<HTML>In a message dated 10/12/01 7:28:23 AM Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com (Farrell) writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Giving a value of a piano upon request is something most of us, or at least I, do regularly.  (snip)</BLOCKQUOTE> I do too for items in the 3 figure range such as old uprights but never would for any piano worth 4, 5 or 6 figures.  (My 6 figure appraisals alone cost 3 figures). "<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If she volunteered the amount she paid and you thought it may be excessive, avoiding the issue with remarks about how nice of a piano it is would have been a much better thing to say." If you had read my original post and understood it, you would know that she specifically asked me what my opinion of its current worth would be. And I answered her with my best effort. Answering with "it's a nice piano" would be unprofessional, IMHO.</BLOCKQUOTE> I certainly did understand your post.  If I had been asked the same question, I would not have given a numerical answer.  I've been in the business long enough to know what the consequences of doing so would be. Thanks, Wim for your answer.  Be careful, Terry, before you *fully disclose* yourself right out of business. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin</HTML>