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What is this, communist China? So people were 
unhappy with your prices, it happens. We have 
free reign to complain, it's a free country, ne? 
And of course you have a reason to be angry, but 
not to insult people. We never insulted you, just 
pointed out the obvious...your prices are rising. 
Every dealer is going to have people who complain 
about them, not everyone is going to be happy, 
especially with a dealer site as big as Taro. So 
getting angry at every thread where people might 
point out your shortcomings (no dealer is perfect)
is a bit too much. By and large every one is 
happy with Taro, but if we feel the prices are 
too high, we have the right to talk to eachother 
about them. As cel buyers, we don't have to 
satisfy anyone in the same way you do, so as a 
business move it's just not smart to insult and 
freak out at your customers. Remember that whole 
Celga fiasco? Treadin' on eggshells, my friend...

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The comment I made was a retaliatory comment made 
to you. There WAS no point but to hit you below 
the belt in the same manner. Trying to look for 
meaning in it is futile. So of course it was 
pointless, but this does NOT mean I am missing 
the point. They are two different things. 

The reason I have trouble seeing you as paying 
tremendous cel prices now is because not all of 
your cels have take a hike, only ones you sell a 
lot of. And like Shawna said, some of them are 
nice, but some of them are cels we see at other 
dealers with cheaper prices. I trust if those 
dealers can get them for that price, you can, ne, 
Taro? 

Of course I don't know exactly what you got it 
for, so I have to go by what I and others know of 
the market, and so far many are in consensus. 
Many of those shots weren't even eyes open face 
shots, so $300, for us, seems like a lot. And 
$1500 does seem like a huge difference in OP 
cels, even considering the mech vs. the human 
(where you cannot see his face), even considering 
the month that has gone by between the two 
updates...from what WE can see, it feels like 
overcharging. Normally cels are more expensive in 
America thani n Japan, and when American dealers 
are selling the same cels for cheaper, there 
feels like something is askew.

If we feel a cel is junk, is it really a terrible 
thing to state it? And if we feel it's 
overpriced, regardless of what you got it for, 
can we not state it without being persecuted? 
Perhaps what YOU got it for was overpriced, in 
that case? Yes, I laughed when I saw the GW 
prices. Is this really a crime, if I'm just 
stating the truth?

I hope this clarifies my views a bit more. I ca 
understand your anger, Taro, but you have a 
responsibility as a dealer to try and keep it in 
check. Insulting me will not only anger me, but 
as you can see, others were shocked by your 
actions as well. This is a tiny community, and 
one slip could hurt you. It would never put you 
out of business, Taro is far too big, but it is 
still un-wise. Who knows, maybe because of this, 
an angry cel buyer will hack into your system and 
shut you down ^.~ Fate is funny that way 
sometimes...I feel that would be the only thing 
that might ever pose a threat to Taro, if that 
does anything to prove your sovreignity.

Wow, the above paragraph sounds like one big 
lecture on how you should handle your business. 
How pompous of me. Sorry about that. It's simply 
the way I feel.