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Hi Matt, and others lurking...
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[color=#000000]Hi Matt, and others lurking...
I can say from my point of view that NO ONE has the right to tell you how to run your business,[which for some crazy reason needs re-explaining to OTHERS it seems!] and if you choose to keep personal work tied to a kit then that is your choice, and right.
For us, in FX Models, people have been calling forever, looking for just a 'little piece' of one of our finished models so they can finish off another model bought from others or built up from some kit. Or sometimes they want "just a hull casting...it doesnt have to be perfect...." Yeah believe it or not I get those calls. If I do something for them it is because I am genuinely interested in helping them or they have been kind and open to waiting if necessary for a production run on those particular parts. THOSE are the people I help. And they are wonderful. But there are those who feel as if they are OWED something from me when they have never bought anything and they have an attitude to go with it. I have taken a lot of grief over the years, and it is interesting how people somehow feel ENTITLED to some element of your own hard work. When I tell them we dont do things exactly THEIR way, they sometimes get belligerent and insulting. It is hard to understand again, this entitlement society but it HAS to stop. I handle it simply and directly. I am not afraid to tell them to go somewhere else and I tell them WHY]
I
[color=#000000]Hi Matt, and others lurking...
I can say from my point of view that NO ONE has the right to tell you how to run your business,[which for some crazy reason needs re-explaining to OTHERS it seems!] and if you choose to keep personal work tied to a kit then that is your choice, and right.
For us, in FX Models, people have been calling forever, looking for just a 'little piece' of one of our finished models so they can finish off another model bought from others or built up from some kit. Or sometimes they want "just a hull casting...it doesnt have to be perfect...." Yeah believe it or not I get those calls. If I do something for them it is because I am genuinely interested in helping them or they have been kind and open to waiting if necessary for a production run on those particular parts. THOSE are the people I help. And they are wonderful. But there are those who feel as if they are OWED something from me when they have never bought anything and they have an attitude to go with it. I have taken a lot of grief over the years, and it is interesting how people somehow feel ENTITLED to some element of your own hard work. When I tell them we dont do things exactly THEIR way, they sometimes get belligerent and insulting. It is hard to understand again, this entitlement society but it HAS to stop. I handle it simply and directly. I am not afraid to tell them to go somewhere else and I tell them WHY]
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