<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:00 AM, David Ilvedson <<a href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div lang="EN-US" vlink="#800080" link="#0000ff"> <div> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">They are selling the gold at a higher price than they paid for it...<br><br>David Ilvedson, RPT<br>Pacifica, CA 94044<br><br></span></font></p> <div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <hr> Original message<br>From: Kerry  <br>To: <a href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com" target="_blank">pianotuner@embarqmail.com</a>, "Pianotech List"  <br>Received: 3/18/2008 7:09:57 AM<br>Subject: RE: 2 Rude Questions<br> <br> <div> <div class="Ih2E3d"> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Re: Rude Q2</span></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The same goes for the folks who are selling their secret method for getting rich.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <hr align="center" width="100%" size="2"> </span></font></div> <p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Alan Barnard [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com" target="_blank">pianotuner@embarqmail.com</a>] <br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:26 AM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> </div><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> 2 Rude Questions</span></font> <p></p></p></div> <div class="Ih2E3d"> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The first rude question is related to our business, or any business actually: Today I mailed out some of the tools I recently sold on the list. The postal clerk wanted to know if I want to buy insurance. Question: Since I am paying them to safely convey said packages, why the heck should I have to pay more in case THEY lose them or break them? Maybe we should start charging our customers an extra amount to cover any possible callbacks we get because we left a mute in the action, or forgot to replace a pedal rod, or something, hm? A little screw-up insurance for OUR trade.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Second impertinent question: I keep hearing ads from companies companies selling gold ... you know, "Now is the time to buy", "Gold is a great investment", etc. My question is, if gold is such a great thing to buy and hold, why are these people so anxious to sell it?  Seems like a fair question, to me.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Alan Barnard<br>Salem, MO</span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div> <div><br> It's kind of like flight insurance and we all know how valuable that is!!!</div> <div><grin><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.<br>- Bertrand Russell<br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br> <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>