Hi Ryan, Now *THAT* is a "low blow". Piano Salesman indeed! *chuckle* I met one of them once--I barely survived it. I believe we are skilled craftsman--and I'm tired of hearing about tuners who wish their wives would go out and get a job so they can keep on working on pianos. At 08:50 PM 6/19/02 -0400, you wrote: >Don, > The market determines what your proper fee should be, not your desire for a >particular quality of car. If you cannot afford a particular car, raising >your fee above market value will not get it done. Best look into overtime, >perhaps reducing your fees, or changing occupations - perhaps to a piano >salesman. > >Phil Ryan >Miami Beach >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 4:50 PM >Subject: Re: Terry and service vehicle > > >> Hi Terry, >> >> You are the one who is not charging enough. If you can not afford the >> vehicle of your choice and a *new* one, or a *leased* one your rates are >> simply too low. The salesman probably leases the car so in a sense the >> Government is paying and not him. >> >> At 06:53 AM 6/19/02 -0400, you wrote: >> > >> >I saw the flip side of having a presentable car the other day. I pulled >> into the parking lot of a warehouse-type used Japanese piano importer to >> inspect a couple pianos for a lady. The salesman pulled into the lot right >> in back of me. Took him a couple minutes for the hardtop to automatically >> come out of the trunk of his new Lexus two-seat convertible. I am not >> familiar with this car, but I saw a used one in the Auto Trader and the >> asking price was $63,000. I concluded immediately, that the salesman (my >> spell checker suggested salmon?) was charging WAY TOO MUCH for his pianos! >> > >> >Terry Farrell >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> >> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >> >Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:11 AM >> >Subject: Re: Terry and service vehicle >> > >> > >> >They also cost $45,000. Techs must be doing well in your neighborhood. >> > >> >David Love >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Diane Hofstetter >> > To: pianotech@ptg.org >> > Sent: June 16, 2002 2:47 PM >> > Subject: Re: Terry and service vehicle >> > >> > >> > Terry, >> > >> > I'm sorry you won't be in Chicago too, your posts are always >interesting >> and it is clear that you are a great guy, it would have been nice to meet >> you in person. >> > >> > In our area almost all the techs drive Volvo wagons--Volvos have the >> image worldwide of being well engineered and well made, great technical >> machines, and that image is pretty good for a tech to have. Also, it is >an >> acceptable car to be sitting in the driveway of even the most posh homes, >> so your clients are not embarrassed--although not quite as good as a >> Mercedes ;-( >> > >> > Wishing you better luck, >> > >> > Diane >> > >> > James Baker <JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com> wrote: >> > >> > Sorry you won't be in Chicago, but Atlanta is a toddlin' town too. >> I'll see you there. By the way, I put a rebuilt transmission (after >> nursing it home from PA state) and ceiling liner in my Volvo wagon with >> 223,000 miles on it. It is a '90 and I get 30 mpg on the interstate. It >> is a great car with a lot of room. I expect to get another 100,000 out of >it. >> > >> > James Baker >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> > Do You Yahoo!? >> > Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> Regards, >> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. >> >> mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca >> >> http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >> >> 3004 Grant Rd. >> REGINA, SK >> S4S 5G7 >> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >> >> > > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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