jonny3x

Wow!; My source [who will remain nameless] told me it was more: with a and the Next Showmasters we need to have a gossip!

…you’ll have to face it sometime DavidB: you’re a loser! …but sadly so am I.

I’ve heard many stories about your kinkyness are they all true? ..even the one about the and the with the ?

I do agree with you; this whole issue got a little bit side tracked; but admittedly I wasn’t responsible for it all. But let’s not point any fingers; for I’m sure it will just lead to more confrontation, more quoting, and more dubious name calling. Lets ‘in James’ eloquent words’ all ‘just shut the #### up’; and close this thread; before Disney in all his wisdom, hits reply and starts it all off again. and just agree to disagree; and move onto the next show…

nice to see you back dude!

Is this a bad time to ‘discuss’ what I loath in the human race too? You lovely specimen!

Forgive me but I fail to see where I’ve ‘backtracked’; please explain further. I expect to post a further 959 times without the ‘regular’ members support; but upon my 1000th we will finally unite and form a happy family ;

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Although I didn’t agree with Jason’s post; I was man enough to accept that we have a simple massive disagreement; and was trying to drop it, and move on. Surely if anybody was doing any ‘provoking’ it was Disney; with his stupid message. and also Bounty Hunter; I fully agree with you, but none of our discussion has been towards Ms Monroe; I never questioned, or spoke of it. I respect her, and therefore her private reasons.

I've noticed some differences in us DisneyDude We clearly have different humor genes; ...and I seem to lack any of those ‘ass kisser ’ chromosomes you seem to have an abundance of too;

Using your quote as my inspiration; I will to attempt to do the same in my reply: Juliet Bravo; from the episode ‘Nothing to Report’ in October 1982: "Forgive me for not understanding your humor, but its nice to meet youâ€

Dude I can’t help you myself; for I’m a Spectrum man; and therefore think of the C64 as the enemy. But whilst you’re working it out: I suggest you play ‘virtual Nintendo’. It’s brilliant; and there is no need to install anything! http://www.virtualnes.com/ I hope that helps!

I'm beginning to think that could me again.... judging by my other 'friends' posts. hello to you too!

hello!; .... and are you going to be one of these ‘boys’ to come and beat me up KarnorJax? Another kind welcome?!?!.... Yet if I reply and tell them what I think of them; I’m sure I’d be the one to be banned; and my crime? being the newbie who only dared to suggest that there was money in this industry!. Madness!!!

Another kind welcome! cheers 'jamie'.... Forgive me but has this really just degenerated to ‘name calling’… What was it that some body said earlier ‘discussion is encouraged’… please!.

Ugh! ... this is so one sided and useless; some of you won’t even take in; anything I say on board. All I get is a succession of people taking my posts apart; trying so hard to prove me wrong. This is not a discussion; this is gang mentality. For example; some of you started saying ‘Showmasters barely make a profit’ … then somebody says ‘well Jason owns the biggest collection of star wars stuff in this world’. Now excuse me, for thinking if the profit from these events funds the high expenditure for his collection. My point is still valid; why couldn’t he help a couple of people; increase their collection?, profit comes before anything at all cost?, selfishness? …I also did write the request for information in that manner because I was simply interested in how you’d react. If somebody new came into the other communities I frequent; asking for information, I’d help them [especially as they were new, as I am to this whole industry]; I certainly wouldn’t be like you and tell them to ‘use google’. Where did you actually ask me what information I had already, or ask me how you could help?... nowhere!, because you were too busy trying to fight me as the ‘enemy’; you simply ‘assumed’ and ‘assumed wrongly’ that I was ‘lazy’... ouch! ….a reflection of ones personality?, or this community?. I rest my case.

It’s clear we’re just never going to agree; and you’ll nit pick away at all my posts until I get bored. But from what I see; I still think this whole industry still needs some transparency; why all the secrecy? why all the rules on what you can and can’t talk about?; why the hostile attitude to new people?, we’re meant to be in this together?.. all fans of the same thing? Your constant ‘even a fool can use google attitude’ about sums up the community here. I hope you never need any information from me; for sadly you will be greeted by the same response. I guess with that statement though; I've already morphed into a typical Showmasters poster. There does seem a few people here, who are not of that mold though [like Bounty Hunder....]; and I shall enjoy conversing through this board with them. But for the mean time; I’m ready and waiting for the next new member [with differing ideas]; so I can be horrible to them too … it seems fairly fun!.

right ok....forgive me for thinking though ‘your is head shoved up showmasters ass’ I’ve given up trying to reason with you; but I still think your VERY wrong… But I stand corrected; we should just be rude to our friend form mainland Europe; stuff him, for he is not a ‘regular’ forum member; and we should also never challenge showmasters; for they need all the money they can get; after all the business is ‘barely making a profit’. ...can I now be part of the 'gang'? But thank you for my welcome to showmasters! and before anybody bans me for no reason : he insulted me first!

