<html> <body> At 06:12 PM 7/17/04, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>It takes the best/busiest tech in your area to raise his prices and the others will follow.   Is that you?   </blockquote> Best? Who knows? I have to be pretty good for the university job I have but there are others who are also very good. I'm definitely not the busiest, if you're referring to in-home type clients because I simply don't have the time to do that much off-campus work. <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Are you raising every year?</blockquote> No, but I go up often enough to stay pretty close to the highest priced techs in town. <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>David I.</blockquote> Avery <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:58:03 -0500 Subject: Re: hr rate; complete regulation of the grand piano >Hi Patrick, >I'm like a lot of techs, I have a hard time raising my prices! :-) >But in spite of that, I'm still on the high end of the prices here >in Houston! >Avery >At 10:28 AM 7/17/04, you wrote: >>On Jul 17, 2004, at 3:49 AM, Avery Todd wrote: >> >>>  Dale, >>> >>>  I thought I was charging "pretty" close to what I should be. Considering >>>  I also have a full-time "salary" type job. >> >>Umm, what's that got to do with it? Unless perhaps all your private work >>is at venues (community concerts, your church denomination) for which you >>feel an overwhelming altruistic urge to subsidize the arts or religion? >>Seems to me your non-salaried work should be in your "overtime zone," not >>the "below the market" zone. >> >>>  Am I wrong? >> >>Altruism is a noble virtue. >>We're all free to set our prices where we wish. I know it's not easy for >>me to raise my own prices. We ought not sell ourselves short. >> >>Patrick Draine >>in the expensive Northeast (hey did you know plywood prices went up 53% >>this past year?) >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a> _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a></blockquote></body> </html>