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Promax closes shop
Posted by bj
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Re: Promax closes shop May 16, 2008 08:19PM |
This is no accident...this is a trend. Boutiques & other industry shops are popping up in the most out-of-the-way places because 1. Satellite uplinks, remote transfer of files and Fedexing larger materials makes it possible to work A-NY-WHERE and 2. the cost of living in California is unbareable. Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, North Carolina to name a few have some high end studios turning out National high end work & Feature Films. I honestly do not know how those of you that live & work in Cali do it. I tried to come out there a few times...couldn't find a livable house for my family in a decent neighborhood for less then $650,000. I would have to make shane ross money 
I feel for Promax...another economic casualty.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
I feel for Promax...another economic casualty.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Promax closes shop May 17, 2008 10:53AM |
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Re: Promax closes shop May 17, 2008 11:51AM |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia on Currencies
The "Shane Ross", "Shoss" or "Rossolar" was introduced at in 2003 as a State alternative to the ailing Dollar after Governor Schwarzenegger (not yet elected) had to attend an edit of his first Political drama "Democracy is for Weenies".
According to sources - so impressed was he with the stability of "The Ross" that upon inauguration the Governor immediately introduced a 'Secret' currency of that namesake to be used as legal tender in the transactions surrounding Media. The control of which would help to combat money laundering in the industry from the Big Mafia families ~ namely the Florida Morellis ~ who at this point had almost sewn up the entire Eastern seaboard with High quality motion graphics and where now moving in to the former territory of 'Old Blue Eyes'.
The rumor that it originally came from a mispronunciation of Arnie's old drinking hangout the "Bane Schloss" [German lang. "Castle of Pain in the Arse"] in the Austrian Tyrol have not been confirmed.
The Shane Ross was so instrumental in helping international media sales that SONY Inc had a special High Quality version of the HDCAM® made in honor of the editor who had so inspired the Governor. The HDCAM® SR? was released in 2003 just in time for the rich kids to record "Battlestar Galactica" in HD.
The SR comes in denominations of 1sr (or Sir) to 10sh (or Shush) or 100cs (Common Senses).
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Re: Promax closes shop May 17, 2008 11:55AM |
I smell beer in here!
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Re: Promax closes shop May 17, 2008 11:58AM |
>The rumor that it originally came from a mispronunciation of Arnie's old drinking hangout the
>"Bane Schloss" [German lang. "Castle of Pain in the Arse"] in the Austrian Tyrol have not been
> confirmed.
The Governator didn't frequent any Austrian hangouts... It was a Japanese one!
Like you've never seen him before!
www.strypesinpost.com
>"Bane Schloss" [German lang. "Castle of Pain in the Arse"] in the Austrian Tyrol have not been
> confirmed.
The Governator didn't frequent any Austrian hangouts... It was a Japanese one!
Like you've never seen him before!
www.strypesinpost.com
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Re: Promax closes shop May 17, 2008 12:07PM |
BOY, did this get blown out of proportion. When I said "shane ross money", I meant shane ross-type INCOME, not money printed with shanes' picture on it - sheesh 
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Promax closes shop May 17, 2008 12:53PM |
Even I don't make Shane Ross money. Well, I might, but I don't own a house out here. Who the hell can afford a house out here? When I first moved out here and make $600/week, I couldn't afford the outlandish $325,000 2-bedroom home. Now that I make...more...I STILL cannot afford that house, because the same friggin house is $750,000! WTF!
Oh...wait...isn't this a thread about ProMAx?
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Re: Promax closes shop May 18, 2008 11:20AM |
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Cali might be bad but UK is worse. Don't know how anyone survives there.
Its a nightmare! The average house price in the UK is £220,000+ thats about $440,000...
Lucky for me I bought a house about 6 years ago just at the start of a big rise in property prices.
In the area of Bristol that I live at the moment the average house price is near the half million pound mark (US$1m) with some properties going for over the mill... (US$2m)
An apartment will set you back between £120,000 (US$240,000) for a pokey little studio apartment (aka cupboard) to maybe £250,000+ (US$500,000) for a 3 bedroom apartment with separate living and kitchen areas.
London is even worse... add maybe 50% to 100% on average.
Getting back OT:
I'm really sorry to hear that ProMax have shut up shop, it seems both sides of the pond are reeling from the dip in the property market, the greedy banks and the credit crisis they created. Not to mention bad management of the state/national budgets by big business oriented politicians and the resulting tax hikes that follow.
The worst thing is my rates have stayed the same for the last 2 years to be competitive, whilst my living and running costs have risen by about 20-30%!!!
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