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 I offer a sliding fee scale, debit card payment, and even accept barter! Tier "B" prices are for families who make less than $55,000 a year. Tier "C" prices are for families where the primary breadwinner is unemployed. Portfolio evaluations are priced per child with no family cap. Curriculum, Transcript, and Tutoring help is priced per hour. Standard "Early Bird" Evaluations completed in April or May cost only $25.
Is your main breadwinner in the Ministry or serving in the U.S. Military?
We are pleased to offer a 20% discount off our "already low prices".
Evaluation-by-mail is an additional $10 fee per family. Late Fee: After July 15th of any given year, I only offer "Standard" evaluations and charge a flat fee of $40 per child. Appointment Fee: If you are so late or unprepared that I can't possibly do your evaluations, you will be charged a $20 appointment fee and asked to reschedule. Cancellation: Appointments cancelled with minimal notice and without cause are charged at half price. A few questions, and answers, about "the money thing": Q: Did you raise your prices? Q: What is this cancellation fee all about? Q: What is this appointment fee all about? Q: What if my husband is on disability? Q: Do you offer a discount for large families? Q: Why does your fee go up after July 15th? Q: Do I need proof of income? Q: Are you subsidized or something?!? Q: What payment forms do you accept? Q: What exactly does "barter" mean? Q: I'm getting a lot of tutoring. Could I get a discount? Q: What if I...? Q: Did you raise your prices? A: Every four years I re-evaluate my pricing structure. On August 1, 2011 I adjusted my prices a bit across the board. Most notable changes:
A: First of all, life happens. In no way will I be charging a cancellation fee because you need to reschedule an evaluation due to an upcoming scheduling glitch or because your kids are sick! However, when I book your appointment I'm reserving my time for you... I'm not scheduling another client, heading to the pond with friends, or working on a writing project at home. When you know in advance that you can't make your appointment but don't show up or let me know, I'm left with a chunk of wasted time that can't really be spent productively. I'm not going to nag you or "hold it against you"... but I am going to have to charge. Q: What is this appointment fee all about? A: Unfortunately, I've had a number of clients arrive very late (twenty or more minutes) or without a a functional portfolio. If you arrive for your appointment without an "evaluateable" portfolio, or so late that your evaluations can't be done, you will need to reschedule your evaluations and pay a $20 appointment fee. This is intended to, marginally, reimburse me for the time I've spent waiting and/or looking over your materials. Q: What if my husband is on disability? A: I try to keep my sliding scale simple, but there's a sticky range between being unemployed and being under-employed. If the main breadwinner in your household is on long-term unemployment benefits due to disability, you probably fall somewhere in between tiers B an C. Just pick a number! If you're doing fine on Social Security, Insurance, and part-time jobs, then feel free to pay at the Tier B level... but if not, go with tier C. Most of my clients in this situation pay me something in between. Q: Do you offer a discount for large families? A: I don't offer multiple-child discounts. I love large families and want to encourage them in any way possible. However, I also feel for the one- or two-child family that struggles to justify Rosetta Stone due to its high "per-child" cost. I try to keep my per-evaluation cost down for all of my clients. Q: Why does your fee go up after July 15th? A: I value my freedom to homeschool in New Hampshire. Each year I spend countless hours fielding emails, calling Representatives, and "visiting" Concord. We currently have minimally intrusive homeschool laws... and yet have been classified as an HSLDA "Red State" due to our "hostile legislative climate". Realistically, every time a homeschooler ignores a simple deadline, required by law, we all look bad. Remember: you don't have to be "finished" school, you only need to show adequate progress over the last year! Life gets in the way, so I'm not going to nag you if you slide into July... and I'll still gladly do your evaluation in August or even September. The higher rate is just my little incentive for you comply with New Hampshire's homeschool law. Q: Do I need proof of income? A: You do not need to bring your W2... I'll trust you! Q: Are you subsidized or something?!? A: Nope. I do this as a business and a service; call it a vocation. If your husband just got fired, I'd rather you buy a copy of Story of The World, or groceries, than pay me $25 for an evaluation! Q: What payment forms do you accept? A: I accept cash, checks, and (drumroll please) most credit and debit cards. Please make any checks out to "Bethany Barnosky" and try to bring correct change because I rarely have any cash myself : ) I have recently implemented credit and debit card payment through PayPal. PayPal's just processing your order... you don't need to create an account to check out. Q: What exactly does "barter" mean? A: Simply put, I've been known to trade an evaluation for a textbook or help with my car. For timed services, such as tutoring or transcript help, I just trade hours; I spend a few hours helping you set up a transcript and course descriptions and you spend a few hours teaching me how to bake. We can schedule bartering appointments or, at it's simplest form, I can tutor your student while you do yard work, clean my house, or stock my freezer. I love to trade what I love doing for what you love doing... Win Win! Q: I'm getting a lot of tutoring... Could I get a discount? A: Absolutely! If you pay for two hours of tutoring at a time, the price drops to $25 for those two hours, $20 with your ministerial or military discount. You just have to pay at one time, not neccessarily get tutored for two hours back-to-back. Q: What if I...? A: I know that life happens, but if you pay by check and it bounces I will need to charge a $20 returned check fee. This is to cover the bank fee(s) that my bank charges me when your check is rejected for insufficient funds. If you forget your wallet on evaluation day, it's not a crisis, I'll just send you home with a bill. However, please try not to forget your wallet : ) |
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