golden demons awards... a thought

Hi all,

A very random post, but I just wanted to see what your thoughts are about the golden demon awards.

'why' you may be asking? will whilst I was surfing eBay the other day, I noticed a #seller' selling a model which is his golden demon award- with the buyer not receiving the model until after games day UK (the buyer doesn't get the golden demon if he wins)

again- you might be thinking 'why are you talking about this eBay lot?'

within the description, it is indicated that the model wasn't painted by him, but by a professional artist as a commission piece- I've never entered golden demon, or having seen some entries for golden demon I know I could never win as my skills aren't there- but if (and when maybe) I ever put forward a model for an entry I would be happy to know that I put forward my best, and that if that wasn't good enough at least I tried. There may be people that feel it is OK to enter commission pieces into golden demon, but is it really in the spirit of the competition?