<html>  <head><style type='text/css'> p { margin: 0px; } </style></head> <body>  Don,   I offer a finders fee of $5 per student discount on the teachers piano tuning up to $50. My fee and the other tuners fee are the same,$75 for a non pitchraise tuning.   I must admit that I have never handled rejection very well and it sometimes clouds my judgement.   RU <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from Don <PIANOTUNA@ACCESSCOMM.CA>: -------------- > Hi Rick, > > Yes, it has happened to me. > > It hurts when a relationship ends. My advice to you is to say *nothing*. > The clients are free to use whomever they wish. > > Do you offer a "finders fee" to teachers for referring clients to you? > > Does the other tech offer a significantly different price that you? > > Your phone conversation with the client is almost guaranteed to lose that > account. A better response might have been. "May I contact you next year to > arrange a service call?" > > How many clients are you likely to loose from this "teacher"? The more fuss > that is made the more your reputation will be besmirched. > > > At 07:32 PM 04/10/2004 +0000, you wrote: > >OK guys , here's the deal. > > >A piano teacher I tuned for years ago, stopped using me for reasons unknown, > >and started using a competitor. He then started telling clients who were > mine > >originally and referred to him for teaching, to use the other tuner. > > >Last night I lost another one. The woman said," Oh we just had it tuned.Our > >teacher suggested someone else. But if it doesn't sound good later we'll > call > >you". > > >Has this ever happened to you guys and what if anything can I do about it and > > still be ethical. I deal with about fifteen or more teachers now but I'm > >really starting to get steamed. > > >Thanks, > > >Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE>  </body> </html>