Roy, I love you!
Greenoak, I couldn't agree more.
Fernando, thank you for being an inevitable example of capitalistic reality. It's a lesson and reflection of reality that we all need!!! You are a true foreshadowing taste of the economic darkness that I expect much more of in the future of this art form.
From a traditional economic stance, I can't find much harm in your business model as it is as old as the economy itself: The age old journey of the middle man. In the "moral" mindset and desires of this community and our work, I could never support you or your desires of exploitation and complete disrespect of the makers however.
As a builder of these instruments, I am rather offended by your "sponsoring" of entries in lotteries whether they be mine, Pantheon's or anyone else's. You are basically trying to scam a system that was created to expand equality among the people that want these instruments, and then turn a profit on it. You are trying to hijack the essence of the whole system for your own selfish benefit mate. Is there really not another way to make an honest living in your life?
If you don't respect the builders of this art form, then none of those builders are going to respect you.
Simply put, people like you make people like me completely lose interest in expanding equality to a global market or attempt to keep these instruments affordable, especially when it takes so much more time and energy than simply selling them in person, to people that we know, trust, and respect long before the instrument is even part of the equation.....or just put them all on Ebay. People like you exploit the positive intention for greater equality.
Anyone that needs help selling one of these things is either a scam artist like you, or hasn't achieved a level of respectable quality. No one else needs your help, I assure you!!!!!
Perhaps you would get quite a lot out of reading much more Martin Luther King Jr as you are clearly missing the point of the quote or the Man's mission in life to create greater racial equality, respect and love for each other. This has nothing to do with east-west, poor-rich, first world-third world, latin, white, black, purple or blue. This has to do with you being a scam artist and trying to exploit the people that make or own these instruments for your own selfish gain. And not for a single pan that you bought, but as a business model.
Cheers to all of the loving and compassionate people that want to understand your side in this. Personally, in my humble opinion, I believe this is a perfect example of an instance where we should draw a solid boundary against you and your website in compassion for you so that you might wake up to the reality of your actions and also in compassion to all of the visitors that come to this forum for information and might be scammed by you. This thread is in a section of this forum that shows all too clearly that we don't need your service, don't want your service, and don't respect your intentions.
It is definitely time for you to think about a different industry or art form to exploit.
Are you admins going to "compassionately" ban this guy or what?
