Penguinisto opened this issue on Feb 01, 2008 · 44 posts
Penguinisto posted Sun, 03 February 2008 at 10:43 AM
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big long drawn out sigh
Ah, the written word - so many can use them, but so few can express them well. I'll just leave it at that.
Quote - No, I am saying they are as much to "blame" as the store staff, as they choose the categories initially.
Sorry, but the buck stops at the staff.
Scare quotes are single ticks ( like 'this' ).
Yes, the word blame (or if you prefer, responsibility) is appropriate. Deal.
As someone who deals with real-life consignment sales (specifically I deal in antique and vintage audio equipment), I've yet to find an antiques dealership that doesn't have a set of rules forbidding a consignee to stick his or her wares outside of the rented booth area and put them, say, in the front window for better placement. Items found there are moved back pretty quickly when discovered, and a consignee who does it more than once is first told, then warned, then thrown out.
Online, places such as eBay will summarily delete entries that are found to be mis-categorized. Other stores will simply move them as they find them. The small mom-and-pop affairs I don't worry about as much, because they've got their own incentives to keep it straight, and they're still struggling, so slack is in plentiful supply for 'em IMHO. OTOH, Renderosity is a multi-million-dollar concern. They are big enough to take it on the nose when they goof up.
Quote - Just a suggestion but if you want changes like this to occur, there is not much point discussing them in the forum, direct them at the PTB, they are the ones capable of making the changes.
Done that too many times over the years to have received the perfunctory "we'll get right on it!" followed by a big helping of nothing. It's easier to get things done by gathering general agreement first. ;)
Quote - P.S. I am a merchant, so I am taring myself with the same brush,
...but kissing up to the boss never hurts, right ;)
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