Time and Money

[Mark Schecter]

Brian,

Try this Consumer Price Index Inflation Calculator:
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

It lets you determine what some amount of money, say $100, in year x is 
equal to in the year y.

-Mark Schecter

Brian Doepke wrote:
> About how much is your yearly increase?  Is it a percentage?
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> **Brian P. Doepke** 
> 
> **AAA Piano Works, Inc.**
> 
> Piano Tuning-Repair-Purchase Consults
> 
> 260-432-2043
> 
> 260-417-1298
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *pianolady50 at peoplepc.com
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:33 PM
> *To:* Pianotech List
> *Subject:* Re: Time and Money
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> 
> Hello List,
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> 
> As your business grew, and you were finding less time available for 
> appointments, did you adjust your rates for new clients?
> 
>     I adjust rates effective January 1 of each year.  My established
>     customers get one service/tuning at the old rate.  When they
>     schedule they are told this and what the new rate will be for
>     subsequent tunings.  This "benefit" is only for my long time
>     customers that regularly have their piano serviced and does not
>     include those that had me tune just a couple times over the past
>     XXXX years.
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>      
> 
>     Debbie
>