[CAUT] (OT) Job Available

[Porritt, David]

Tim:

You're right.  If there were no one else in Dallas but me I'm sure I
could get $1,000 per tuning but I think congress would start looking at
a windfall profits tax for me as they should be doing with oil companies
now (IMHO).

dave

David M. Porritt
dporritt at smu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Tim Geinert
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:03 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] (OT) Job Available

At some level I know that some of what Ed says is right, but I don't
believe 
it is an absolute.  Especially in  this scenario(Katrina, people moving 
around, etc), and in some others as well, to push the market to whatever
it 
can possibly bear pushes past the truth of knowing you are worth what
you 
are charging to outright arrogance and profiteering and immorality.  It 
can't ever be right to kick someone when they are down just because you
can!

Good luck, Lance!

Tim G.

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Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] (OT) Job Available


> Lance writes:
>
> <<  I need three
> of me.  Our tuning fees range $100-135 and I have more work than two
> more techs could handle.  >>
>
> Greetings,
>    If the phone isn't ringing, the prices are too high, (or quality is
too
> low).  If you are booked more than three weeks in advance, there is 
> something
> else going on.    It doesn't matter what the price is, if a tech is 
> turning
> down tunings for lack of time, they are underpriced!
> Regards,
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>