One more thing.

#Believe it or not, one of the most important criteria they look for when interviewing potential new store #owners is that they should NOT have any prior involvement in the hobby. This blows a lot of hobbyist' #away... why would they do such a thing? Because it is a business, not a club house with parts on the #wall. It is a hobby to you, it is a BUSINESS to them. If the hobby store wishes to stay in business they #need to make good business decisions, and good business decision may be mutually exclusive of what #a hobbyist wants.

Did not own a business. But I've worked as personnel manager for a big ministry. Above mentioned sounds very strange to me. Do not hire book lover for a book shop, do not hire computer specialist for a computer store, do not hire a pets fan for a pet shop, do not hire a man with knowledge and education for the job that requires that knowledge and education? It is questionable policy. I'll tell you what. When you see advertisement like - the big company is hiring, looking for people not older that 35 years and blah blah blah, what do you think? They need young people because they are more motivated, have more energy and blah, blah, blah. But I see that the big company just does not want to pay more to older folks, because they are more experienced. The same thing with your example.