discounts

[James Grebe]

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> From: Mike Imbler <MIKE-IMBLER@worldnet.att.net>
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: Re: discounts
> Date: Saturday, March 29, 1997 10:13 PM
>
> At 11:22 PM 3/29/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >I agree,
> >	We should not give discounts for what should be considered as normal
> >maintenance.  I would rather charge more for people who don't tune as
often
> >as they should.
>
Dear Mike,
	There are not many places that tune their instruments 4 times a year or
more except institutions.  I find that I still spend the same amount of
time whether the piano is just a little out of tune compared to a lot.  It
still takes sounding the notes and moving the hammer to all the pins that
take a certain amount of time.  Whether you move the pin a little or a lot
it still takes the time.  I actually prefer tunings that are badly out of
tune compared to just a little. Driving time to and from remains the same
also whether or not you were there 2 months ago or 6 months ago. Am I
wierd.
Regards ,
James Grebe from St. Llouis
> I am a customer, not a technician, but am curious about this thread.  For
> the customer that tunes 4 or more times a year; is it not a quicker and
more
> pleasant tuning for you?  This may be a misconception on my part, but if
it
> is true it would seem to
> indicate that some discount might be in order (also to account for the
regular
> income stream).  Please don't flame, I'm just curious.
>
>                               Regards,  Mike
>