Re: Sleazey Dealers

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>I've always wanted to know if 3d enthusiasts distinguished between part-time
>versus full-time dealers?  If yes, how do you distinguish them? If yes,
>should the part-time dealer be called something different than a full-time
>dealer? If no, why not?

Why does that matter?  What is a full-time dealer?  Some one who puts 40
hours a week minimum into "dealing" and makes a living out of it?  We had a
similar discussion some time ago... I personally feel that 3-d dealers
(part-time, full-time, whatever) do a good service by getting good 3-d
equipment out the hands of people that don't use them and selling them to
people that will use them.

When I was younger, just starting into 3-d, I basically hated dealers
because they stood in the way between me and the 3-d goodies I wanted but
did not have money to buy.

Some years later, trying to do what dealers do, that is, buying stereo
equipment from people that want to sell and selling them to those who want
to buy them, I better understand the process and have sympathy and
appreciation for those who do it.

For example, going to Atlanta for the NSA convention in 1995 and having a
table there was very different than going for the fun of it, just to enjoy
the shows, meet people and browse around in the trade show.  Having to come
back with the two VM projectors that I was carrying all the way from
Cleveland and having to explain to my wife why I was not able to sell them,
as I had assured her I'll do, was a big disappointment for me.

Dealing is not fun and it does not pay well either...  

I am sure there are other ways and activities that I could put my time and
getbetter rewarded but, what the heck, I just loooove 3-d.

George Themelis


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