Should dealers be able to......

Would there be any way to block comercial users from emailing private users(of course this would be optional, sort of like having an unlisted phone number)? I do enjoy some dealers comments and input but there are a few who will remain nameless(they know who they are) whom find it required to tell me every week that my system doesn't sound good because I am not using there cables, speakers, etc.. The kicker is they don't even know what I have!! but they know there stuff is better. Keep the comments coming. ~Tim

Tim: rethinking this --- I believe you're referring to the "Tek" situation, which I can certainly understand you not wishing to receive mail from this 'dealer'. Per S7 suggestion above, there may be a way to block reception from specific email addresses although I don't know specifically how this is done? Your application will of course determine the specifics required.

As a dealer, I would very much like to know if an Audiogon member does not want me to e-mail them. I hate spam as much as any of you. I do e-mail people sometimes, but only when I've read the post and think I have something to offer the person, or want to make a comment that I feel I can't on a forum (for example, I may know that a certain product the person is considering has a bad reputation with repair technicians, but since it's a "rival" product I can't badmouth it in a public forum). Frankly very few of my e-mails result in a sale, but many have resulted in friendly correspondance with a fellow audio geek.

Having learned in this thread that Tireguy and Unsound do not wish to receive e-mail from dealers, I'll try to remember not to e-mail them. But, it would be easier if AudiogoN provided some kind of "opt out" option as described by Sdcampbell. That would be ideal.

Audiokinesis, thank you.

Duke your not the problem, of all the dealers who frequent the forums I enjoy your posts the most(I may have mentioned that before), you always share your vast knowledge with out trying to force any particular product- and if it is a product that you sell you make it VERY appearant that you sell it. I am refering to one dealer in particular(whom will remain unnamed- those who have experienced what I am talking about KNOW why I am complaining) who sends a never ending stream on nonsense to members who ask a very paricular question, and upone growing tired of his "game" you tell him to leave you alone and he starts to insult you and your system and makes the oddest analogies. All of that being said I recall talking to you(duke) about certain problems with my system and you ALWAYS help me on the forums and have never even come close to crossing the line- I wish other dealers would follow your lead, I hold you in the highest regards. ~Tim