<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Maybe he's dishonest about his work or maybe not. Maybe he's just a otherwise decent guy trying to get some business using questionable methods. Or maybe NYS stands for something legitimate. Before doing anything you should probably speak to this man.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- John<DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; ">So today I run across an ad in our local "shopper" newspaper which I repeat here verbatim:</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; ">"</SPAN><STRONG style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: bold; ">NYS AUTHORIZED PIANO TECHNICIAN: </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; ">Thorough, precise, honest. Tuning $100." followed by the man's name, claim that he has a Masters in Music and phone number.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14.6667px; ">First, New York State does NOT authorize piano technicians, period. Does anyone know of a state that does? But the point is, is there anything that we, the PTG, can do about this false/misleading advertising? Does the national office have a program or policy statement (yes, I know about OUR ethics but what about others?) Frankly, it makes us all look bad, (and I'm only an Associate, for now). Advice? Opinions? Guidance?</SPAN></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>