<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/6/2006 6:42:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, jimfrazee@msn.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>So today I run across an ad in our local "shopper" newspaper which I repeat here verbatim:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"<STRONG>NYS AUTHORIZED PIANO TECHNICIAN: </STRONG>Thorough, precise, honest.  Tuning $100." followed by the man's name, claim that he has a Masters in Music and phone number.</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>  <FONT size=3>   I saw this and thought maybe NYS authorized meant that he was authorized in that </FONT><FONT size=3>his business is registered with NYS here we have </FONT><FONT size=3>to collect sales & service tax.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   What bugs me are tuners charging $50 or 60 and also getting away with not having to collect sales tax.   That hurts legitimate technicians.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>T, Ayers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Highland NY</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A href="mailto:Tunebyear@aol.com">Tunebyear@aol.com</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>