it's not neccesarily the merchant's job to emphasize the labor involved I agree completely. Another analogy would be knitting patterns. They always show these gorgeous finished works, and all you need to do is use the right yarn and needles and follow the pattern right? Well... more or less. But some people have more talent for knitting than others. I can tell you for sure that even if I followed those patterns to the best of my ability, the end result wouldn't look nearly as nice as the ones in the pictures. On the other hand, if my mother-in-law knitted it, it might look just as good... Maybe the knitting companies should put pictures of sweaters made by semi-competent knitters just to be sure no one is misled.... ;-P bonni

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