New neighbors?

Just my own perspective -- I think we need to be careful not to give one or even few people who have a different sensibility about how to run a site likes this too much sway over how we run things. There is room for all points of view and those differing points of view are welcome to find expression here. This one person decided to relinquish their membership voluntarily, so they've clearly decided that this is not the place for them. That's okay. But because that person and some others have expressed a dislike for the AN Boutique is no reason to stop having one. Because some people have expressed a dislike for the way this particular site is managed is no reason for us to stop doing things the way we're doing them. We all have preferences, but that's what they are, preferences.

Ona Kiser wrote: In other words your purchase money for any gewgaws goes to CafePress, source of great gewgaws?

That is correct. Looked at another way, that is why much of the stuff is so reasonably priced (IMO). Especially if you hit one of their almost daily 40-70% off sales. I certainly have the option of marking items up, by percentage or by a fixed dollar amount, but after discussing it with Chris when I first set it up, I chose not to do so. Part of the issue is purely an income reporting thing, that I don't want to have the hassle of dealing with.

Yes.

I've never seen a penny come my way from this place. I've shared start up and maintenance costs with Tom, and will be happy to continue to do that. But no money has ever come back my way, ever. So, if that's rampant consumerism then I'm Karl Marx.

If this is a religious place them I'm Jesus Christ.

Don't change the subject - or the object