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Topic: ---> Price Increase <---- |
Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2016 11:48 am |
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My wife finally convinced me that I'm selling my tabs too cheap so I'm raising the price of my tabs to $2 each plus postage.
This price increase does not apply to my 1000+ gospel tabs, they will remain at $1 each plus postage, and I will still be offering a free monthly gospel tab.
Thanks to all for your patronage.
Over the past several years I have sent tab to over 1,700 steel guitar players.  |
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Mike Archer
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church hill tn
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 8:56 am right on
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I agree with your wife Erv this is long over do
you tabs are worth way more then the a dollar bro
2.00 is still a way low price for you great tabs
be blessed
mike
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 9:51 am
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Mike,
I'm glad you agree that they are still a bargain.
I get a lot of orders for just one tab and the postage amounts to more than the cost of the tab. When you deduct the cost of the envelope, printing expense and etc., I'm lucky to get 50 cents out of the deal. |
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James Quillian
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2016 11:27 am Re: ---> Price Increase <----
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
My wife finally convinced me that I'm selling my tabs too cheap so I'm raising the price of my tabs to $2 each plus postage.
This price increase does not apply to my 1000+ gospel tabs, they will remain at $1 each plus postage, and I will still be offering a free monthly gospel tab.
Thanks to all for your patronage.
Over the past several years I have sent tab to over 1,700 steel guitar players. |
What a great opportunity to give an economics lesson. For maximizing income, it is impossible to to know the optimum price for goods or services without making adjustments. It is always safe to increase a price when demand is so great that it is hard to fill all of the orders. Raising a price when demand is waning is always a mistake and results in reduced net income. Just as an academic exercise it will be interesting to see how this works out for you.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2016 6:11 am
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My tabs a $2 each are still a bargain. Most tabs on the forum are being sold in the $5-$10 range. My tabs
are quite thorough. |
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Jerry Berger
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Nampa, Idaho USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2016 8:39 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
My tabs a $2 each are still a bargain. Most tabs on the forum are being sold in the $5-$10 range. My tabs
are quite thorough. |
I'm in full agreement with Erv. IMHO, his tabs are the best out there!
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2016 1:21 pm
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Jerry,
Bless your heart. |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 14 Mar 2016 12:30 pm
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Erv,
Just a thought, but why no list an example of one of your tabs; just a page would do? stevet |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2016 12:35 pm
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Steve,
Good idea.
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James Quillian
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2016 10:15 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
My tabs a $2 each are still a bargain. Most tabs on the forum are being sold in the $5-$10 range. My tabs
are quite thorough. |
Agreed, but there is still no certainty that you will net more income. Markets are highly impersonal. The inverse relationship between price and quantity is undeniable. I am sincerely interested in how this works out, not as a musician/customer but as an economist.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2016 10:24 am
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James,
How many do you want to order? 
I don't have any for banjo! |
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James Quillian
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2016 10:59 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
James,
How many do you want to order?
I don't have any for banjo! |
I have so many of your tabs already, I haven't had time to play through all of them yet.
What I like about your tabs is that with a little bar movement and up and down on the pedals they are very much like Jeff Newman's "Music to Steel by." And, I have heard that "Music to Steel by" was an attempt to teach students how to sound like Jimmy Day. Also, playing only the top two notes gives a completely different feel to the song. These arrangements are highly versatile.
Banjo tabs are so plentiful on the Banjo Hang Out site, I can't imagine how banjo tab writers can make a profit at all.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2016 11:03 am
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James,
Thanks so much for the compliments.
I guess my tabs are somewhat patterned after Buddy Emmons where he promoted "playing in pockets". I like to write my tabs with a minimum of bar movement up and down the neck. It makes for smoother playing.
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James Quillian
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2016 11:14 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
James,
Thanks so much for the compliments.
I guess my tabs are somewhat patterned after Buddy Emmons where he promoted "playing in pockets". I like to write my tabs with a minimum of bar movement up and down the neck. It makes for smoother playing.
Erv |
I think of them like a coloring book. They can be played to taste.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2016 11:48 am
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James,
You are correct, Jeff Newman had a course at one time called: "Just Play The Melody". That's how my tabs are written, strictly around the melody.
It's up to you to do the improvising. |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 13 Apr 2016 9:55 am tabs
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Same here Erv. Just play the melody is what Jeff taught me as well.
It's a good thing we don't do this tabbing for a living.
Keep up the good work.
Don
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2016 7:29 am
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Don,
Bless your heart and you keep up the good work, also! |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 6 May 2016 12:55 pm
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| Thanks Erv, I wish all those selling tab would list an ex. as you have done. Good luck on the sales. stevet |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 6 May 2016 12:57 pm
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| Thanks Erv, I wish all those selling tab would list an ex. as you have done. Good luck on the sales. stevet |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 7 May 2016 8:18 am
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Steve,
Thanks! |
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