Terry, I don't keep track of my time. I'm depressed enough as it is. Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG Santa Clara, California cmpiano@attbi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 4:21 PM Subject: Re: Terry/Rebuilding Uprights > Thanks Joe. I agree. I have your labor guide and use it quite a bit. That is > how I priced this job. But as far as actually keeping track of my shop > time........please - only ten new things at a time!!!!! ;-) > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 2:23 PM > Subject: Terry/Rebuilding Uprights > > > > Terry, > > You made a comment: "wish I had kept track of the time....". > > IMHO we should all keep better track of the time spent on jobs. My Repair > > Labor Guide is a product of doing just that. I know that it's not perfect, > > but it does give us a point of reference. I would suggest, that anyone who > > is doing shop work, invest in either a good lapse time stop watch or a > time > > card machine. They are inexpensive and are worth their weight in "gold". > > If you use something to keep track of your time spent, then you can check > it > > against the RLG and decide if you are working efficiently or if the job > you > > are doing is just more difficult and deserves a higher charge. The whole > > point is to be FAIR to yourself AND the client. It's a difficult > > "tightrope" we walk, in this regard, but we are making a living doing > this, > > so let's get a little more organized. > > Regards, > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > >
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