1. Accountants I've seen have not adjusted their prices
to reflect the much-lower trust their industry has earned
in the wake of Enron, etc. Slowly, the business world is
adjusting the prices for them ("would you like fries with
that?") -- a good thing, IMO. I can't trust the big ones, and
nobody else trusts the small ones. Letting any businesses
lower their prices to reflect their lower reputations will
always take some time, it's sad news, and the reputation
lowering process hasn't even ended! (Witness the travel-
scandal of Price-Waterhouse/Coopers in *yesterday's*
WSJ -- and when I can pull examples from yesterday's(!)
newspaper without ANY research, the business is in bad,
bad trouble, like it or not...)2. Assuming an accountant with the PERFECT reputation and a decent (meaning MUCH lower than they imagine!) price, and a decent contract (don't ask), they could not make me feel anything's right if the individuals I trust said "something's f___ed up." I don't trust accountants these days, they need to go earn my trust back. It won't be easy, it won't be fast, and (for accountants, if not me) it won't be much fun. Others also need to confront the accounting profession with this attitude, for their own good.
I do trust Jay and Doug (though I'm surprised someone would want ME to go look at bars of what could be gold, as I'm no expert on immense gold bars!). Therefore, in view of competing priorities and the FACT of Examiner (go track a bar by number for all I care, I'm sure they're all there!) it's not worth the money at the moment, IMO. (Do you really think there's an accounting firm that's clueful-enough to do the physical AND computer tasks that would be required just to say Examiner's alright? I know many will *SAY* they're that good, but I'd want proof, and I do not think I should have to pay for it in view of the current scandalS surrounding accounting.)
This situation isn't likely to change until various other situations change first. Getting the blessing of entities whose reputations are tanking is low-priority for good reasons, IMNSHO. My mind is unlikely to change until they manage some scandal-free time (along with some lowered prices & higher quality). Evolution in action until that time will lead to a few more firms dying. JMR
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