i agree this whole anti b.c. thing has gotten out of hand. i just want
to share some views of my own
i cant speak from experience about bent crayon and how good/not good
they are, but i can say he has been doing this as long as i have, and
he has a thriving buisness. there have been a bunch of people who have
come and gone selling this kind of music, and he is still there. i
know how hard it can be. hats off to anyone who can make a go of it. i
know john must be pretty good because he has always proved to be
worthy competition for me at least. bent crayon does have lots of
loyal customers and thats a undisputed fact. i also cant dispute that
he does indeed sell a more varied selection of music. it would totally
make me mental if i had to send out a new release list every week that
size. bent crayon, s://kimo, and playing by ear all have different
philosophies about what we should sell and how to sell it. i think
it's great that all of us are individual and that people have a
choice. in a lot of ways its like comparing apples and oranges. i also
think it sucks that this has turned in to a bent crayon v.s. s://kimo
thing. its not something i enjoy reading
This isnt a game. both john and i have our sole means of income tied
up in our businesses. we dont do this for kicks you know. its not like
we have a couple of records that we sell off to make us some extra
pocket money. this is our livelihood. i am not defending bent crayon
because i want to be a "nice guy", i am doing it because its not fair
to him or any of us dealers. i could just as easily be me getting
attacked out there. i am sure he works very hard all of the time to
build his business and reputation, and people just being unreasonable
and unkind in a forum like this is really irresponsible. it may not be
the hardest job in the world, but it aint no stroll in the park
either. john also has employees he needs to look after and thats a big
responsibility.
and lastly (hate to say it) but some of you guys out there in customer
land are no saints either. i would say that the vast majority of you
are great and a pleasure to do business with but a few here and there
are enough to make you want to get a state job! i cant speak for bent
crayon, but i am sure he has the same problems with people stiffing
him on orders, changing orders, not returning e-mails (you guys do
that too you know) declined credit cards, ect
if you gotta gripe, gripe to us, not 1000 people. its not cool.
-pj
pj>the exalted grand puba of mail order
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