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[pianoman]

I just took my morning shower and my mind came up with some more stuff.
	A person can run their business as an "underbrush" sort of operation or go
all big time like the "big guys" do.  If you operate on the fringes, do you
ever get real recognition?  Let me give you an example.  One of this lists
members, Willem Blees, started here  in St. Louis some years after I
started in business.  He has grown from just piano tuning, to repair, to
rebuilding, to renting pianos, to selling used pianos, and on to selling
new and used pianos and accessories and has the only piano store in the
southern half of the St. Louis area, biggest and only.  Think of all the
hoops he has had to jump through with store rents, licenses, zoning, gov.
rules, sales tax and so on. Did this deter him, no. There is a time when
you have to choose if you are going to run with the big boys and you have
to follow the same rules that they have to follow UNLESS, you choose to
stay in the underbrush and have that kind of clientele. 
	 If you are good at what you do don't settle for being on the fringe. 
Move up.  If you have to do the government walk, walk it.  Even though they
will get a cut, so will you get the biggest cut.  	We just had that $275
Mil PowerBall thing here.  In order to win the #250 Mil. you had to spend a
buck.  Isn't that the way it is for everything?
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
Piano Service and Piano Peripherals
Creator of Hardwood PLTR's and Custom Piano Benches
pianoman@inlink.com         If I wake up in the morning, it WILL be a great
day!

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> From: pianoman <pianoman@inlink.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: income up reply
> Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 7:27 AM
> 
> Yes Wally,
> 	 Mo does have a sales tax regulations.  I am trying to see if I can do
> mine to tag along with my wifes number for her sales tax number.
> James Grebe
> R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
> Piano Service and Piano Peripherals
> Creator of Hardwood PLTR's and Custom Piano Benches
> pianoman@inlink.com         If I wake up in the morning, it WILL be a
great
> day!
> 
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> > From: Wallace Scherer <WallyTS@compuserve.com>
> > To: INTERNET:pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: income up
> > Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 5:40 AM
> > 
> > Lisa's comment was similar to mine.
> > 
> > In Virginia, once a business has started to sell taxable items, there
is
> a
> > big form to fill out every month, whether or not a sale was actually
made
> > that month. I haven't sold any taxable items yet, but I have done a lot
> of
> > advertising for Dampp Chaser systems, so expect at some point to have
to
> > fill out the tax forms. My new receipt for services also has a section
> for
> > parts and materials, with a place at the bottom for sales tax.
> > 
> > Wally Scherer, Norfolk, VA
> > Web page: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2411
> > 
> > 
> >