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I fail to understand why everyone getting all heated under the collar and ting. Furthermore why everyone is going on like Saucy got an exclusive? This isn't news, its is how the fashion and textile business is run.

What is the problem?

Are we really that pissed that Band leaders are making a profit?

Would you not want to make a profit if you too ran a business?

If we are to put them under the spotlight then we may as well put the whole god damn industry under the spotlight too. As a consumer I like to purchase goods that bring either joy or aid my life. As a masquerader I place with my money with a band that offers the same...everyone is different. Some like place their money if they think it helps their noteriety, some just like the joy it brings....whats the big deal? Lets just play mas, stop crying.

I eh tink nobody saying Bands cah make ah profit.........1 ting ah found interesting bout d people from India who responded on Saucy blog did say is that sometime dey take a loss because their long term goals will still be made because customers will return since dey doing good business (dey might b lying but it sound good tuh me).................d problem dat some of us have is dat d Bands are RAPING bazodee masqueraders wit price.......yuh kno wat in d short term dey go make a killing.......but we go see wat go happen in d long run........d way d economy going and airlines going outta business left right and center we go see how many foreign masqueraders will make it home fuh Carnival dis yeaer and years tuh come..........den wat dey go do....go tuh d locals who dey already outprice from playing mas..............d gravy go eventually run out.....dat is my prediction.

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ALOT of which is sponsored.

People could talk about about how much it cost to produce bands but when you sponsorship from companies such as bmobile, stag, etc, times are not that hard for these mas bands at least not the big ones.

Of course bands secondary (in some cases primary) goals are to make a profit. But how much of a profit is too much? When does it stop being capitalism and start becoming GREED. And when it does become greed, many things are compromised. I think rehashing this topic again will highlight on all of the inefficiencies these bands have to answer for in many other areas.

I just went back and read some of the responses on the blog.

What is even more alarming is the implication of child labour and what we as consumers are doing to support that trade in India.

I saw an expose on BBC America a couple of months ago (I believe Carnival Jumbie mentioned it in one of the posts on Saucy's blog) about child labour in India. I was gob smacked at how these children were treated. The two girls doing the interviews could barely get through the interviews without tears at the treatment of these young boys.

So I would like to know who is employed in this factory in India and know what carnival bands are doing to be socially responsbile other than participating in the Victory Charity event that was held in the summer.

Part of big business (since these bands are setting up business models that say as much) is social responsibility. So while they are raising thier prices higher than jack on the beanstalk, they really should be checking into these factories they import thier goods from.

I would like to read that post, due u have a link for it?