My costs have gone up because I drive around 60+ miles a day. It would be nice if all my clients lived on the same block James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:43 PM Subject: Re: cost o' living > with a whole week's worth of driving to and from jobs, i MIGHT end up > paying an additional $5 in gas because of the higher prices at the pumps; > that's it! But 99% of my business is within a 10 mile radius, and I never > have to use the freeway. Gas prices have not affected me negatively at > all...yet. > > Terry Peterson > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net> > Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: cost o' living > Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 07:45:49 -0600 > > I added a increase tuning price last spring to cover the higher gasoline > cost. It probably is a wash. I am not making any more profit, just > putting myself in a higher tax bracket. Gasoline costs are going to do > the country in unless we find another way of getting around with our tool > boxes. > Jim > James Grebe > Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair > Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups > (314) 608-4137 > WWW.JamesGrebe.com > 1526 Raspberry Lane > Arnold, MO 63010 > BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! > pianoman@accessus.net > ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Patrick Draine" > <draine@comcast.net> > To: <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>; "Pianotech" > <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 5:48 AM > Subject: cost o' living > > > > > >On Nov 13, 2004, at 2:00 AM, David Ilvedson wrote: > > > >>Terry, > >> > >>You don't want to think about the cost of living in California > >>right on the coast in La La Land... > >> > >>David I. > > > >I know we've all absorbed the costs of the past year's gasoline > >price jump, but folks in the north are looking at a 37% increase in > >home heating oil (gas heat is up too but not that much). That had > >been a bit abstract (gloomy projections in the business section), > >but the temperature's been in the 20s most mornings this week, and > >there's five inches of snow on the ground today. The good news? With > >the heat going full blast, the pianos will be going out of tune > >fast. But will the heating budget eat up the "discretionary > funds" > >used for luxuries like a properly tuned piano? It seems time for > >another price adjustment of my own. > >Life in the Northeast, > >Patrick Draine > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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