[pianotech] Estimated fees

[Leslie Bartlett]

I have appreciated this discussion...  We're stuck with discretionary money,
and that puts us in a different category than people who make or fix things
which are necessities, so "price fixing" in our business depends on the
market entirely, and the comments about different markets having markedly
different pricing standards stands out suggesting there is no possible way
the PTG could possibly be accuse of "price fixing".....    There is simply
no way it could be done.  So, I'd think we could talk about our pricing, but
it would be relevant only to our close geography, and even elements of
climate would enter into the discussion further diffusing and "fixing"
noting.  But thanks for this discussion.

Les Bartlett

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Norman Cantrell
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 12:45 PM
To: excelpianos at telus.net; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Estimated fees

 


Norbert

 

FYI Canada does have antitrust laws that are actually slightly older than
the laws in the United States.  See this site
http://www.mccarthy.ca/pubs/antitrus_overview.pdf for an overview.  

 

Norman Cantrell

--- On Mon, 4/2/12, Heritage Pianos <excelpianos at telus.net> wrote:


From: Heritage Pianos <excelpianos at telus.net>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Estimated fees
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Monday, April 2, 2012, 12:08 PM

No problem thanks, for your advice.

By the way we are in Canada , don't have same anti trust laws as U.S.

Anti trust laws are to prevent "price fixing" that's their sole purpose.

This was not my intent asking a simple question, sorry for getting you mixed
up in this,

Thanks to all who still saw fit to give me an idea that we were at least in
the ballpark.

Can always go up from there..hint hint

Best to all 

Norbert

 

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Heritage Pianos
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 8:39 PM
To: fg at floydgadd.com; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Estimated fees

 

To make it easy, paying a tech $ 250 for his after delivery services of a
fully prepped grand, we deem fair and appropriate.

Those who don't agree with this can simply say "no"

Thank you to all those who have given us exceptional service in the past.

I appreciate working together with all PTG members to the benefit of our
common customers and be, at same time fair to  you and all parties involved.

Now take me to jail for having said this..

Norbert

 

From: Floyd Gadd <fg at floydgadd.com>
Reply-To: <fg at floydgadd.com>, <pianotech at ptg.org>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 22:30:16 -0500
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Estimated fees

 

I understand that we as technicians cannot discuss our prices here.  But
let's go a little easier on Norbert.  He is not a technician.  He is a
customer.  He sells pianos, some very fine ones (I'm in Manitoba , he's on
the west coast, and I tune for one of his customers!) and he is asking what
is fair to offer a tech for a defined body of work.

 

Now I know we can't give him an answer.  But as a customer, I really doubt
that he is crossing the line of the anti-trust issue.  And we don't have to
either, as long as we graciously decline to answer him in this forum.

 

Floyd Gadd

Manitoba Chapter

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