Hi Patrick, I'm like a lot of techs, I have a hard time raising my prices! :-) But in spite of that, I'm still on the high end of the prices here in Houston! Avery At 10:28 AM 7/17/04, you wrote: >On Jul 17, 2004, at 3:49 AM, Avery Todd wrote: > >> Dale, >> >> I thought I was charging "pretty" close to what I should be. Considering >> I also have a full-time "salary" type job. > >Umm, what's that got to do with it? Unless perhaps all your private work >is at venues (community concerts, your church denomination) for which you >feel an overwhelming altruistic urge to subsidize the arts or religion? >Seems to me your non-salaried work should be in your "overtime zone," not >the "below the market" zone. > >> Am I wrong? > >Altruism is a noble virtue. >We're all free to set our prices where we wish. I know it's not easy for >me to raise my own prices. We ought not sell ourselves short. > >Patrick Draine >in the expensive Northeast (hey did you know plywood prices went up 53% >this past year?) > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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