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For the people who string for themselves, do your friends expect you to string their rackets?
Not worth it, even if they pay you.
Not worth it, even if they pay you.
i actually love stringing for friends with whom i hit.For the people who string for themselves, do your friends expect you to string their rackets?
Not worth it, even if they pay you.
If you feel that way, you should charge what your time is worth to string racquets or just refuse, it's just that simple.Should be no big deal to let them know you are no longer stringing if it is not worth your time.I would not want you to string my racquet if you felt the way you do.An hour of my life gone
was that particular friend critical of the work you did or super picky about how you went about stringing the racquet?An hour of my life gone
I've had requests from a few very close tennis friends to string their sticks. I shut it down immediately by responding that I only string my own. If someone persisted, I'd offer them a price of $100.Yeah you have to tell people that you only string for yourself. Have to make that super clear. I do give people strings though, since it is very easy amass way too many that you will never use.
lol, no, because i'm usually quick to say, "i don't string racquets other than my own"For the people who string for themselves, do your friends expect you to string their rackets?
Not worth it, even if they pay you.
for me, there's no ROI, in terms of $ or other...i actually love stringing for friends with whom i hit.
what makes it not worth it to you?
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to answer your original question: not many people expect me to string for them when i tell them i do stringing. most of the time, they are already comfortable paying through the nose at the local tennis shop.Yes, I only string for myself.
If you string even once for a friend, you now open the door to becoming his lifetime stringer.
Next thing you know, 5 people want their racket strung.
Gladly, no one has asked me, but it is not a precedent I would set.
Not everything is measured with money. If your friends are grateful to you, if they make you feel that they appreciate what you do for them, if you know that you helped them with learning and experiencing something they did not know before about their setups, it will give you something valuable, on the emotional level, that money cannot buy - that very joy of helping other people and sharing the knowledge. Also, you might get something from your friends in return, they could offer you help with something that they would not offer otherwise.For the people who string for themselves, do your friends expect you to string their rackets?
Not worth it, even if they pay you.
I would agree with this. I actually got one of them to get into stringing on his own. Bought an X-2, etc. and is all set and going.Not everything is measured with money. If your friends are grateful to you, if they make you feel that they appreciate what you do for them, if you know that you helped them with learning and experiencing something they did not know before about their setups, it will give you something valuable, on the emotional level, that money cannot buy - that very joy of helping other people and sharing the knowledge. Also, you might get something from your friends in return, they could offer you help with something that they would not offer otherwise.
If you do not want to do it anymore, or they start bothering you way too often, or the "gratitude" component is gone, or if it just takes you too long, you can always plainly say NO or say that you have too much on your hands and have no time for stringing. It is not that difficult, especially if you do not position yourself as a stringer doing business as a stringer.
On the other had, if you are looking for more practice to improve your skills - stringing for friends can be a good opportunity.
I do not think your friends would EXPECT you to string their racquets, unless you proactively offer it. They would not expect you to come and wash their cars, or work in their yard, would they? Stringing is no different.
If you have a full time decently paying job, doing it just for money, indeed, is totally not worth it. There should be something else in it that makes it attractive and valuable for you.
£100 is my going rate. Life is too short to string for someone else. Especially when it takes me 45 mins. Especially when you can bodge it up. No.For the people who string for themselves, do your friends expect you to string their rackets?
Not worth it, even if they pay you.
Hahha then you are a very slow stringer! Once you do it in 20min you see things differentlyAn hour of my life gone
Obviously improving your technique will improve your times; especially weaving. Also a few extra tools like a starting clamp and a hollow awl can make life easier. The next step would be to upgrade from your floating clamp machine to a fixed clamp with a linear pull tensioner.An hour of my life gone
I try to string for as many of the people I play with as I can. Easy money at 20 mins a racket tops and they pay more attention to their strings and as a result play better. Them playing better means we win more.For the people who string for themselves, do your friends expect you to string their rackets?
Not worth it, even if they pay you.