Re: PROMAX out of business?

[Gary Alan] "My message to all of you is "don't be surprised when you have to lower your rates or even close your business, like Promax. You gave it away for free over the last 8 years by babysitting the noobs on their first jobs."

Gary,

I'm sure the first gold miners were pissed-off when the gold-rush began too. Many just quit and went home penniless, but some stayed and worked that much harder to make their stake. Some of them made it, some didn't...

The inexorable truth is, one needs to adjust and reinvent in the face change, because it is coming.

The so called democratization of this business started way back in the 1980's and it continues today on many fronts, including equipment, pricing, and as you point out, information. Its called progress, and progress like change is inevitable. You can either bemoan it or embrace it, but in either case, like it or not, its coming to a place near you.

I also enjoyed the days of old when I was part of a tight-knit club that, if you could deliver, paid the few who could very handsomely. Yep, those were the days. Its harder now, more people are mining the gold and the gold is getting harder to find in spite of the free roadmaps that the Internet has provided. But its still out there for the taking, you just gotta figure new and inventive ways to grab the nuggets before the kids beat you to it.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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