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Not sure if this has been brought up, since I didn't read ALL 62 posts to this, but this might be a different take on it. <br />Say you DON'T buy equipment with the UP logo; fine ~ your choice. <br />But the manufacturers are STILL going to pay to use the logo, and the LHS is still going to have to purchase the equipment (whether by choice or the sinister, 'you have to buy that to get this' promotion from the manufacturer). <br />So you go to your friendly, helpful LHS and tell him you're not buying the UP stuff he has on the shelf. What do you think happens? HE still had to purchase it, and HE still has HIS money tied up in the inventory. Not just one or two pieces, but LOTS of them. He's paid the fee for LOTS of stuff YOU say you won't buy. So, he has to have a 'blowout sale' on UP stuff. Does he get his money back? Prolly not. Does it make him happy and 'feel' like being helpful and friendly, especially when he sees you buying stuff you SAID you wouldn't? And it's not just YOU... it's the cumulative effect of your friends saying the same thing. <br />Sorry, the one who's getting squeezed here is the LHS proprietor, not the modeller.
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