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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
jamestakamatsu
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Let's see what cg70754 has to say. Maybe he could make a special offer to Audiogon members for a set of Pipedreams-beaters for under $500?
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swampwalker
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Audigon- I just attempted to rate John 1's post above and checked off +1, +1 and it showed up as -1, -1. What's up. And John 1, I'm with you all the way to the point where you say you've commented favorably on gear you sell without disclosing that fact. Many hi end pros are valuable contributers to this forum, but if you have a potential financial interest, you should let us all know. Sorry about the mess up with the rating; now I know I don't like it.
cornfedboy
1,645 posts
 
swampwalker: the likely reason why your "vote" showed up as -1, -1 is that the tally on the post before your vote was -2, -2. as i understand it, the tally you see on any post after your vote is cumulative, counting the vote you've just made. good hunting. -kelly
cornfedboy
1,645 posts
 
swampwalker: i just confirmed my suspicion. i, too, rated john_l's post +1, +1 and the tally came up 0, 0.
rcprince
2,830 posts
 
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?
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