To me, the suspiciousness arises from (a) the suggested appraisal values (b) the stated potential sale prices being based on suggested appraisal values (c) the intimation that a higher appraisal would result in the owner asking a lower sale price (d) the discussion of tax write-off, particularly vis-a-vis (c) But granted, we are all coming in at intermission. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Kendall Ross Bean <kenbean at pacbell.net>wrote: > Perhaps I missed something, but it is not at all clear to me why many seem > to be automatically assuming that the communication from David Ilvedson's > customer below is soliciting some sort of fraudulent behavior. > > I simply don't have have enough information to make that assessment. > > I don't know, for instance, what preceded this communication, or if the > customer had any basis (like a prior appraisal or valuation of some sort on > the piano in question) for the figures he is quoting. Perhaps he also has > some figures from his accountant that he is trying to work with. I mean, he > does say "If the appraisal was [this figure], or if the appraisal was > higher..." which to me seems to acknowledge that he doesn't assume what the > appraised value will be. > > Perhaps David Ilvedson could cast some more light on the circumstances > surrounding this "snapshot" he has given us. > > David Love commented in a recent post on this particular situation, "I do > appraisals but I don't fill in numbers on request. The appraisal must be > based in some kind of reality." I think most of us here would subscribe to > that. > > But to me it is not at all clear that that is what this customer is trying > to do. > > I can see ways that a person writing this could be legitimately and legally > trying to minimize the amount of taxes he has to pay. Don't we all try to > do > that? > > If I understood the initial post correctly, David Ilvedson simply commented > that he didn't see how a person selling a piano (rather than donating it in > its entirety) could also claim a tax deduction on it. It seems some are > assuming that that is not possible, but I'm not at all sure that is the > case. > > It also seems that some are assuming, from this limited communication, that > the customer is trying to tell the appraiser what they would like the piano > appraised at. Like I say, based on the limited "snapshot" we have been > given, that is not at all clear to me. I would need more information before > deciding "not to touch this with a thirty-nine foot pole". > > In recent years, I have become a lot more careful about assuming that I > know > a person's intent. > > Like I say, maybe I am missing something here that others can plainly see. > > (Wouldn't be the first time! ;-) ) > > Perhaps someone could fill me in. > > Sincerely~ > > Kendall Ross Bean > > ~PianoFinders > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081206/814e184c/attachment.html>
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