makuranososhi wrote:
LukeInFlames wrote:
Actuary wrote:
Main Job: Actuary: Love the Job- could do without the pointless corporate drama.
Second Job/Hobby: I flip things. Houses, Cars, etc.
ugh, a 'flipper'. boo, hiss, boo. i have moral issues with people who buy things just to sell them off again.
-Luke
Wow - as an antique dealer and a musician, you must really have issue with my business. Everything I do involves taking something made (or written) by someone else and transforming it into a profit... even when I am composing, I am taking from my prior influences and intellectual investments.... ah, such is life. There's a difference between someone who is abusive with the concept and one who facilitates an item transforming from an unneeded nuisance to a well-loved treasure.
M.
hey hey. i'll explain myself a little more - musicianship is a creative act. hell, antique dealing can be a useful service too, taking things out of barns attics &c and restoring them to useful service and aesthetic appreciation. that's not what i have a problem with. i find it odd that you'd relate music and composing to investment techniques.
in my experience, house & car 'flippers' are predatory investors that serve only to enrich themselves, and falsely inflate market prices, and deprive those that would appreciate said things (ie. buying a house to live and raise a family in, a car enthusiast finally running across a classic at a price he can afford) by exploiting an imagined price differential for quick gain. it is not a creative act, it is an destructive act. boo.
-L.