---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Sep 19, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Piannaman@aol.com wrote: > Avery, > > Uhhh...I don't give the tunings away, the dealer does. =A0I get paid,=20= > but not enough to merit extra work. =A0 I would suggest talking to the dealer about the fact that you have been=20= doing more work than he's ben paying for, and you would like to get=20 compensated for it by him. After all, these are problems which probably=20= existed when the piano was delivered (excess friction in keys, excess=20 lost motion, rubbing hammers), not caused by "normal usage" by the=20 customer. Does the dealer want good word of mouth from pleased=20 customers or not? Try to convey this to him in a straightforward=20 manner. Some technicians develop very positive relationships with dealers.=20 Others don't. I got out of dealer work as soon as I could. As for the=20 occasions when I have done some "dealer warranty work" -- well I've got=20= a bounced check from said dealer on my desk right now. Warranty work=20 for manufacturers has, in my experience, been a much more positive=20 experience. Patrick Draine ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1192 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/30/18/26/35/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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