And she forgot about "TCB"

Thanks for the responses, everyone. It was just bugging me, I was home alone with some time to kill and felt like venting. 

The one aspect of business that GC clearly doesn't understand is the concept of "goodwill." How the consumers, in general, feel, not about the products, but about the company behind the products.

Businesses spend a lot of time and money trying to foster goodwill.

I have always stated from jump this business was hard as hell.   There are certain business skills you need to get to the next level and all the "common sense " in the world is not going to make it happen.

We have to stop confusing "common sense" for "easy." Something being common sense does not mean that the execution is easy.

Example: Save for retirement. Common sense, yes?? But many people have great difficulty actually doing it.

So, can we all agree that this business requires a lot of common sense while still be a tough venture to do well with?

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

Thanks for everyone who has shared their knowledge and helped me learn a lot about this business.

And a special thanks to Drew for creating this space and nurturing its growth.

Everyone, feel free to overeat... you can burn the calories clearing your next units. 

But the worst part is that he had the opportunity to join this community and actually prove his knowledge by sharing it with the group. I can only imagine the amount of goodwill that would've been built by his participating in our discussions, providing examples from his vast experience and helping all of us the way we all attempt to help eachother.

Let's be clear. I am new to auctions. I do not expect to be rich next week. I have been welcomed into this group and have learned a lot from it's members. I try to provide knowledge where I can based on my experiences that most often have nothing to do with auctions.

It's a good community. He should've joined us instead of only coming around to TP the place.

Post is kinda long-winded. Just thought I'd warn you.

The first time I ever heard of Glendon Cameron was here on these boards in the behemoth of a thread in the newbie section. By the time I got to reading it there were already over 100 posts and I kept putting it off, but wondered what was so fascinating that it got that much attention.

So, I start reading the thread and it seems to be your typical debate about the pros and cons of Mr. Cameron's products and I figured I should check this stuff out on my own at some point and make up my own mind.

Then something interesting happened. Glendon Cameron joined the boards and jumped into the discussion. My first thought was, "Cool. We get to hear from the man himself." But when he came out of the gates calling everyone b****** and threatening to sue a half-dozen different people, I was completely turned off.

The rest of the thread was similarly filled with defensive posts by Mr. Cameron and by the end I was somewhat surprised by what had gone down. But, there hadn't been any posts in a while and I figured that was the end of that and whatever.

Lo and behold, today,  a challenge is issued. I'm sure most of you have read it. If you haven't it's in the General Auction Talk section.

Well, as I can say is, GOOD LUCK!!!

And apparently tin-foil hats will block the brainscans from those choppers. 

Let's just say it's amazing what you can find in 10 minutes on google. My name is Patrick, I'm in Texas and I've never had anything to do with the art world.

I just searched the artist's name and had all that info pretty quick.

I'll keep looking around and see if I can find more potential outlets.