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Dave Bunch pdtek@mchsi.com
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:16:59 -0500


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Hello-=20

Well, I've seen some venting about difficult customers lately so I will =
submit a story here just to double check my policies. I do want to be =
fair.

I tuned a Kimball console last week that had been neglected a few years. =
A bit flat, but not much. I finished up, collected the fee and left. The =
next day she calls me saying that her brother came by and didn't like =
the sound of it. He apparently used to tune a bit, and told her that she =
should get me back out again. Fortunately over twenty years, these calls =
are rare, so I said I would come back and there would be no charge, even =
if it needed retuning.

I schedule a time, drive forty miles round trip, and she stands me up. I =
waited a half hour and left. I could have tuned another piano during =
that time. When I get home later there is a message on the phone =
apologizing for missing the appointment. I called her and she said a =
couple of her day care kids were lost in a corn maze for an hour and a =
half, when at this point a kid chimes up in the background "We weren't =
lost!" The story sounded fishy but either way, I took a loss on it. I =
told her at that point I was still willing to check out her piano and =
work on it if needed at no charge, but that I can only make one free =
trip out there. If she wanted to make another appointment, there would =
be a minimum service charge. She went ballistic and said that was a lot =
of money when the job wasn't done right the first time!

Am I being unreasonable? Lets even assume that whatever is wrong with =
the piano is my fault. How many times should I block out a time and =
absorb the mileage to go there for free?

OK, I'm done now.

Dave Bunch
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