Cleveland,
I am in no way attacking you at all, but the I am too cheap comment rubbed me the wrong way too.

To be honest, the $50.00 I spent on this board, is the best $50.00 I have ever spent.

I have gained valuable knowledge, gotten amazing feedback on things, and support when I needed it the most. All from people who know the business. I would not be where I was today without this board.

I understand that you have successfully run your studio for 30 years, but think of how much bigger you could be, and how many more cool things and improvements you could make by marking up costumes, and other things like that.

You are more than welcome to post any question you want here on this board. We are a friendly bunch, but I think want daninqueen was trying to say, along with bisous, is that A LOT of people (and those two are VERY successful people in the dance world) will not post their secrets, or even answer things on the "ask" board.

You will get better answers, other than just vague $$$-$$$$ ammounts and you will also get very helpful insight. But, to each their own!