outrageous charges--estimates

[Farrell]

I don't know that Christianity is required for good business ethics and a
sense of fairness, honesty and respect for other humans. Dishonesty hurts
the dishonest one in the longrun. "What goes around comes around".

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <richardb@c2i.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 3:05 AM
Subject: Re: outrageous charges--estimates


> This I do not subscribe to... This has nothing to do with the free market,
> unless one is totally devoid of morals. If you take an old ladys Steinway
for
> 500 knowing its worth 5000... thats about as fraudulant as it gets.. and
> personally I hope, from time to time, that the Christians of the world are
right
> about at least one thing... namely that there is a heaven and hell, and
that
> such folks will find their way to the appropriate elevators when the time
comes.
>
> A free market is an honest one. Dishonesty falls into another catagory.
>
> Robert Morss wrote:
>
> > >If I sold my $5000 used Honda to some old lady that didn't
> > >know better at a 5000% mark up for $250,000
> > >is that not fraud, and have some legal ramifications?
> > >$440 for 16 tuning pins for parts only???
> > >Is there no accountability in this business.
> > >
> > >   David Renaud
> >
> > It is called the free market. If the same old lady is selling her
Steinway
> > grand for $500 and you come to buy it, are you committing fraud if you
don't
> > tell her it actually has a market value of $5000?
> >
> > Robert Morss RPT
> > Greenwich, CT
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
>
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