signing 8283 IRS appraisal form

[Giovanni Voltaggio]

What's Turkey Hill?  I've never heard expression.

Giovanni


On Apr 29, 2007, at 11:46 AM, KeyKat88 at aol.com wrote:

> Greetings,
>
>           I had a lady customer who wanted an appraisal on the  
> replacement value of her Yamaha C7. It was 1972 manufacture. I  
> completely looked over the piano, and it was as new! She had a  
> humidifier running and told me she had done so since the piano was  
> new. By the looks of the piano I could tell. I couldnt find a thing  
> wrong with it. I wrote a letter stating that I did a full  
> inspection and then I called a dealer and asked what the price of  
> that piano. They told me 30,000.00 So I wrote that the replacement  
> value of the piano was 30K.
>
>        Turns out they sold the piano for 5,000 to a non-profit  
> music group and wrote 25,000.00 off their tax. Now they want me to  
> sign this IRS form. My confidence is shaken, because I am suppose  
> to sign this thing, and it states that "I do appraisals on a  
> regular basis"...however, I do tuning and repair on a regular  
> basis. Am I over-worring here?  I mean, I think the purpose of the  
> form is to confirm that I just dont work at Turkey Hill or K-mart  
> or something and that I do know the value of such things, which I  
> do know. Is there any responsibilty I have over looked. I am  
> tuning, repairing, refurbishing and evaluating for 4 years now.  
> This is a first.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Julia
> Reading, PA
>
>
>
> See what's free at AOL.com.

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