In defense of vendors *and* the do-it-yourself crowd... Guess what!!! We need and want *both* kinds in this world.
How many folks don't have the time, energy or confidence to even try to make their own... anything!!?? Folks that come here sick and foggy and just need something simple ... fast. For them we have vendors who sell ready made CS and CS generators. For the unscrupulous vendors, we have... competition!!! And resources like this list to help the consumer make an informed choice. How long will those folks *keep* buying dollars-per-ounce CS when they know they can get a better deal elsewhere or at home? And for the rest? Yes indeed, you can make a simple CS generator for 20 or 30 bucks. *AND* if your time is worth *anything*, the effort to shop around and gather up those parts will make up some of the difference between the *fairly* priced low end units and your home-brew rig. But, yes, you'll still come out ahead. Want bells and whistles? Shop around for the best price, sure. But you can be darned sure you'll spend just about as much money, time, and energy as the guy who developed them if you try to build 'em for yourself. Thankfully, our CS is darn cheap to make at home. And that's the reward for ingenuity and cleverness and having the courage to do things for yourself! But thank goodness there are scrupulous folks who sell ready made CS at reasonable prices. Yes, you can make it and give it away for free, but you're limited to the folks you know and the rate you can produce it. And you're *just* as vulnerable to legal action if somebody *thinks* what you gave them caused them injury. Only you haven't bought the liability insurance! Please, don't say that all the folks on this list who *don't* make their own CS are stupid, okay? Who haven't built their own generator but bought one instead? If folks shouldn't be "allowed" to profit from CS, then think about the folks who expect the company who gives you your paycheck to give its product away for free, "because it will *help* people!!" See how long you stay employed. Be fair, folks. I don't know of too many vendors on *this* list who charge unconscionable rates for their products. But even if there are, they're not gonna get away with it forever. That's the nature of the free market -- when it's allowed to work. The FDA *is* cracking down. Some of what it's trying to stop is the same bull....manure we try to steer folks away from here. As with all *government* designed solutions, there will be collateral damage to the legitimate vendors *and* to the consumers. When it's all sorted out, either *everybody* will be out of business and the whole industry driven underground, or they'll be back, more careful, working within whatever wiggle room the gov't left them. Whether this is a good thing, or whether it could have been handled better, or if it should have been handled at all, it doesn't change the fact that we're still making progress in this industry and on this list, in *part* because of the diverse interests of the people here. Kiss and make up, folks. We're supposed to be on the same team! Mike D. silver-list owner [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@mail.id.net ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
