charging for downtime?

[David Ilvedson]

I'd do them all in the afternoon when schools out...school does get out doesn't it?   Pianos used after school?   If you tell the school you need to do them after school...after 2 pm and let them find a day it might work out...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist@swbell.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Received: 2/24/2006 2:24:34 PM
Subject: charging for downtime?


>Hello list,

>Here is a situation I will be facing next week (times adjusted for the sake
>of simplicity).

>I've been hired to tune 3 pianos at a school which is about 20 miles away.
>Two of the pianos are in the same room; the third is in a different room.
>Because of class schedules, the first two must be tuned between 8:00 a.m.
>and 12:00 noon (no problem there), but the third one is only available after
>2:00 p.m., leaving me with a two-hour gap.

>Here's the question: is it reasonable to charge something for the two hours
>of downtime?  I've already cut them a break on the tuning price, since there
>are six pianos involved (I tuned three today, and am going back next week to
>do the other three).

>Thanks,
>Paul Mulik, Joplin MO

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