<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v == "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o == "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w == "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 == "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Generator> <META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Originator><LINK= href="cid:filelist.xml@01C4CAD4.276D2B80"= rel=File-List><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName"= namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:Sm= artTagType> <STYLE> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=blue link=blue= bgColor=white> <DIV class=Section1> David,   Your 1st hour is your tuning fee,= each hour after is at whatever per hour...   David I.   ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: David Love= <<A= href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcas= t.net</A>> To: 'Pianotech' <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:30:02 -0800 Subject: RE: wear and= tear on da nerves Bad idea.<FONT= face=Arial color=navy size=2>  I would say that most of the time my tuning= fee exceeds my hourly rate.  <o:p></o:p> <SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY:= Arial"><o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">David= Love <st1:PersonName>davidlovepianos@comcast.net</st1:PersonName><= FONT color=navy size=2> <o:p></o:p></DIV> -----Original Message----- <SPAN= style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:= pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]= On Behalf Of Sarah= Fox Sent:= Sunday, November 14, 2004 4:40 PM <SPAN= style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:= <st1:PersonName><SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:= Tahoma">Pianotech</st1:PersonName><FONT= face=Tahoma size=2> Subject: Re: wear and tear on da= nerves <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> Hi= all,<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Instead= of imposing penalties and invoking complicated pricing= structures for your invoices, why don't y'all just charge by the= hour?  Give an estimate up front, and point out that the= actual fee may be greater or lesser, depending on how difficult= the piano is, how much noise/distractions you have to put up= with, etc.  When anyone is on the clock, time is of the= essence.  When someone cranks up the vacuum, politely tell= the client that you have to interrupt your tuning while the= vacuum cleaner is running, because you can't hear the beating of= the notes -- but that you're still on the clock.  By the= time you take a good stretch, the vacuum cleaner should be= winding down.  ;-)<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Peace,<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Sarah<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in;= BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in;= MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1.5pt solid;= PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV> -----= Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV style="font-color: black"> From:<SPAN= style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <A= title=antares@euronet.nl= href="mailto:antares@euronet.nl">antares</A>= <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> To: <A= title=pianotech@ptg.org= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A>= <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Sent:= Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:00= AM<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Subject: wear= and tear on da nerves<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> <o:p> </o:p></DIV> <FONT= face="Times New Roman" size=3> On 14-nov-04, at 6:25, David Love= wrote:<o:p></o:p> <FONT= face="Times New Roman" size=3>I= hadn't thought of this before but next time somebody is making= noise when I'm tuning the piano...k'ching...thank you that= will be an extra fifty bucks for wear and tear on my nerves.= Won't take long and they'll be thinking twice before they= flush the damn toilet. David= Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net= ____________________________________________= ___ pianotech list info:= https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR= style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR= style="mso-special-character:= line-break"><o:p></o:p> Yeah...= I'd say Nuke= 'em! *(; >)) friendly= greetings from Andr� Oorebeek "where <SPAN= style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Music is, no harm can= be"<o:p></o:p></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML= >