charging for downtime?

[pianotune05]

Speaking of down time. I often wonder, when I'm up to speed etc., how am I 
going to work that in when using a bus system etc?
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: charging for downtime?


>I would not give a discount and the wait time could be used for going to 
>the library, extended lunch, paperwork you could do in the car and reading.
> Jim
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist@swbell.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:24 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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