<HTML>In a message dated 4/12/02 1:15:31 AM !!!First Boot!!!, rohde@pdnt.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">List,    I read with interest the discussion on how techs charge...hourly fees, etc.   If we base ourselves on hourly fees, do we not hurt our income in the long run?  I know how long it used to take me to do an action regulation on a Yamaha Grand.  I now can do that same job in less than half the time due to speed gained through experience.  Am I now to be docked because I've attained more experience and skill?   It seems wrong that a person like myself who has been working for 30+ years should have to contract more jobs just to keep up with the novice.  Even the auto repair industry has manuals listing hours per job to charge.    Interested to hear responses. Thanks!! Ted Rohde - Central Illinois </BLOCKQUOTE> There is no law that says you can't charge more per hour. If you used to take 10 hours to regulate an action, and charged $40 per hour, and it now takes only 5 hours to do that job, you have obviously become more experienced. So reward yourself, and charge $100 per hour. You'll get the same money for the same job, but you're only working half the time. But don't stop at just action regulation. You aren't just more experienced in action regulation. I am sure you're also more experienced in doing key rebushing, tuning, bridle straps etc. So now you can charge the same amount doing all you r jobs. And when it come to charging for something you've not done before, you know how much to charge: $100 per hour. Wim </HTML>