<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I'm just curious Clyde. If you are booked up until March and still = have folks calling wanting to get squeezed in, is it time to raise your = standard tuning service call fee??? I should think these are conditions where = that question becomes quite germane.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Still a bit envious!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde = Hollinger</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, November 15, = 2001 8:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Charging = overtime</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Wim, <P>The short answer is, it is overtime if all of my appointments are = full. <P>If I add appointments after that, I am eating into time I = designated as personal or for other responsibilities, and I am rarely willing to do = that at the regular charge.  Maybe you all should know that I quit my = last job because it placed too many demands on my time, so I am determined not = to let that happen with this job. <P>Incidentally, since writing the original post on this subject this = morning, I added an extra appointment to tomorrow's already full = schedule.  And yes, the client is fully aware that she is paying considerably more = than the normal rate to get the fast service. <P>Regards, <BR>Clyde <P>Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = size=-1>As far as charging "overtime" for a new client who wants to schedule a couple = of weeks in advance, I am not sure if I would agree to that. After all, what = is considered overtime? We are self employed. We set our own hours. So = what would be considered working overtime?</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>