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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yeah, but I got my Lincoln with 720 Watts =
RMS and
Neil Young's latest "Greendale" on the CD, so I rather enjoy the ride - =
I don't
mind a slightly lower hourly income when I am jammin'. That's part of =
what this
profession can be about!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=draine@comcast.net href="mailto:draine@comcast.net">J =
Patrick
Draine</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 14, =
2004 11:42
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Trip Charges - =
when to apply
and why</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Feb 14, 2004, at 10:28 AM, Farrell =
wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param =
8080,0000,0000><?smaller>However,
if someone needs their piano serviced ASAP and I don't have any =
other
appointments in the area, i.e. I have to make a special trip to that =
appointment, I charge $30/hr. travel
time.<?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Wow, it =
takes
reading someone else's faux pas to go look in the mirror. Myself, I =
charge a
fair bit more than most of the competition, but I almost never charge =
for
extra distance, or (for the most part) ASAP service. Or discount for
institutions or multiple pianos. But when I see Terry charging a mere =
$30/hr
for travel time -- gosh, your time is worth more than that, even if =
you don't
have a tuning lever in your hand! Maybe I should be billing for drive =
time too
....<BR><BR>Patrick<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>