I can't say I agree with the ethics you present and not only because I imagine those thoughts stem from bias. I can't prove or substantiate that, I admit. I just get the hunch that you are a dealer yourself or have some type of close relationship with someone who makes their living or supplements their income by slinging goods at convention "crap-marts".
Buying a space at convention's dealer room is essentially the purchase of eyes upon the dealer's product. That's it. Everyone knows the area is there for vending so people go there to look around and see if they like the crap that's in there. The idea that people with products or services outside of the dealer's room somehow legitimately threaten the ability of folks in the dealer's room to make money is pretty ludicrous when it's all said and done. The only way that someone could do such a thing is if they rented a hotel room for the 3 nights (which may or may not be more expensive than a table in the dealer room), turned the room into a miniature store with lights, shelving, displays, etc, and LITTERED the entire convention with leaflets or flyers directing people to the room. Truth is, I don't even know the legality of such a thing, which only adds to my point.
Furthermore, I feel compelled to ask if you've ever used a P2P service to download music or software, i.e. Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, WinMX, etc. If so, as it pertains to ethics, your argument would be shot completely to hell.
And lastly, the terms 'convention dealer room' and 'business ethics' should never come within a nautical mile of one another. While I know, there are a lot of good folks in these dealer's rooms with original, licensed, and many times flat out amazing products, I along with everyone else know that there is nearly as much unlicensed, pirated, or otherwise ripped off garbage there.
All said and done, while I apologize for coming off like a crusader, I can assure you I'm certainly not. I rarely buy anything out of the dealer's room or anywhere else except for the bar. I show up, drink a lot of booze, stare at pretty girls, and hope against hope for wrestling matches to break out in the anime room.
So it's nothing personal.
Ya did kinda come out with yer guns blazin', though.
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Doing the Right Thing?
Date: 2005-08-04 05:15 pm (UTC)Buying a space at convention's dealer room is essentially the purchase of eyes upon the dealer's product. That's it. Everyone knows the area is there for vending so people go there to look around and see if they like the crap that's in there. The idea that people with products or services outside of the dealer's room somehow legitimately threaten the ability of folks in the dealer's room to make money is pretty ludicrous when it's all said and done. The only way that someone could do such a thing is if they rented a hotel room for the 3 nights (which may or may not be more expensive than a table in the dealer room), turned the room into a miniature store with lights, shelving, displays, etc, and LITTERED the entire convention with leaflets or flyers directing people to the room. Truth is, I don't even know the legality of such a thing, which only adds to my point.
Furthermore, I feel compelled to ask if you've ever used a P2P service to download music or software, i.e. Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, WinMX, etc. If so, as it pertains to ethics, your argument would be shot completely to hell.
And lastly, the terms 'convention dealer room' and 'business ethics' should never come within a nautical mile of one another. While I know, there are a lot of good folks in these dealer's rooms with original, licensed, and many times flat out amazing products, I along with everyone else know that there is nearly as much unlicensed, pirated, or otherwise ripped off garbage there.
All said and done, while I apologize for coming off like a crusader, I can assure you I'm certainly not. I rarely buy anything out of the dealer's room or anywhere else except for the bar. I show up, drink a lot of booze, stare at pretty girls, and hope against hope for wrestling matches to break out in the anime room.
So it's nothing personal.
Ya did kinda come out with yer guns blazin', though.