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<blockquote data-quote="Hawgman" data-source="post: 1777029" data-attributes="member: 7676"><p>I&#039;ll grant you, I don&#039;t have 20 years of experience running gun shows, or any other business for that matter.&nbsp; But dang, even I know one shouldn&#039;t show outright contempt for a segment of your customer base.&nbsp; Especially ones dedicated enough to join then spend time on a forum devoted to that given product market.&nbsp; A 4th grader can figure out you have to at least pretend to like the grumpy old man down the street if he&#039;s standing there buy lemonade from your lemonade stand.&nbsp; I can&#039;t level the threat of &quot;I&#039;ll never go to a Metcalf show again&quot;.&nbsp; I quit going to his shows a few years ago.&nbsp; They struck me as being somewhat like some Hollywood stars; expensive on the outside, cheap and junky on the inside.&nbsp; If I was a gun dealer that regularly sets up at his shows, I&#039;d be ultra-ticked at that malcontent right about now.&nbsp; Does make me chuckle that he starts the letter calling us &quot;cranky old men&quot; and &quot;social misfits&quot; then goes on to exemplify those very descriptors with his very own words.&nbsp; That&#039;s what I call class, baby. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Hawgman, post: 1777029, member: 7676"] I'll grant you, I don't have 20 years of experience running gun shows, or any other business for that matter. But dang, even I know one shouldn't show outright contempt for a segment of your customer base. Especially ones dedicated enough to join then spend time on a forum devoted to that given product market. A 4th grader can figure out you have to at least pretend to like the grumpy old man down the street if he's standing there buy lemonade from your lemonade stand. I can't level the threat of "I'll never go to a Metcalf show again". I quit going to his shows a few years ago. They struck me as being somewhat like some Hollywood stars; expensive on the outside, cheap and junky on the inside. If I was a gun dealer that regularly sets up at his shows, I'd be ultra-ticked at that malcontent right about now. Does make me chuckle that he starts the letter calling us "cranky old men" and "social misfits" then goes on to exemplify those very descriptors with his very own words. That's what I call class, baby. :) [/QUOTE]

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