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Just because you are paranoid...doesn't mean they are not really out to get you. I am pretty sure that the number of customers who would care to look up IAP and research other pen makers and kit prices and other stuff could be counted in very small numbers. They have their own lives and interests. I have never researched where Hostess gets their flour or cocoa. I care not where Yankee Candle finds their fragrances. It matters not to me where Sony buys the wire in their television. Just sayin'.
 
I don't post it everywhere, but I do have it on my blog because I think it gives credence to what I say and do concerning my pen making. By associating with those I can learn from, it makes me better as I learn and grow. That's got to give a prospective customer validation that I'm continually striving to be better at my craft.

The thought going through my head is that most people that buy our pens would not be interested in making them for themselves. And even if they saw some prices of supplies, that still does take into account the time we spend and the attention to quality and detail we put into those that we sell.

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Even IF a customer were to locate all the 'goodness' that is available here on the Forum, just how many would be willing to spend the hundreds - if not thousands - of dollars to build their own shop to make their own pens? I believe my first pen cost me well over $1500 back many years ago.

How are you going to keep them from suppliers like Woodcraft, Highlands, Rockler. etc., when these folks are right there in public? And even IF they did research how much the pens kits cost, how many of them do you believe would spend the time to master the craft.

To me it is like the uneducated folks are that run out and buy these 'collectible gold coins' that are advertised on TV. Do you think that they even know just how little a micro-gram is? I doubt it, but they are paying top dollar for it. Heck, I'll be more than happy to sell them as many ounces of pure gold they want for the same price per micro-gram - only I will deal in real certifiable gold.

I say use the IAP logo as per the rules stated and be proud to a part of the world wide recognition that goes with being a member. :smile:
 
How do you "save" the logo? I clicked "save as" on the logo and I get a black background around it and it is blurry. I was trying to use one of the small ones for a business card.
 
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