<HTML>In a message dated 2/19/0= 3 9:00:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Assistant!!?? What's the as= sistant get paid for providing the show biz portion of the program, and what do you do while the inside/outside cleaning is being performed? Also, is this inside/outside cleaning done annually, semi-annually, or one time for the price, and does the price change with the interval? Does the assistant ride with you throughout th= e day, or meet you at specific appointments without being on the payroll f= or every service call? How does the customer react to paying for two people= when only one is working at any given time? That is, unless you can tune= while the assistant is cleaning. How can a tuner support himself and an assistant in California for only $100 per hour for two people? This sort= of service structure intrigues me, but I've never understood how it is supposed to work </BLOCKQUOTE> Let me clarify...this isn't my show.  There is a gentleman in my ar= ea who does this, and he charges a pretty hefty fee for a service call. &nbs= p;I think I underestimated with the 150.00, come to think of it.  And I= don't think it is based on an hourly rate, it is on a per job basis.  = The assistant(let's just say it's someone close to the tuner) travels with t= he tuner.  From reports I've heard, the cleaning is done at each appoin= tment, and is done while the tuner works. He's popular in the well heeled ar= eas around here. I'm just getting to the point where I think I'll get somebody to help me= with scheduling and books!   Dave S.</HTML>