all right, let me get this straight. 1: i still have no clue what virus was talking about in the first post, here. what elite somebody or other is trying to kick everybody else outta the store??? 2: somebody wants to start a poser artists' guild, and if you qualify as an artist that puts out high-quality items, you get a guild seal of approval. this guild is utterly independant of any forum and has nothing to do with any vendor venue. so why do the vendor venues care??? seems to be somebody thinks the vendor venues think that if this independent guild doesnt give somebody or other a seal of approval thingy, that this poor person will not be able to sell stuff in the vendor venues. but if the vendor venues aren't associated with the guild, then having a guild seal of approval doesnt affect, one way or the other, if an artist places a product in the store. somebody else seems to think that the guild is going to grant these 'gold medals' or whatever to only people they like, and that this new 'clique' of artists is going to put everybody else out of business, because 'everybody else' doesn't have this 'gold medal.' am i following this story here? i think you're all nuts. :) and i told you the big secret going on in the back rooms of all the stores, including this one. sears, j c penny, macys, rendersoity; we're all plotting how to sell you stuff. what signs to put up on the shelves to make you want to buy stuff. what to do about shoplifters. what do you think we're doing? go to your favorite store at the mall and ask 'em if you can sit in on their next 'secret' employee-only meeting they're gonna have. at least we're no a fast food joint, scraping your food off the floor and spitting in your drinks and stuff. :)