What we charge?

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Wim,

Ease up Wim. There is no such thing as "overcharging" for our work. We, as
independent contractors, set our own prices. If someone wants to charge $300
for a tuning and a client agrees to pay that $300, it is a mutually agreed
upon contract between the two of them and it's none of our business what
they contracted to do (although I'd probably be slightly, well more than
that, envious of anyone being that great a salesperson!). It's not gouging
either. It's called supply and demand. The technician has the supply; the
client has the demand. Simple.

In my not so humble opinion, the only way a piano tuner/technician can "rip
off" anyone is by doing shoddy work and accepting payment as if it were for
quality work, no matter what the amount was.

We all set our own prices for which we sell our knowledge and time, for
whatever reasons we choose. John's are as good as any I've heard.

Gina


----- Original Message -----
From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: What we charge?


> In a message dated 1/27/00 9:46:08 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
staytuned@idirect.com
> writes:
>
> << I say base your charge on experience, demand, professional affiliation,
> expenses and local economy. Hundred dollar tunings may not fly in Humboldt
> but will in New York. Then again, maybe there are no tuners within a
hundred
> miles of Humboldt, in which case it's a dollar a mile and a dollar a cent.
>>
>