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Old 06-07-2003, 10:14 AM  
Brujah
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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
A content provider is like a builder's warehouse. Frequently, if you go to a builder's warehouse, you can't get in to buy lumber and sinks and dishwashers at builder discount rates unless you can prove you are a builder. A content provider is a wholesale seller, not a retail seller, so it is quite right and logical to vet a customer.
Except you can be a lot more confident about your trip to the builders club. The shop owner is likely to be more professional about his dealings with you. He doesn't talk about your shopping habits where you hang out. He doesn't indulge in posting your name or phone number on the board where you hang out. He doesn't encourage the local web pussy mafia to beatup innocent clients as long as he manages to get a real one here and there.

Some of you "professional content providers" engage in practices like this that naturally makes it necessary for your potential customers to be more cautious in dealing with you at first.
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