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#42,881
Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
I haven't been in sales or anything but I would assume being able to afford to hold the inventory is different as well. If they can afford to have 4 instruments totalling roughly $40-50k they must be doing something right.
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Wholesale and retail prices are very different. Retail value of $50k is inventory value of ~$25-35k. And it presupposes that they have already paid for those instruments. They may have paid 10% to have inventory with the balance due at some time in the future (usually calculated to give a reasonable probability that the item has sold). So actual cash cost of that $50k may be as little as $2500. Still, they have a huge inventory. So, to keep their banker happy, they must have a good track record of turning the inventory and paying off the operating line.

I think that Cosmo is operating the business well.
 
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PillO said:
Wholesale and retail prices are very different. Retail value of $50k is inventory value of ~$25-35k. And it presupposes that they have already paid for those instruments. They may have paid 10% to have inventory with the balance due at some time in the future (usually calculated to give a reasonable probability that the item has sold). So actual cash cost of that $50k may be as little as $2500. Still, they have a huge inventory. So, to keep their banker happy, they must have a good track record of turning the inventory and paying off the operating line.

I think that Cosmo is operating the business well.
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So we're saying the same thing though. That they are doing well.
 
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#42,890
TBird1958 said:
This reminds me of early (Pre Secret Treaties) Blue Oyster Cult, nice!
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Plan 9 was the real deal back in the day, as we say. They did some shows in their earlier days with B.O.C., have a funny story but can't get into it on my phone... I'll come up with it this weekend (by then it will become merely "amusing").
We did a show at The Station with them though, the year (matter of months) before it burned down. They were really good...

(Those clips are both pre-Roger, by the way)
 
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Count Bassie said:
Plan 9 was the real deal back in the day, as we say. They did some shows in their earlier days with B.O.C., have a funny story but can't get into it on my phone... I'll come up with it this weekend (by then it will become merely "amusing").
We did a show at The Station with them though, the year (matter of months) before it burned down. They were really good...

(Those clips are both pre-Roger, by the way)
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Secret Treaties was the first B.O.C. I heard, I went backwards and forwards from there. I saw them at least 5 times, once at Seattle's Paramont when they were recording "On your feet or on your knees", the were very cool, intense and put on a great live show - much better than most rock bands at the time. Lyrically and musically "Secret Treaties is still my fave of theirs. About 6 years ago my band was playing at a casino in Sequim, Wa and they put us up in the local Travel lodge for our stay, in the lobby was B.O.C.s picture, they had stayed there too, I made sure they a framed promo from us to put next to theirs!
 
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TBird1958 said:
Secret Treaties was the first B.O.C. I heard, I went backwards and forwards from there. I saw them at least 5 times, once at Seattle's Paramont when they were recording "On your feet or on your knees", the were very cool, intense and put on a great live show - much better than most rock bands at the time. Lyrically and musically "Secret Treaties is still my fave of theirs. About 6 years ago my band was playing at a casino in Sequim, Wa and they put us up in the local Travel lodge for our stay, in the lobby was B.O.C.s picture, they had stayed there too, I made sure they a framed promo from us to put next to theirs!
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That would have been cool to see. I had that live album (during my short-lived Sabbath, Priest and BOC phase). They rocked it.
 
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kat888 said:
Had a little master up to 2 time with the Birds as I won't see/play them for 10 days. Hopefully all the neighbours are at work.

Hoofing!

Such angry Birds -- like queue-jumping a New Yorker.
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Actually, the angry New Yorkers are the ones who tell you to get back to your #$%@ place in line when you try to jump the queue. Which results in the jumper telling the angry person to go #$%@, which then results in more angry. It's a fine sport once you get the hang of it. Loud 'Birds are more fun, though.

One of these days, I'll be in an outdoor place where I can crank the 360 up past 2 or so with a 'Bird plugged in. You will hear it in Oz. It will sound well and truly righteous.
 
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Gaolee said:
Actually, the angry New Yorkers are the ones who tell you to get back to your #$%@ place in line when you try to jump the queue. Which results in the jumper telling the angry person to go #$%@, which then results in more angry. It's a fine sport once you get the hang of it. Loud 'Birds are more fun, though.

One of these days, I'll be in an outdoor place where I can crank the 360 up past 2 or so with a 'Bird plugged in. You will hear it in Oz. It will sound well and truly righteous.
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It’s usually when people get in our way.
 
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BklynKen said:
It’s usually when people get in our way.
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There's that. I hated trying to walk cross town on 34th Street any time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. You couldn't get past 5th or 6th Avenue without wading through a sea of women shopping for I don't know what. It was all I could do to keep from going absolutely ballistic as the next #@$%! sawed off #$@%!!! got in my way. I was only in New York for about six years, but I still have to jaywalk. It's a requirement. You cannot wait. And if anybody gets in the way, ever, it's a problem. Type A? Nah, just Manhattan trained.
 
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Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
I never understood the hand oriention of guitars/basses. It's bass ackwards if you ask me, comparing it to holding a baseball bat or golf club, even a hockey stick. Left hand is always closest to the body. Then you have a guitar/bass where it's completely opposite.
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Because the dominant hand/arm is usually stronger, which isn't really that relevant to fretting, but can be to plucking/picking. This was more an issue, likely, in ye olden times when volume was limited by how firmly you could sound a note/chord.
 
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Gaolee said:
There's that. I hated trying to walk cross town on 34th Street any time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. You couldn't get past 5th or 6th Avenue without wading through a sea of women shopping for I don't know what. It was all I could do to keep from going absolutely ballistic as the next #@$%! sawed off #$@%!!! got in my way. I was only in New York for about six years, but I still have to jaywalk. It's a requirement. You cannot wait. And if anybody gets in the way, ever, it's a problem. Type A? Nah, just Manhattan trained.
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Yeah. My solution is to avoid midtown at all costs. Any time. I work all the way downtown by Battery Park and live in Brooklyn.

Korladis said:
Because the dominant hand/arm is usually stronger, which isn't really that relevant to fretting, but can be to plucking/picking. This was more an issue, likely, in ye olden times when volume was limited by how firmly you could sound a note/chord.
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I've thought about this at times. It sometimes feels like people should generally play opposite of the norm, due to strength and dexterity. All I do left-handed in general is write, eat, play pool, and play bass. Chopsticks are the only thing I can do equally as well left and right-handed.
 
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