well, mr smarty pants... you may not have thought about distance enough
this board has regular readers from New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, Russia, the EC, Chile, upto the US and Canada
where Gary B is lurking in his LA spider web in a rather remote location, from a global viewpoint.
He probably couldn't even ship a card for what a used one costs over here.
This board has a 'sales' section, and there is eBay... most cards are sold 2nd hand today.
I'd frankly consider Gary's amount of writing versus an occasinal deal pretty bad in efficiency.
And he's not just writing prosa but thinks about those 'problems' published on this board.
The Scope system is quite easy and obvious to someone with studio experience (after he or she got the basics),
but for all other folks it's a more steep beginning.
Whatever it is - it's way to much talk if you're only after quick cash.
If
you consider the system overly expensive, then it's
your private problem.
You may be surprised that a lot of (most?) users here have quite a reasonable attitude towards money,
as they have some idea about making their living.
This one got me nervous today, so please save your rants about a humble 3k box.
cheers, Tom