charging for downtime?

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Paul,
 
I wouldn't feel good about charging the school for this time, I would  just 
use the time to my advantage.  I'd go in at 9:00, tune the 1st two  before 
noon, then go and do something novel:  have lunch somewhere besides  my car.  Or 
take your walking shoes and get some exercise.  Or  both.  Or make all those 
phone calls you're behind on....
 
Dave Stahl
 
In a message dated 2/24/2006 2:26:06 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
tubist@swbell.net writes:

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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Dave  Stahl

Dave Stahl Piano Service
650-224-3560
_http://dstahlpiano.net/_ (http://www.dstahlpiano.net/) 

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