[CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer installation

[Jim Kinnear]

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Wim

Thank you for putting a bit of detail into what might be seen as a =
blanket prohibition, based on unclarified fear of the government. .=20

There is a huge  difference between the statements and intent of=20
" What do you charge for . ."
and
"Let's all agree to charge . . "
They are miles apart.

Given what I have observed over the past decade on this list. it would =
be easier to build a bridge to Hawaii than to get al the 'listers' to =
agree on a fee schedule !!

Oh, and by the way, the snow is gone from this part of Canada !

Jim Kinnear
www.pianoguy.com
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  Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:54 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer =
installation


  In a message dated 4/11/05 10:38:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time, =
jtanner@mozart.sc.edu writes:
    > Wasn't there legal action taken against a certain large chapter in =
a=20
    > major city in Minnesota about 25 years ago?  It had something to =
do=20
    > with price fixing?   Maybe that's just a legend.
    >
    > Tim Coates
    >

    There was.  It is not legend.

    Jeff Tanner, RPT

  From what I remembered, what got the Twin Cities chapter in trouble =
was that they actually made a motion, and voted, to charge a specific =
price, or a minimum price, for tuning. That, I think is what got them in =
trouble. Although we should abide by the Antitrust Guidelines, some of =
them are pretty far out. I don't think there is anything wrong with =
discussing how much we charger for particular things, as long as we =
don't make any kind of statement along the lines of "let's all do that". =
I will probably be told that that is not right either, but that's my =
story, and I'm sticking to it.=20

  Wim 
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