Fred, You are entitled to your opinion; just be aware it contradicts PTG's Antitrust Guidelines, the research I and others have done on the issue, and the advice of every attorney we have consulted about it. To read the 2004 Antritrust Guidelines go the members only section of the Piano Page and open the Archive page, click on 2004 AntitrustPolicies. Sincerely, Dale Dale Probst, RPT Secretary/Treasurer Piano Technicians Guild sec@ptg.org -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred Sturm Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 12:29 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer installation On 4/9/05 8:30 PM, "Jim" <jim@pianoguy.com> wrote: > Why not get the PTG to investigate and report factually on how the A-T > legislation does relate to our profession. Amen!! We rely on a generic legal opinion developed for professional organizations - an opinion which may be valid for doctors, cpa's, lawyers and the like, as their professional organizations have almost all practitioners as members (thus are virtual monopolies) and are directly involved in certifications which are commonly required by law (you can't practice law without passing the bar exam, which is created and administered by the ABA, for instance). But the situation of PTG is SO different from these organizations that I don't believe we need have the least bit of worry with respect to anti-trust laws, regardless of decades of paranoia and commonly held belief. We are such a marginal profession, we probably don't even comprise a majority of those "practicing the profession (loosely defined)," and our one certification has no legal standing. How in the world can we "restrain trade?" (even if we weren't such a bunch of individualists, and could come to some sort of agreement as to prices). Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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