At 03:28 PM 3/15/97 -0600, you wrote: >> ...Ethical lines are clear. You should not get paid twice for the same job.. >> Newton >Newton, List, > >Your statements appears to be completely true. My questions are: >Is receiving a referral fee from a dealer for the sale of a piano, and >receiving a finder's fee from the customer who bought that piano the >same job? Or is it two different jobs involving the same item? >Keith A. McGavern The instances you mention are separate. The question you have to ask yourself is whether you recommended that piano because of the commission you will receive or because it was a good piano for the customer. Your motive is the what comes into question ethically. And it is your relationship with the customer which would dictate your acceptance of a fee from them. Where the finder's fee is the meat and potatoes, the commission is the gravey. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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