A small observation If I may.
Please,
I'm not in any way trying to crash the party, but as a former "VacuumLand" member, I can say that after several members there were on television, it did bring the club into the open where it was by some ridiculed, mocked and even laughed at. Most of the people still over there are grown so it's not that big a deal, but It definitely put a microscope on the hobby for awhile, and I'm sure still does.. I do know one of the people personally and believe, he suffered far worse from it than most people realize. A few gems came his way, jealousy and national notoriety got in the way of having good solid friendships with peers he was just longing to have. If you know who I'm talking about fine, but lets just say I hear alot: "If I could go back I woulda never done it at all". Believe what you will...
The worst thing I noticed almost immediately: It gave every Tom Dick and Harry; Betty, Norma and Sue who had an old vacuum cleaner scramblin to ebay to sell their " now precious piece of junk" for far more than it was worth, because it was on T.V. It's now WORTH something, instead of the very little that was once paid..
True it may net a machine or two (from the rare human being who is actually just that a HUMAN BEING), and give you that five minutes or so of notoriety, but in the end, people you never met will know who you are, smirk and make their comments; not all wonderful. And then in at least the vacuumland case for awhile every yoyo in the lower 48 will be trying to seel their old clothes slosher for a mint.
My personal perspective is to let you conscious be you guide, on publicizing you and yours. People are already internet savvy enough and learn ENOUGH about us from what we say on here, and over on the vacuumland site. We do enough damage to ourselves I believe form people doing their "research" and finding out what were looking for an what we've paid for items, all that drives up the market, and lowers the chance for anyone to really find anything because it's all tied up in greed.
Then again greed is in the eye of the beholder. Wanting for nothing is a kind of greed too isn't it? I prefer myself the latter type of greed myself. Okay I just stated my opinion. If it's not liked wipe it from the boards. I refuse to answer anyone who's gonna act 5 about an opinion. IF it's a discussible response fine. I'm not on here enough to make this a fight, or who's right /wrong...no thanks.
A backwater old fish that sometimes comes up for food LOL...
Chad
Ann Arbor Michigan
