Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement


Is it wrong for an apparent DUNLAVY AUDIO dealer to ANONYMOUSLY call Pipedreams the" worst speaker I have ever heard over $500.00"?? I was startled by the extremely negative posts by cg70754 as to the Pipedreams loudspeakers . He called them in one of two posts - " Truly the worst speaker over $500.00 I have ever heard". Strong negative stuff . A check of the DUNLAVY AUDIO website www.dunlavyaudio.com revealed Acoustics Solutions as a Dealer with e-mail address c/o cgerlach@mindspring.com. An e-mail to cg70754 , showed cg70754 to be the listed DUNLAVY dealer,in Alpharetta,GA,- Chuck Gerlach of Acoustic Solutions . What do you think?
alaneichenbaum
I believe that a dealer has as much right to voice an honest opinion as the rest of us, but it would be relevant to the members reading the post to know that it is a dealer, or for that matter a competing manufacturer. Is there any way that AudiogoN can cause a dealer's or manufacturer's log-in handle (whatever you call it--I'm computer challenged) to differ from others so that it would be clear from the start that there's a potential interest or conflict of interest?
Hey Swampwalker & cornfed. Thanks for the +1's. Makes me happy, even if it's only in the name of science.
Really, the reasons I don't always disclose if I happen to selling something while proffering a positive opinion are: A) I don't want to bother, B) I feel it is not relvant to my point, and C) it looks like an advertisement. Nothing more, nothing less than that. Besides, I usually express my opinions in qualitative rather than quantitative terms.
RESOLUTION AUDIO CD PLAYERS RULE !!!!!
I would guess a similar pattern is true of some dealers. It's a suspicion of mine that most high end dealers are in it for a love of the game. Sometimes it is nice to 'hide' and be an individual too. Alternatively, I do notice that some industry luminaries get into the 'celebrity' of things a bit too by always using their full name rather than a handle.

- John Landau
John- Your point is well taken. I think I like Rcprince's idea about some kind of handle that can make it easy for us to know what's going on and easy for you to respond w/o extra hassle. Part of the problem we experience on the net is the anonimity. Many of us have seen examples of manipulation that takes advantage of that fact and sometimes we get suspicious. Actually, healthy skepticism is an important attribute of net commerce.