Daio.. you forget something.. I am a recent merchant at the store myself as well! :o) Not for profit of course, just to save my poor credit card as well as steve's from getting overloaded over our addictive hobby! :o) No.. I think it's clear that this generalization is not addressed to all merchants.. just a very few who have seen the whole situation completeley differently from the majority of the rest of us! To them, winning at all and competition is what makes them thrive, no matter how, no matter at what cost.. we have a greek saying about these kind of people.. those who walk on dead bodies to achieve their goals! So I"m just talking about them only and nobody else.. No.. I won't share that specific person's name with anybody.. it's between the person who has trusted the info to me and myself.. it will never go further as I've promised and I DO keep my promises! It was a suspicion of mine judging from other coincedences, I'm just glad that person put his head in the sack to reveal that it IS so, despite how dangerous it was for him! So no.. I won't betray his unexpected trust by saying WHO in public.. it's good enough that I know for myself and I can do my best for self protection from now on. Competition is not everything.. I never believed in that ..I never will! It's the fun of Poser.. it's the fun of creativity, it's the good enthusiastic feeling that makes your day once you achieve the effect you were after and just wish to share with the rest around who will understand and know what you mean! It's also being in love with hard work and never believing what you've done is enough.. so you go on exploring further! THIS is what poser has been to me up to this day.. this is what it'll be till the day I'll have to quit..hopefully when I'm dead! VL grin So please don't all of you who happen to be merchants get offended, as I do know people are not all the same! There have been lots I've bought from and never regretted, and even more who've turned to be nice, generous people and friends of mine.. but unfortunately there are also a few who are not what they seem to be.. it's just sad to realize they can influence the way this place is run sooo much... Politics and Power.. the next couple of worse plagues after commercialism.. and they have all found shelter in Renderosity.. pretty chilly a thought..hum? VL grin Rena

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