[CAUT] finder's fees?

[Kent Swafford]

I have turned down commissions in the past. This assumes that I did  
not put great time and effort into the sale. Turning down commissions  
will discourage blame being hurled in your direction if the piano goes  
bad. I don't think commissions would be a big part of a tech's income,  
but turning them down can buy some good will. After one sale resulting  
from my introducing buyer and seller, I was hired by the buyer to do  
fairly extensive work on his new piano, _and_ I was hired by the  
seller to put new hammers, shanks, and flanges on his other piano;  
after all, he had just sold a piano so he had plenty of money to  
s(p)end my way for work on his other piano.

Kent



On Jun 3, 2008, at 2:13 PM, John Minor wrote:

> Just curious what a typical finder's fee is for facilitating the  
> purchase of a customer owned piano. Is it a percentage of the sale  
> and who pays?
>
> John Minor
> University of Illinois