BRAVO DEL as I am with you 100%. Enough of this already. Thinking we cannot discuss prices is silly and paranoid. Those of you thinking "you cannot even mention" it are obviously misinterpreting the laws. Call the FTC on Monday if you want. Glenn. -----Original Message----- From: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com> > >It is only price fixing if we use those discussions to 'fix' prices at some >artificial level as a group. You know, like those electricians, plumbers, banks, >etc., do regularly. An open discussion about the time it takes to do a task and >general pricing is not price fixing. Our own prices are 'fixed' by our overhead, >by how much we have to pay in wages and materials, by how much profit we want to >make, and -- perhaps more than anything else -- our results. What someone else >charges for their work is irrelevant to us when it comes to making up our own >price list. It is of academic interest only. > >I refuse to live in fear of our own government, no matter how out of control it >may be right now. I would prefer to actively campaign against and vote those out >of office that do not regard our personal rights above those of a bloated >bureaucracy with too much time on its hands. There is a lot to be said for at >least some aspects of the Libertarian point of view. > >Del
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