Does Anybody Remember Rocket Speakers?

AV123.com was the brain child of the audiophile industry's Bernie Madoff, Mark Schifter. 

Ugh... 

He went to prison for defrauding children's charities with audiophile gear auctions if I got the story right. https://www.audioholics.com/news/av123-mark-schifter-indicted-grand-jury 

He signed a contract with me (we knew a lot of the same people such as Howard Schilling and Bob Rapport) and he just stiffed me for $40,000. 

Then he tells me "why don't you come to Denver and I will buy you a steak dinner and let you drive my Porsche Boxster" 

For the record, I was driving a 1997 911 Turbo then. I just sent him a photo and moved on. 

Value always is popular - especially if you are some our younger audiophiles out there. 

The question is: does is matter WHO you are buying your gear from? 

Would you buy a Tesla from "King Elon?" I won't. 

Would you buy a $4,000 fuse of $35,000 pair of speaker cables from My Pillow guy down here in Orange County when he sits in his Ferrari and makes fun of Gene from Audioholics for catching COVID from the RBH guys in the second week of March 2020? YouTube.com video and everything? I can pass on that too. 

But there are others who don't care. And that's their prerogative. 

One of the most liberal (and quite gay) ex-industry execs is an EV enthusiast and he and his husband BOTH drive Teslas. They say "buy one used and get indy service". I love those boys but I am can't go with that. Mercedes EVs have the same depreciation. Many other options. Hyundai, even. Many. Rivian. So many.