I've received bad checks from both sides of the income ladder. But, in each case, it was made good, and each was very apologetic. I now tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, and I don't worry, at least not too much, about eventually getting paid - I've always gotten paid. (I hope my trust doesn't end up biting me in the you-know-where someday!) I've also received tips - $10 here, $20 there. (It doesn't happen that often, but it does occasionally.) I explain that it is not necessary to tip the piano tuner, but if they insist, I appreciate it. And the really strange thing is that the ones who tip me are the ones who can least afford to - never been tipped in a multi-million dollar home, of which I get into quite often. Regards, John Piesik, RPT Oceanside, CA ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: RE: clunker Author: degen@telcel.net.ve (Elian Degen) at SMTPGATE Date: 3/30/99 12:02 PM Joe & Penny Donīt be surprised, I tune for a lot of hi income people, it happens a lot, very seldom I get a check bouncing from middle class people, I think hi income people do not keep money in their check accounts, they keep it invested. Some for whom I tune are long time customers, I donīt know in the US, but here you can present the check at the teller later again, normally the second time it gets through. Elian -----Mensaje original----- De: Frank Cahill <fcahill@erols.com> Para: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Fecha: Lunes, 29 de Marzo de 1999 10:29 p.m. Asunto: Re: clunker >Joe & Penny Goss wrote: >> >> Leslie, >> A while back I tuned a PSO for people living in a new million dollar home. >> Check bounced because of insufficient funds. O:( >> Joe Goss >> >> > > > > >Hey, I tuned for someone in a $800,000 home...check bounced! A charge >them for the banks fee, also. >-- > >Frank Cahill >Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild >Northern Va >
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