price fixing -- sort of

[Farrell]

Naw. No comparison. "Normal" shopping is done after hours. "Normal service
calls are done during "normal business hours" - whatever they may be.

I, like most techs, schedule grouped service calls for a given area on a
common day. Assuming I am busy, anything that deviates from that gets a
premium added to it (usually a lump sum plus travel time). Now at times in
the past I have found myself a bit desperate for cash - when that has
occurred, I have chosen to do a job at an odd time at the normal fee - but
only because I feel I can't afford to loose the job.

And of course, I, like many techs, rarely do what they say. I am busy as sin
currently. However, yesterday (yes, SUNDAY, JULY 4th) I tuned a piano
downtown for a fee less than my normal tuning fee. This was however my #1
volume client and the situation was a special need that could only be
address at that time.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Lawson" <ptg@pianotech.org>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: price fixing -- sort of


> But then again, do you pay more when you go shopping at the weekend or
after
> hours?
>
> Brian
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Andersen" <bigda@gte.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: 05 July, 2004 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: price fixing -- sort of
>
>
> > Along the lines of pricing, do you charge an additional percentage or
> > surcharge for Sunday or holiday tunings?  I want to know if/when it is
> > appropriate to ask for extra pickles on my Big Mac.
> >
> > Mark Ultsch
>
>
> Absolutely.  Doesn't every other service profession? Really, guys.  How
long
> are we going to undervalue our worth?
>
> David A.
>
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