culturejam wrote:But that's exactly what boutique is. It's expensive, semi-custom, hand-made pedals for cork-sniffing tone snobs. The whole industry exists because of "the fleeting tastes of aficionados". So if you can't give service to those people, what's the fucking point?
That's why B/S/T forums are so busy. There's the large section of the buying public who will only buy used so there's symbiosis there.
I provide products. Services that I've never advertised are not available. For the record, I also don't make sandwiches, clean gutters, or fix your car. And I won't be shamed into doing even if you scream it to the hilltops. It's not "too small to afford," it's "too early to give in to the entitlement."
Oh, and thanks for the exposure, askthedust. I got a lot more site traffic and a few orders out of it.
There is no such thing as bad publicity!
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culturejam wrote:But that's exactly what boutique is. It's expensive, semi-custom, hand-made pedals for cork-sniffing tone snobs. The whole industry exists because of "the fleeting tastes of aficionados". So if you can't give service to those people, what's the fucking point?
That's why B/S/T forums are so busy. There's the large section of the buying public who will only buy used so there's symbiosis there.
I provide products. Services that I've never advertised are not available. For the record, I also don't make sandwiches, clean gutters, or fix your car. And I won't be shamed into doing even if you scream it to the hilltops. It's not "too small to afford," it's "too early to give in to the entitlement."
Oh, and thanks for the exposure, askthedust. I got a lot more site traffic and a few orders out of it.
Edit: . Gah. Conflicting feeling from understanding both sides of view to a point.
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wsas3 wrote:Notice how Devi left her mess for us to deal with. I'm not saying lock this thread, because we aren't children, but we shouldn't get out of hand when the real fuckers have already done their job of pissing us off.
Read the whole thread, truest words written.
A goblin came on the carpet. We're adults, we can handle it. Someone does need to hit the goblin with a rolled up newspaper though.
culturejam wrote:But that's exactly what boutique is. It's expensive, semi-custom, hand-made pedals for cork-sniffing tone snobs. The whole industry exists because of "the fleeting tastes of aficionados". So if you can't give service to those people, what's the fucking point?
That's why B/S/T forums are so busy. There's the large section of the buying public who will only buy used so there's symbiosis there.
I provide products. Services that I've never advertised are not available. For the record, I also don't make sandwiches, clean gutters, or fix your car. And I won't be shamed into doing even if you scream it to the hilltops. It's not "too small to afford," it's "too early to give in to the entitlement."
Oh, and thanks for the exposure, askthedust. I got a lot more site traffic and a few orders out of it.
Sounds like you should reinvest some of this thought into your marketing strategy.