<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT><br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Thanks but I don’t feel any compelling pressure to quote a price.  This was for your amusement.  </SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div>My reply was also. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim<br> <br> <br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 4:38 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Email inquiries for estimates<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_c1b14dd1-c1a0-4d05-8f4c-108714c53202> <STYLE>#AOLMsgPart_1_c1b14dd1-c1a0-4d05-8f4c-108714c53202 td{color: black;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; 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FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">David Love</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com/" target=_blank>www.davidlovepianos.com</A></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></div> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <div class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A><br> <B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 29, 2011 7:18 PM<br> <B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><br> <B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Email inquiries for estimates</SPAN></div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></div> <div> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: blue 1.5pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in"><PRE><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">You gotta love this one.  Blind email asking for an estimate.  Didn't have</SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">the heart to tell him that I charge double for Chickenberry's.</SPAN></TT></PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Since he has no clue what he has, or how much it's going to cost to do the work, you can charge anything you want. But he won't know it's double. So give him a number you'll be happy with, and so if he's stupid enough to pay it</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WIm</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: David Love <<A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</A>><br> To: pianotech <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><br> Sent: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 4:04 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] Email inquiries for estimates</SPAN></div> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_fbc37f45-2805-46a3-b5c4-021702deef4f><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">You gotta love this one.  Blind email asking for an estimate.  Didn't have</SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">the heart to tell him that I charge double for Chickenberry's. </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">"The piano is an upright</SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">It is a Chickenberry or a name similar</SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The piano is starting to show signs that it needs to be repaired.</SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">I have no idea of the age of the piano or the last time it was tuned"</SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">David Love</SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com/" target=_blank>www.davidlovepianos.com</A></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT></PRE></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font>