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Dealers hijacking the discussions

I’m a very long term member and look at the forums most every day. I’m personally extremely irritated by dealers injecting sales pitches into the discussions which has never really been a problem before. Dealers are biased as it’s the nature of business and this is fine but I don’t go to audiogon to see shameless promotion. There’s one guy in particular that needs to go away. The fact that you’ll all know who it is says volumes about the amount of posting this guy/dealer does on audiogon. Does anyone feel as I do. Just curious.
4425
4425 OP
861 posts
 
spot on. i always think this guy must be drunk or really stupid in which case he shouldn’t post. 
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simao
1,817 posts
 
This has bothered me for a while now, but one of the dealers' posts mention someone "halking" their products.

The verb is "hawking", which means to cry out in public about wares or products one is selling.
rotaryphone
159 posts
 
Dealers should pay per posted word. Lol.
gdnrbob
4,441 posts
 
Mark Twain said it best...
Keeping your mouth shut and being thought a fool, rather than opening it...
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oddiofyl
3,680 posts
 
I should add that when a manufacturer posts,  and it's someone like Ralph of Atmosphere it doesn't bother me at all... his posts are often technical in nature and it's clear to me that he is doing it with the best of intentions.  Plus he is informative and maybe I'll learn a little something by reading his post.   Sure there are others ,  but he comes to mind because he is active here.   As long as a manufacture does not use the forum as part of their marketing strategy , it's ok with me.  In fact it shows me that they care about their products, customers,  and reputation.   
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