Dealers hijacking the discussions

I am going to call out the next dealer that does that to me again...  it was such a turn off I didn't even buy the speaker in question.  Partly due to the fact I am in Boston and the closest venue to demo is in NY and NJ, but mainly due to dealers contacting me.  I travel all over New England and NY for work, if you sell audio equipment I will seek you out.   I will find you, I promise.

viridian

I am on the record disliking dealers.

That's just prejudice. As with all prejudice, it's rooted in ignorance.

Oddiofyl, what do you mean contacting you?  I thought they were only supposed to post and that they had some rules about selling directly from this forum.  Why would they contact you, unless it's to directly sell?  Please clarify.  Thanks.

I certainly have seen specific brand or model threads being frequented by dealers or owners of the company on occasion, which can get bothersome.  But IMHO, the worst offenders are the fanboys.   

Let me say first, though, that there are great fanboys, knowledgeable and with much experience, able to help and offer great suggestions.  Then there are small minded, my-way-or-the-highway, everyone-else-is-wrong fanboys, that attack any critical view of their brand as if it was their personal identity being attacked.

Specific example.  I found the Tekton brand of speakers not to my taste.  I stated why in on of their threads, and after a few back and forth posts, became public enemy number one by a view of their fanboys who simply could not handle the idea that the speakers are ugly to some, for instance.  

Actually, I haven't seen this kind of nonsense for most brands, just a few.  And it's always an Internet Brand, oddly enough.  I'm not sure why this occurs, it's quite odd.  

at cleeds:  I believe it is a right of anybody on this forum to express an opinion ("I dislike dealers") without another member then referring to him as being prejudiced and ignorant.  That's just bad manners.