Honest people

[Brian Holden]

Graeme, Thanks for you comments, which I agree with entirely - Brian

----Original Message-----
From: Graeme Harvey <gharvey@netsource.co.nz>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Tuesday, 21 December 1999 19:56
Subject: Re: Honest people


>Hello Brian,
>
>Luck may have something to do with it, and good follow up of whats due
helps
>greatly. I have been in business now for five and a half years and in that
>time I have only written off $150 partly due to my not being on the ball
>quick enough. Just today though I have passed a 5 month debt to some debt
>collection people as I'm not having much success in collecting. It is only
>$140.
>I must say that piano owners (if there is such a grouping) are generally
>pretty good to deal with, on the other hand  I think dealing with pop
>musicians would be quite a different story as many of these folk never seem
>to have much money and they always seem to want the latest expensive
gizmos.
>
>I really like being a piano tech for all the reasons outlined in this
thread
>plus lifestyle reasons. What other work can you do at any age, puts you in
>contact with genuine people, is challenging, creative, allows you to get
out
>and about, provides a great sense of satisfaction, can be brought home etc
>etc.
>
>Cheers.
>
>Graeme Harvey
>New Plymouth NZ
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Brian Holden <bholden@wave.co.nz>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 2:30 PM
>Subject: Re: Honest people
>
>
>> Hello Clyde
>>
>> I admire your attitude towards musicians and the supposed correlation
>> between them and favorable credit ratings.  I have also been in business
>for
>> many years, and while I have not been stung too often by non-paying
>> customers, I have been stung often enough - and also by people who I
>really
>> believed would have treated me better.  Before I went out piano tuning, I
>> worked in two different  music stores over a period of five years and I
>lost
>> count of the bad debts that were incurred by musicians when buying
>> equipment.  As much as I would like to believe you Clyde, I suspect that
>> your lack of bad debtors is not attributable to your customers, but
>rather,
>> to your own good business sense or (dare I say it) - good luck.
>>
>> Just a thought - Cheers, Brian Holden
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
>> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, 21 December 1999 1:03
>> Subject: Honest people
>>
>>
>> >Friends,
>> >
>> >I can also recall only two bounced checks, and that in almost twenty
>years
>> of
>> >business (twelve of those were part-time).  In both cases there was a
>> >"situation," and I got my money promptly after phoning the clients.  To
>> date I
>> >have lost less than $150 to two clients who refused to pay.
>> >
>> >I was a high school music teacher for seventeen years.  I always felt
>that
>> my
>> >students caused much less trouble than the general student population.
>I'm
>> quite
>> >certain there is a direct correlation between involvement with music and
>> >trustworthiness or good character or whatever, but I've never seen
>research
>> done
>> >on the subject.  I'm not sure what useful purpose it would serve anyway.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >Clyde Hollinger, RPT
>> >Lititz, PA, USA
>> >
>> >DGPEAKE@AOL.COM wrote:
>> >
>> >> The piano industry indeed is one of the best to be associated with. I
>> could
>> >> go on and on, but to this date I have only 2 bounced checks from
>> customers in
>> >> 20 years of business.  In fact, I believe piano owners are the best
>> customers
>> >> to be associated with.
>> >
>>
>>
>