At 05:39 PM 5/29/99 +0100, you wrote: >In article <199905291522.IAA09205@smtp5.jps.net>, David ilvedson ><ilvey@jps.net> writes >>Anyone can hang out a shingle and declare themselves a >>piano tuner in the U.S. It can be a problem. >> >>David I. > > >That is the same in the UK any fool can call them self a piano tuner, >However, you can not say you are a member of the ABPT, PTA or IMIT if >you are not. > >This person should be helped as much as possible to a point but if he is >saying he is an RPT to the public and not up to that standard he is >dragging down all the good work of the RPT's in that chapter. > > > > >Barrie, > > Hi Guys, The thing is that he said he is a Guild member, not an RPT which, as an Associate, he is. That's entirely legal and ethical according to the FTC and the PTG. That problem isn't with this person so much as it is with the system and the amply illustrated tendency of human nature to not differentiate between different classifications in an organization or company. Ron
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC