Parts stock - (was Schaff buys American Piano Supply)

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Ted,
            Welcome out of the closet.
If I would add up my shop parts, it would be closer to $20,000 Cnd. One set
of pre hung C3 hammers and shanks, $1200 Cnd. 1 yd of under string/ bushing
felt at each thickness, about $250 Cnd. for each, soon adds up.
Come to think of it, felt products alone would be more than $2000.
Regards Roger 


At 07:19 PM 02/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
>List,
>    I'm coming out of the lurking mode on this one.  We stock AT LEAST $2000
>in parts...probably a lot more if I stop and add it all up.  When I stop to
>think about it...a few of each kind of butt, wippen, flange, temp
>replacement hammer, bass string replacements for common pianos (P202, 243,
>P2, Baldwin D, old Steinway M-D's, etc that are in colleges and they
>commonly break...I despise universals), Protec, dampers, shanks, knobs,
>touch up materials, polishes, boy... just goes on and on and that's just for
>the road cars.  Then there's the shop.
>    If y'all don't have to have an inventory, tell me how so I can learn
>here.
>
>Thanks!!
>
>Ted Rohde - Central Illinois
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~responding to~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Boy, I sure don't have a couple thousand tied up in parts by a long shot...
>
>David I.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
>Of Roger Jolly
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 8:37 AM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Schaff buys American Piano Supply
>
>
>Hi Susan,
>                I'm going to play Devil's Advocate.
>You are out of brass flange clips, and have to special order some for a
>customer.
>You return home and process the order.
>You have paid for a phone call, and the shipping charges, plus a second
>visit to the customer to install.
>Even if they are next door neighbor's, there goes at least 1 hr of time.
>The part cost but a few cents.  How much do you charge the customer for the
>part?
>You probably have a few thousand dollars tied up in inventory, who pay's
>the interest on the money?
>From my own point of view, I either give the nickle and dimes parts away,
>and see it as the cost of doing business, or charge a $20 minimum parts
>handling fee. Now that could be seen as a grossly inflated mark up. But in
>reality it's survival to stay in business.
>Large ticket items we just double the invoice amount.  It's called profit.
>I have a $10 minimum parts policy for things like 3 or 4 hammer shank's, if
>you use common sense you will not be challanged.  You have to be fair to
>yourself, as well as the customer.
>We all end up in doing jobs that we loss money, so it balances out when we
>can make it up in other areas.
>Grining from ear to ear.
>Have a nice day.
>Roger
> 
Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505