charging for downtime?

[David Ilvedson]

Excellent question...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Isaac Sadigursky" <irs.pianos@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: 2/24/2006 6:40:17 PM
Subject: RE: charging for downtime?


>Hi,Paul! Here is my 1/2 cent.. 
>I always arranged tunings AFTER school hours.It's nice and quiet.Make
>friends with custodians,they are THE BOSSES,Eventually,they will trust you
>the MASTER kEY to get to the classrooms without looking for them all over
>the building.I used to stay late and get home AFTER the traffic with no
>problems.In emergency situations I got there at 6-6:30 A.M. and was done
>BEFORE the class periods.Down time?? Doesn't exist:go to hardware store,look
>at your suppliers catalog and order some parts,do some office work in the
>car,re-organize your tools-lots of things to do
>without getting bored. Hope,this free advice helps... Isaac
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Paul Mulik
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:25 PM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>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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