<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Pricing of upright versus grand hammer installation</TITL= E> </HEAD> <BODY> On 4/= 11/05 10:10 AM, "Jim Kinnear" <jim@pianoguy.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Thank you for putting a bit of detail into what might b= e seen as a blanket prohibition, based on unclarified fear of the government= . . </BLOCKQUOTE> I doubt “the government” is watching or cares the least little = bit. BUT the notion of a disgruntled dealer, mad at being unable to find som= eone to do $25 floor tunings, suing in order to instill the fear of gov in t= he local techs, or filing a complaint that leads to “investigation&#82= 21; – that is a very realistic scenario. I frankly think chapter or or= ganization would prevail (in virtually any scenario I can realistically imag= ine), but it might easily bankrupt the organization to do so, as the Twin Ci= ties case makes clear.     There is not a blanket prohibition on discussing fe= es, but there are several caveats. It is absolutely permissible to do survey= s which ask about pricing, and to post the results, for instance, and PTG do= es this.     It’s really quite silly, as prices are clearl= y more nearly fixed in many professions than they are in ours. Every reputab= le auto repair shop charges exactly the same labor rate and uses the same bl= ue book to determine hours, for instance. Makes you want to be a libertarian= , almost <g>. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico </BODY> </HTML>