Yeah, you have other things going on, so you couldn't be bothered to make *any* posts in the 3 months since you joined, and when you finally decided to post, it was in the group buy forum. (This is what I was basing my comment above on. Not your join date, but your first post.)
Then you start a group buy thread with little (scratch that, NO) information about what you're selling. People ask questions, and your very next post is offensive and rude. (I'm refering to your "Lamer's Forum" crack."
So rather than supplying information and being helpful you get defensive. As if people should automatically respect your authority even though we don't know dick about you?
And now you're trying to claim that you're only here to save us money and help us with the knowledge you've gained?
*BULLSHIT* !!!
Where the hell have you been these last three months? Why haven't you jumped in on any of the threads and offered to help someone with your "knowledge". There have been plenty of threads that have raised thorny questions... Questions that an expert like yourself could have answered easily. But you've remained silent.
I don't give a shit if Spec himself invited you to the forums. You haven't shown anyone that you're here to help. And you haven't offered any contributions to the forums in the few months that you've been signed up. All you've done is post a lame message making some wild claims about the great deals you can supposedly arrange for us on some TTL-only lasers that aren't really what we're looking for in the first place. (Which you would have known if you had read some of the threads over the past three months.) You sound like a leech to me.
If you have years of experience in the laser show industry and / or in the sale of lasers and optical components, then why haven't you participated in any other discussions? Oh. That's right. You've been too busy. How convenient. Well guess what?
*EVERYONE* is busy! We all have our own lives, our own jobs, and our own families to attend to. But we take time out from our schedule to check in here and help out the group. What the fuck makes you so special?
Personally, I don't care if you are a professional or not. I don't care if you can get me a great deal on a laser or not. Lots of people can get me a great deal on a laser. But what I value a lot more is the person that will take time out from their busy day to offer advice and / or assistance to people when they need it. To me, that's more valuable than saving $100 on a laser.
You think the reason people are cracking on you is because they're your competitors? WRONG!
They're bashing you because you're acting like an ass! Like you don't have a clue what the forums are for. Like you've never participated in one before. And like you're another huckster out to make a buck and nothing more.
Screw the "Happy Holidays"... Go to hell dude.
Adam