Hey Tony it's cool, everybody has an opinion...

Sorry if you took my post as an act of a "coward".

But "damage control and spinning" :D bwhahahaha!
Sorry pal, but I am not running against the GOP.

Let me say that I like Mandarake because they 
have great stuff. Their customer service at times 
sucks. It did in the particular case mentioned. 
That means one time they did me wrong. But most 
of the time it has been mostly very good. I still 
support what they offer. Of course I do. I 
collect cels! 

But "they" is too loose and too generalistic. 
That is why I support the "overall" Mandarake. 

I have no fear of anyone in the anime business. I 
don't have to kiss anyone's butt to get anything. 
I live in Japan. I can go to any of the several 
Mandarakes at will or any of the cel stores 
whenever I have the time or money to do so. I 
have mostly what I want anyway...so there goes 
that theory. I am not worried in the least...Why?

I have several friends that work for the company 
anyway. I just don't collect cels. I was once an 
agent for music and other anime goods in Italy 
and I dealt with "them" Mandarake often enough. 
And I mean six (6) branch stores! That is until 
they opened in Italy. No not only do they
know my face, they know that I make them money.

^-^...sorry no damage control necessary ^-^

 For you to expand upon my 1 experience with a 
silent auction that went badly, and psycho-
surmise what my intentions were and what stance I 
should take is not necessary and is not correct.

Sorry, if my post lead you those those 
conclusions but I hope that this one will leave 
you with more of an understanding.

E