Carnival & Port Shopping - Article - CARNIVAL EXPOSED

[frequent cruiser]

A very interesting article was posted at http://www.ecotravelernews.com

 

This article was renamed to explain better the focus of the article.

[NJsharon]

Hmmm, I'm not really seeing anything new that I didn't know about?

 

~Sharon~

[tef43]

The tone of the article certainly makes it appear that the author has an axe to grind with Carnival. Carnival is certainly not the only cruise line with a list of "recommended stores." Why single them out?

 

As the prior poster indicated, there's nothing new here.

[Cruising89143]

It figures that Bill Panoff has his hands involved in this. Bill used to be a CD on Carnival years ago. His company is now the one that produces those books that you see in the cabins with info on port of calls. He also owns Porthole which is full of those same type ads.

[tncuz]

Very interesting article about the art auctions....

Thank-you for sharing.

[BillnBobbi]

Very interesting article about the art auctions....

Thank-you for sharing.

 

WOW! You mean to say most of the "art" at the "art" auctions on board the ship is worthless garbage? What a shock!

 

Indeed any gullible fool who thinks they are buying anything of investment value at one of these snake oil sales deserves what they get. There is an aphorism that "a fool and his money are soon parted". The only Dali's, Chagall's, Max's etc. that have any investment value are already on the walls or in the vaults of museums around the world.

 

Toward the end of his life Salvidor Dali sat around signing blank sheets of art quality paper on which a team of copyists would then make "Dali's". His fraud was well known in the art world, which is why a "Dali" bought on board a ship is worth no more than the paper it is printed on.

 

It appears that the same must hold true for Peter Max, of which whose paintings are on display in these venues look as if they were done in some preschool class.

 

Our son who is an artist by profession, and who has had his works shown in galleries in NYC, Seattle, Houston, Washington DC, Baltimore and elsewhere had a very good laugh two weeks ago, while observing these auctions.

 

The truth is that if you would like some attractive and inexpensive poster type art or reproduction of some classic work, and you like the frame, and the price is reasonable (not much more than the retail price of the frame) then purchase it. But, don't think you've scored on some future investment.

 

As for the Super Shopper Shill, anyone who dosen't realise that this person is working for someone and is getting kickbacks is truly naive.

 

BnB