[pianotech] a new one for me

[Terry Farrell]

No, my point was not for concern regarding getting paid - but rather  
something else......

Terry Farrell

On Aug 22, 2009, at 9:51 AM, David Love wrote:

> Do you mean taking a chance on not getting paid or something else.   
> Though not often, I’ve had this happen as well.  Usually, if someone  
> is willing to leave me a key without having met me it’s a referral  
> and not a random shot out of the phone book.  I’ve never had a  
> problem getting paid.  In such cases I always get a phone number  
> where they can be reached in the event I find something with the  
> piano that needs doing above and beyond what I expected.  My first  
> time customer fees are generally scheduled as longer appointments  
> (and a bit more) so they’ve already had the price outlined.  Though  
> this arrangement is not typical I don’t see any reason to worry  
> about it.  Unless, of course, they are in the habit of leaving  
> expensive watches lying around.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
> On Behalf Of Terry Farrell
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 2:11 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] a new one for me
>
> Wow. IMHO, you are really taking a chance. If it is a long time  
> customer, maybe not so big a deal.
>
> One time I tuned a piano for a new customer and they were not home -  
> they left a key outside for me and mailed me a check - I never saw  
> anyone. I felt VERY uncomfortable with that arrangement - not sure  
> why I actually went through with it - I'll never do that again. Just  
> seems way too much chance of problems.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Qshooterq at aol.com wrote:
>
>
> 20% of my tunings are done with no one home, and most of those with  
> no one to greet me. Even some brand new customers.  ---Tom Gorley
>

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