every year, you are going backwards.  </div> <div><br> </div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">Ed Foote RPT<br> http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.html</span> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><wbr><wbr></div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </font>