Dealers hijacking the discussions

I completely support the right of cleeds to call me predjudiced and ignorant if that is how he feels about my statement. The purpose of a forum is to freely exchange ideas and his perspective differs from mine, which is great. Sometimes in an exchange the choice of verbiage or the stance of the poster are unpalatable to some. Oh well, we’ll all get over it.

I wish cleeds had articulated his positive experiences with dealers as it would have brought further value to the discourse.

Interestingly, I also dislike the color orange and boxing which, I suppose, makes me all the more ignorant and predjudiced. But as my mentor Popeye said, “I yam what I yam.”

Thank goodness you like beer, because if you disliked it you would be ignorant and prejudiced.

What if it is the beer that is ignorant and prejudiced? After all, we are what we eat, we were told.....(in this case - drink)

Guys, I think the thread is about dealers and manufacturer's who use the internet for all or most of their marketing.  It's pretty blatant that they do this.  Many of us are fan boys (I still hate that term), but are open and change our systems when we hear better.  I know I do all the time. I may not even own a piece of Ayre gear within the next 6 months as I have found other products I like more and it makes sense for me to change.  

That's called growth.  That's why it's great o be on here and meet folks and find out about gear I'd never know about.  I don't mind dealers doing the same, but not when they reach out on PM's to sell their stuff or when every post comes off as a commercial.  That's what folks are not happy about based on the feedback on the threads adn especially this one.