<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sky may be falling, but right now I'm not feeling it. How about this question, how is everyone's business?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a friend that owns a very high end bakery, over 100 employees in his single location, a 30 foot display with $90. cakes, he says despite rising costs on everything and him trying to hold the line business is block buster.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I like to use him as a barometer. Anyway, that's this week, who knows about next week.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:01 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> the economy</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV>Our services are postponable, and are more of a luxury than a necessity to most people, Fill the tank with gas, or tune the piano? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What if anything are any of you considering to maintain business in the comming months with the economy looking so bleak?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cutting fees? </DIV> <DIV>Other discounts?</DIV> <DIV>Other services?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks ,</DIV> <DIV>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>