[Western] News Flash: Merchants Up in Arms

Anton Zemlock III a.zemlock at suddenlink.net
Mon Jul 28 07:26:23 PDT 2008


No.

 

Jean-Marc

 

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From: Tom Jenkins [mailto:tomjenkins at suddenlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:27 PM
To: Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
Subject: Re: [Western] News Flash: Merchants Up in Arms

 

Oh, I love it... Once again it's the fault of the Scots and their "thrifty
reputation." Is there ANY problem that won't eventually be laid at the
doorsteps of me and my clansmen?

 

Ld. Logan

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From: rizardo <mailto:rizardodartusio at yahoo.com>  dartusio 

To: SCA-TRELAC at yahoogroups.com ; Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA
<mailto:western at lists.ansteorra.org>  ; bonwicke at lists.ansteorra.org 

Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:41 PM

Subject: [Western] News Flash: Merchants Up in Arms

 

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And now for the news:

 

Local merchants and artisans are up in arms.  It seems that quite a few
foreign tradesmen and merchants have moved into the former Western Region
and set up shops along the Bonwicke wall, forming a market of sorts.  Area
Scotsmen, true to their thrifty reputation, have enthusiastically welcomed
these new merchants because of their low prices.   But others, including
local merchants and artisans, claim that this "Wall Mart" is destroying the
local economy and flooding the area with cheap imported goods.  Several
local merchants have already gone out of business since the opening of "The
Wall Mart,"  as it is being called, and more may follow.  

 

Agnes Weaver of the local weavers guild, states "we can't even buy the wool
for what they are selling the completed product for."  Robert Wheeler who
comes from a long line of wheel wrights, has already laid off his two
apprentices and may have to close shop entirely if things don't improve.
Wheeler claims his wheels last longer than the foreign imports, but says
that "now-a-days people are just looking at price not quality, and the
wheels at "The Wall Mart" cost less."  Wheeler adds, "It's a sad day when
local tradesman can't make an honest living, because of low cost foreign
goods."  He thinks the Kingdom should do something to stop the import of
cheap foreign products before it's too late.  "Before you know it we won't
have anyone in the region that even knows how to repair a wheel, much less
make one.  Then where will we be?  Without wheels, we won't have carts, and
without carts we won't be able to transport our goods except on the back of
a donkey.  When that happens, we'll be just dragging our asses around all
over the place."

 

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