[SCA-AE] food merchants at war

[Tracey Stoever]

Well spoken Master Thorpe. These ears, at least, heard you.

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On Jul 25, 2010, at 2:37 PM, "F. Page Steinhardt" <sunshadow at twcny.rr.com 
 > wrote:

> Why is it that every year as Pennsic approaches there something that
> gets everyone upset that ultimately resolves as being an issue that  
> the
> Coopers had nothing to do with, but immediately ignites a salvo of
> Cooper-bashing?
>
> Yes, the Cooper family owns the grounds where we hold our annual
> get-together, and they have built a business catering to the needs of
> large groups like ours, and yes, the Coopers have ultimate say in whom
> they allow to sell goods on their property,
>
> As a merchant dealing with Cindy Cooper, I have found her to be
> eminantly reasonable and easy to work with, especially compared to
> mundane show promoters, yes she has rules, but if you actually do
> business as a registered business with a tax number and appropriate
> permitting and all of that, you have already jumped through most of  
> the
> hoops that she requires. If you are doing business without the
> apropriate tax permits, DBA's etc, then sooner or later the tax man
> cometh, and she doesn't want to be caught in that mess.
>
> There are many more merchants wanting to sell at Pennsic than there is
> room for, so I understand there is a waiting list, and I know that if
> suddenly there was a food vendor in every other stall, none of them
> would make enough to cover their overhead and they would all be out of
> business.
>
> Folks, we are a society that claims to be built on courtesy, chivalry
> and honor, would it be possible to extend a little of that to our  
> hosts?
>
> I realize that this may fall on deaf ears, but my inbox has been  
> filled
> with multiple conspiracy dramas in the last few weeks, it seems that
> every time someone gets their skivvies in a twist it's either "The
> Coopers" or "The BOD" at the head of some new conspiracy to deprive  
> all
> of us of our rights to enjoying the current middle ages, and having  
> met
> both groups of individuals and watched these conspiracy theories
> propagate for a long as I've had e-mail, it gets a little tiresome
>
> In service,
> Master John Thorpe
>
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