half your luck Madelaide ... only place I have ever been is Singapore!

Have not actually ever seen snow in my life! One day me hopes

By the way ... what is snow actually like? I can tell ya about dirt and desert ...

I guess we are all pretty happy about SS from the point of view that we make stacks of sales there.

They may be fussy, but what ever they accept sells and sells like crazy for me.

I was ready to quit a few months ago until I got accepted there, now they have spurned my interest in getting better.

worst month by far. 200% down from March

Since I have been guilty of knocking DT when they have annoyed me, I thought it only proper I say something good when they do well.

This month I have had the reverse of my sales. DT have actually out sold my SS portfolio by double the income.

hey thanks Griz. Will give that a burl.

Sales down half of last month. bit slow this April.

There appears to be a lot anecdotal stuff, but not much to go on. Regardless, seems like a lot of camera for $2000.

actually Leaf suggested a few months ago when i complained about this very subject to log in under another name.

Sad, but maybe i will consider this.

I don't think insulting comments have anything to do with being treated unfairly. You expect when you run a business that sometimes you upset people, and they all respond in different ways.

The measure of an organisation is its level of maturity, its ability to retain its professional image in the face of mounting opposition and criticism.

But I guess we are dealing with "new kids" in business who don't really have the nettle to handle problems in a mature and professional way.

You can buy a light tent on eBay for about $20. Or else if you can find where to buy thin white plastic sheet.

Go to an arts store and buy sheets of thicker plastic sheet to bend and use as a continuous backing.

Then hit the hardware store and buy a cheap set of construction lights. I got a set of 2 x 500watts on a tripod for $25.

I have a Canon, and the Auto white balance is pretty ordinary, so i put the white balance to Tungsten and get better results.

Good luck, and you are doing well

congrats. the returns for effort are great at SS

happened to me heaps of times, that is why i found it.

Yes I agree with stopping insults. The worst of which (for me) are those which are veiled as condesending little snippets of wisdom but which are in fact insulting attacks on a person's intelligence.

I for one certainly don't need educating about how businesses do and should operate. I have people coming to me every day for advice on billion $ infrastructure projects. For me micro is a way to get better at something that has been a lifelong hobby.

One thing that everyone needs to understand about how to treat people is that you treat others the way you wish to be treated. For instance, if someone decides to treat me like an idiot, I take it that is how they wish to be treated. If someone is rude to me, I take it that they wish me to be rude to them.

Normally I will give people a lot of chances to change their behaviour before reacting, but once I do, they will be left in doubt about where they stand.

I know very little about micro, but have learned some great lessons from the folks here. But as far as business goes, there are a lot of people in this world, who if they want to catch up with me, had better stop crawling and start running.

Oh, and I do have a great sense of humor!

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