Maybe its just possible that its simply because just a 'new' customer ; and you’re a crew member ; …and we see the world from different perspectives. Just to review – I think that Showmasters had enough money; to give that disapointed guy from mainland Europe the address to contact the cancelled guest. I think that this forum has way too many rules; and too much censorship. I would have thought that apart from 1 member somebody might have wanted to help me and my collection. Instead I got told to ‘look elsewhere’ and go to a different forum from at least two people… I think that there are weaknesses in the market; and one shouldn’t be arrogant to their customers. You disagree with all of them…

I haven’t been ‘overly critical’ … I admit that I told Jason ‘of my perception of the market’’; but that was after he arrogantly told me I could borrow money from him, to run my own. Nobody is yet to disprove any of my views; they just want to keep blurting out that the rules are there so I don’t voice opinions like that; and that as I don’t ‘fit the mold of a traditional new member’ I therefore should expect a unwelcoming reception from ‘older members’. Your initial thought was ‘how can I use up the allocated money to disprove jonny3x and defend Showmasters'. Fine I agree with your figures… Jason makes nothing; and has to work the nightshift as a security guard at the local co-op in order to stay alive. I’m now getting annoyed…any more regulars want to have a go at my points of view… because I know for sure none of you have the balls to agree with me.

It's hardly been friendly though; I’m clearly in the minority for wanting to collect autographs, discuss issues, or question how anything is done; forgive me… In my eyes nobody is above criticism; from my football team; to my government; to anything I interact with on a daily basis… so forgive me if I object to having my views on ‘showmasters’ suppressed so to put them in a better light with other potential customers; Forgive me if I also find it crazy that there is a clear difference between the treatment of new members to that of ‘regulars’. Would you expect your bank or any other business to have this strange policy. welcome to showmasters!

…and the moderators will sit back and allow you to be attacked by the ‘regular’ forum members; as there is a lack of 'moderation' and subsequently therefore any form of discussion [which isn't helped by the rules]. Your definition of ‘unnecessary criticism’ clearly is subjective.

So, let's look at 5 first class return flights from LA and 10 club class ones. Whoops, that's 50 grand gone. Then you've got to get those guests and the rest of them to MK, which is another couple of thou, easily, and potentially much more. 30 guests, 3 nights each in a hotel, so lets say I guess £150 average a night for a suite or luxury room, that's another £13k. At least £5,000 to feed them (that's assuming you can feed the guests for £50 a day each, which isn't likely if you give them a decent evening meal) . Look at all those crew - stick them up in hotels, feed them, T-shirt each. No change out of ten grand there, easily. There's a minimum of 80 grand gone already, possibly as much 90. Then take off the cost of security, hall hire, public immunity insurance... Advertising isn't cheap, plus there's the cost of equipment and all the show "decorations". You've suggested £300k of income. There will be VAT payable on that. Even if they spend £150k on things where they can reclaim the VAT, that still leaves £150k where they have a VAT liability. There's almost another 20 grand headed off to the taxman. So there's shedloads of cash gone there, plus other costs like contributions toward the cost of full-time staff, offices, website overheads, and no doubt a bundle of other stuff I've overlooked (cost of tens of thousands of 10 x 8s, for example). I've no connection with SM, and no great history of defending them (in fact somewhat the opposite), but even from just scratching out some rough figures above, which I'm happy to concede could be very conservative (i.e. low) I can't see that anybody at SM will be living the champagne lifestyle off the profits of the show. (Couple of lagers, maybe, but they ain't trucking in lobster and caviar by the hundredweight). I’m sorry I disagree with your costs and potential demands; as well as the numbers … so we’d better just stop that crazy post there.

It’s still a strange forum when you have a select group wanting to shout down anybody who dares to have an opinion or criticism; …then if you manage to survive that your post is then subject to removal by Jason. But as far as I’m aware these are the rules: Your not allowed to discuss autograph collecting; Your not allowed to discuss almost the entire autograph industry Your not allowed to mention where you possibly might get autographs from [including all addresses] Your not allowed to question why guests were cancelled Your not allowed to ask for help in obtaining the autograph from the cancelled guest. Your not allowed to mention finances; Your not allowed to mention other conventions; or their guests… Absolutely crazy!; did I miss anything out? ...can you think of any other business that operates in this way?... anybody heard of freedom of speech?

Could that be because its an English film?, and therefore the actors are [i assume] largely based here?; Isn't that like saying the English are envious of the Americans Cons for they get great ‘American’ guests we never get.