Yuk, that's pretty cruddy. Sounds like a good person to stay away from. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "George" <geotak@minet.ca> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Referral Fees > My apologies for the typo. > I worked on the inside of the piano and got paid. > He worked on the outside of the piano and got paid. > He said for his fee he would have done both the inside and the outside job. > George > > At 08:43 AM 2/8/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Sure you can reply! But reply again. I don't understand what happened here. > >Did the other guy do ALL the work? What do you mean he could have done both > >his job and mine for the refinishing job? And then be on the lookout for > >what? I don't get it. But I may just be dense. Please explain, as I do wish > >to understand. Thanks > > > >Terry Farrell > >Piano Tuning & Service > >Tampa, Florida > >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "George" <geotak@minet.ca> > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > >Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 8:49 PM > >Subject: Re: Referral Fees > > > > > > > Terry, > > > I am not sure if I should write to the listserv since I am not a PTG > > > member. I agree to some sort of referral fee for any recommendation. > > > About 30 years ago, when I was a beginner, one of my costumer wanted to do > > > some major repairs on his piano refinishing included. Since I am not a > > > furniture refinisher, I recommended my costumer to a colleague of mine who > > > had a complete refinishing section in his piano shop. ( For information > > > purposes he was a piano rebuilder with a complete shop). When he returned > > > the piano to my costumer with a very beautiful piano a got paid he said he > > > could have done both his job and mine for the refinishing job. > > > That was two recommendation to this fellow from; the first and last. > > > I thought I mention this to all sincere technicians to be on the lookout > > > when referring someone. > > > George Takats > > > retired technician > > > > > > At 06:32 PM 2/7/01 -0500, you wrote: > > > >This post is related to Howard's recent post. Some techs like a lot of > >shop > > > >work and some don't. Some tune almost exclusively. They obviously run > >into > > > >many pianos that could use major regulation, action rebuilding, bridge > > > >repairs, restringing, rebuilding, etc. > > > > > > > >If a tech called me up and said that he/she had a customer with a piano > >that > > > >needs bridge work, restringing and a new pinblock - let's just say $3,000 > > > >worth of work - it would seem appropriate to me to work out some type of > > > >referral fee for this type of work. I get what I want (shop work), the > >other > > > >tech gets a happy customer and a better piano to tune. > > > > > > > >I would think a referral fee would entice those non-shop oriented techs > >into > > > >pursuing these types of arrangements. Does anyone have any experience > >with > > > >this type of thing. I just did a bridge repair for another tech and gave > >him > > > >10% of the job fee. Any thoughts? > > > > > > > >Terry Farrell > > > >Piano Tuning & Service > > > >Tampa, Florida > > > >mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > > > > > > > > >
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