<!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 6.00.2800.1400" 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=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> Barbara, Richard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   I decided to raise my price after the septi= c tank guy charge me $70 bucks an hour to dig for the cover for my tank. Question really is ,How long does it take to schedule,prep tools & car,drive= ,kibitz with client, pet the dog, remember there kids names & tune the average piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> I figure 2 hours. My shop time is $60 per hour. th= at's $120 tuning/service bill. Find another house call type service working as ch= eap as most of us do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Food for thought</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML= >