Price fixing by Piano Technicians? Don't make me laugh!

"Also, the PTG makes a big effort to keep discussion of money out of its operations. There are heavy federal penalties for any suggestion of price manipulation, so we don't get into it. The price of any given tech is not set or promoted [by] the PTG, it is a result of the individual tech's efforts and expertise. There are RPT's out there doing such a poor job that they get little return business and have no way to raise their prices, and there are RPT's that, like myself, have tuned our prices and quality of work to our market so closely that we are maxed out for time, and our prices reflect that, i.e. if you want my time, it will cost a lot more than another tech who's quality of work hasn't created more demand for their services.

"If we want more income, we either work longer hours, or we make our time more valuable. We can't blame anyone or any organization for the market. " - RPT 

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