Sounds like you could use a sweet young thing to uplift your spirits. :+AD4-) James Grebe from St. Louis RPT pianoman+AEA-inlink.com Home of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals -----Original Message----- From: Newton Hunt +ADw-nhunt+AEA-jagat.com+AD4- To: pianotech+AEA-ptg.org +ADw-pianotech+AEA-ptg.org+AD4- Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 12:54 PM Subject: Re: Tuning Rates are subjective on this list. +AD4-Plumbers generally have some +ACQ-50,000 in parts, +ACQ-10,000 on their truck +AD4-and some have back hoes or trenching tools. Their show price reflects +AD4-their investment. +AD4- +AD4-Plumbers are expensive, but they are also licensed and controlled. We +AD4-are not. +AD4- +AD4-My cousin is a plumber and I worked with him a couple of times. I later +AD4-had a better appreciation of why he charged what did. +AD4- +AD4-If you are not in the middle middle or the upper middle class in your +AD4-community you are not charging enough for your services. +AD4- +AD4-Those who are tuning 30 pianos a week, or the equivalent will have a +AD4-higher standard of living, but will spend more time and energy acquiring +AD4-it. I will not work that hard. +AD4- +AD4-Walk a mile in another professioinals shoes and pay his bills before +AD4-critizing his prices. +AD4- +AD4- Newton (overworked, under paid, under appreciated, +AD4-taken advantage of) +AD4- +AD4- +AD4-
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