Pricing

[Terry]

Some insight from Florida. First of all, we don't care how you do it up
north (famous Florida bumper sticker). Second, our taxes are very low
('course, you get what you pay for - but let's not worry about that!). We
underfund our schools. There is no budget to tune pianos. If they get tuned,
it is the teacher that pays for it out of his/her own pocket (unless they
can find some do-good group to step up). Teachers get a $200 yearly stipend
to buy supplies for the classroom. That is gone the first week just to buy
paper and pencils - let alone piano tuning.

But do I discount school tunings? Nope!   :-)    I figure putting up with
the hassle factor is discount enough.

Terry Farrell

> Hi Micheal,
>
> Let's see if I have this right. You support the schools by paying
> taxes..and then you give them a 25% discount. Hmmmmmm.
>
> At 06:22 PM 26/01/2005 -0000, you wrote:
> >   & List I for one think you should never undercut  yourself. Clients
> >don't expect it and you're the only loser. The only time I  ever charge
> >below my standard rate is for schools - then I charge about 75%  normal.
> >Regards Michael
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose