I agree, lurkers are certainly not a bad thing, Bruce. I wasn't implying that at all. They are simply someone you can't learn anything about through their posts. Does that mean you shouldn't do business with them? Of course not. It simply means you don't rush headlong into a transaction and do something foolish like send someone the product on a promise "the check is in the mail". People sometimes get fooled by the glib tongue of a con man. Remember "Bulldog" aka "Rick Watson" and the scam with the power hammers a few years back?
I periodically voice these cautions because too many times new makers jump at any commission they can get and don't always approach it with the soundest forethought.
Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting I thought Chris was going to do that, either. But, I feel it doesn't hurt to occasionally remind people to be meticulous in the way they conduct business, for both the buyer's and sellor's sake.
That's all I was saying. Everyone can surely do business however they want.
Have fun with your billet, Chris.
