[Witfull]

i agree with you Rodger, but thats not the point of the article, what i see being said is, selling corals for as much as people are willing and i repeat willing to pay is wrong immoral and unscupulous and then in a paragraph later, applaud capitalism, but frown upon marketing stratagies.

what i see is this,,,people are mad because at one time in the not so distant past a "trendy" coral was cheap, and therefore not desirable,and they didnt want to buy a common coral. then it became popular, and the price skyrocketed, now this same person wants the coral but cant/wont pay what the market price is...all i have to say is too bad. if you didnt like it when it was cheap,,,why do you like it now? hence the issues you bring up. but simply balking cause you cant afford the "in" club gives you no right to force your way in.

i like what i like,,,no one has to tell me,,you gotta get this or your not cool,,,ive been not cool for most of my life,,or as i like to think,,,im so cool you cant see it...lol

ive been in the industry on the collection, wholesale and retail sides,,ive seen many things and take everything for what it is,,,business. there is one acronym that i have applied to business,,,GTM, "get that money". as long as you are selling an item, the buyer knows what he is buying and you represent it correctly i have no issue with it.

but when you lump liars, scammers, and legit marketers in one bucket,,,i have to say something,,,you simply cannot do that,,,what if i said all the well known "reef commentators" were out to promote themselves over the hobby? i would be wrong, as is the summation of this article.

these are my opinions...im entitled to them and i bear no ill will to Anthony Calfo, we have had discussions before and agreed and disagreed..thats what makes America so great,,no one gets sent to a gulag or shot for their opinion.