[pianotech] pros and cons of discounts

[Don]

Hi Mathew,

While it would be within reason to charge for an appraisal fee--keeping the funds for unperformed service is at best tacky.

If I were the person doing the hiring you would be "off my list" and I'd tell everyone I knew about it.

Mathew Todd wrote:

One time I submitted an invoice to a school to tune four pianos.  They wanted me to fax the invoice right away because they only had a few days to use their funds before the next budget year started.  So I submitted it for four pianos (yes, with a break for each one).  Anyway, when I got there to tune we (the choir director and myself) had discovered one of the pianos had been vandalized.  (Some kid dumped a bucket of water in a grand).  So I skipped that one.  When I finished the three, I submitted another invoice for the three I did.  When I got the check a few weeks later, I found they had still paid me for the four (my original invoice).  You know how much of a hassle it can be to try and deal with this, when you are probably dealing with a dozen different people at the school, so I didn't bother (not my mistake).  Oh, and I don't give credits either.

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
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3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7
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