This was too long, so I had to post it in two
parts:
Hello Stephen,
I felt the need to respond to you about what I
said awhile back on this forum, regarding your
prices. I know I wasnt supposed to reply, but, I
feel so aweful about the world of evil that has
stemmed from the root that is me, that I had to
say at least, something.
About what I said on your prices some time ago,
none of that was meant to berate you. It's
obvious that you understood it was, but it really
wasnt. I have not been around in the cel
collecting circle since college, and have just
now resurfaced, now that I can afford it again.
Im not aware of the current price status of some
series. In the past, you have always been the
best store on the web to buy cels from, and other
anime goods as well. I even used to buy from you
before you were Anime Taro. It's unusual, at
least to me, to see fairly high prices on some
things. I had seen other cels from the same
sereies at other stores for lower prices, and was
just a little confused as to why yours were
higher.
Im not familiar with what it takes for dealers to
get these cels from studios, so I didnt make a
very logical, or informed judgement on your
prices. I only posted what I did because I
wanted to know why. I know I really have no
business asking why now, but, at the time, I had
seen others ask about it, so I thought I would as
well. I used some offensive word choices in the
post too I fear ("jacking up the prices"), which
I seem to do alot these days. Im very bad at
overdramatizing situations. Just because your
prices were higher, didnt mean I refused to buy
from you, or that I was telling others not to buy
from you. I was not intentionally trying to hurt
your business, or make you feel like you were in
the wrong. I love your store, no one compares to
you ::Shawnna winces as she hears Sinead O'Connor
piping through::.
I have no doubt that you have a wonderful, and
huge customer base. I know you dont have to bend
over to make a sale, no one would want you to. I
didnt say what I said because I thought it would
make you lower your prices. I said it because I
was just confused, and curious. Granted, my
words, again, could have been stated in a more
adult-like way, but being the fool I am most of
the time, I chose to use more powerful, emotion
evoking ones. I dont know what you do to get
these cels, or the prices you have to pay for
them, or what the deals entail. Most of us dont
know how it works, so we are forced to just, come
up with our own assumptions. And, as we all
know, the word assume, is made of ass-u-me,
because it makes an ass out of just about
everyone most of the time. Im not immune to
that. I feel like a rotten egg now due to my own
assumptions about your site. But, I didt know
any better. When I saw a high mark on something,
I wanted to know why, and I didnt ask in a very
dignified way....
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