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Originally Posted by Aaroneet
That would be a contradiction in terms. What is beautiful about Gothic.net is that it is a free, no-gimmick forum where one is free to express one's own opinions on what exists in the Gothic community. By charging money for clothing, Gothic.net "sells out", for lack of a better phrase. The site becomes a store, dependent upon money for its survival, and no longer the free, unbiased forum it used to be. To create a Gothic.net store is to say that there is a "best way" to go about becoming a member of the vast Gothic community; to buy from the Gothic.net store.
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I don't agree. I know that Gothic.net is a great forum that trys to keep legitimate, but how would it be "Selling out" to have a store on the site? I am not saying that the major focus Gothic.net should be on this possible store. I mean that it would be nice for them to offer a small selection for us who enjoy this site. To believe that it would become the next "Best way" to become Goth is ridiculous as several other Gothic Community sites (like Blueblod.com ) have stores and I don't see any babygoths around wearing their items. I do not see why it would become the next hip thing for them anyway. Not all fledgling Goths have an account here and they probably wouldn't start just because the site had a small boutique of sorts.