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<DIV>Hi Roger. I'm very interested in developing my shop work for the =
trade
business. I understand the example below. Do you use the same system for =
a
complete rebuild of the $10,000 to $25,000 nature? Does the referring =
tech get
20% of that work? Seems to me that $2,000 to $5,000 for the referral is =
steep.
But of course that is the view from my vantage point (as the one that =
would be
shelling out the referral fee). Seems to me there should be a formula =
for
reduced percentage as total project budget goes up. What is your (or =
anyone
else) take on that? Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN =
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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=baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca =
href="mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca">jolly
roger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 30, 2001 =
11:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: referall fees; =
last
gasp</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><BR><FONT face=arial size=2>I =
believe the price
the jobber charges the customer is none of our business. =
<BR>If
a jobber wants to give someone a break and not make anything on a =
job
<BR>that's his prerogative, how can that be unethical? <BR><BR>David =
Koelzer
<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><FONT size=3>Hi
=
David,<BR> &nb=
sp;
I thought we were talking about what a jobber charges a fellow piano
tech. Since we do quite a few jobs for piano techs in the
area. I sure as heck don't want them quoting below my =
customer
quoted prices, by passing their discount along to the =
consumer.<BR>It
make's it look as if we are gouging, in the customers eyes, and we =
have had
this happen.<BR><BR>Here's the full story. We charge $250.Cnd to =
recover
a set of keys, we quote a customer. Simple eh! Piano =
tech
comes into the shop with a set of keys about a month later, we =
complete the
work bill the tech $250 less 20%.<BR>Run into the customer, who =
procedes to
tell me that we over charge, she had got the job done by some one else =
for
$200.<BR>Since we had done the work, I was not too
impressed. The tech had just used his discount to under =
bid my
self and others.<BR>Needless to say we now decline any business from
him. Since we spell this out to any tech coming into the =
shop, for
jobs like this. I consider the individual as being
unethical. <BR>By giving tech's in the area breaks like this, we =
get a
lot of rebuilding referals. I would also decline work from techs =
that
would want to mark up our services by an unreasonable amount,.<BR>Just =
my
thought's on the =
issue.<BR>Roger<BR></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>