Ross,
 
As a person on the other end, I'm all for any dealer sharing his or  her
experiances.  I have dealt with quite a few dufferent dealers and found
each different.  So if anyone wants to share the how and why they became
a dealer, I believe it would be another interesting bit of shell lore.
 
If not, that's okay too as I already know a few of the backrounds out
there.
 
Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA