No question Dennis that your industry operates that way... heck many do the same.

What I was getting at was there are many with a mindset that is already dead-set against doing many of those things that I listed-- not because of any industry "standard" but because they just don't want to be bothered.

And by doing that (eliminating potential ways of separating yourself from your competitors) your ability to have a successful business decreases...

ALSO if someone has been in business before and has had success like say a Jim Straw or Don Alm and they decide to have a business where they don't want to do many of the things on my list-- fine! They've talked the talk and walked the walk. They have a good grasp of business and have a much better chance of making next business succeed no matter what sort of restrictions it may have. However when you have someone that has done diddly-pooh try to succeed at their first business under the same restrictions... well it's probably not going to be easy.