@deep_333 -- Sorry, but no tin foil conspiracy or massive sales collusion with kickbacks going on between myself and Verdant Audio. The REASON I tagged him was to make it easy for anyone wanting to see the thread and the comments that I mentioned in my post. At the time of my post (February 7th at 12:40 a.m.), you could still read the post @verdantaudio had made along with the 30 replies -- the post had not been deleted, the conversation had just been shut down. I have not tried to find the post as of this writing...so I don’t know if it has been deleted or not. Too answer your question -- no, the post wasn’t a situation of "him bad, me good". It was Verdant alerting us that two online "sellers" were listing products that they were not authorized to sell, and the advertising they were using online had been simply "cut and pasted" from Verdant’s website. I went to the websites of the two companies mentioned, and under their "Products" for sale menu, Verdant speakers aren’t even listed. However, if you do a Google search of the company name and Verdant, lo and behold links appear with product information, specs, and a fantastic "too good to be true" price and you can "purchase" the product with the click of a button. From replies in the comments section, bad things happen from that point forward. Hopefully that clears that up for you.
@cleeds -- I believe you have been on this Forum longer than I have, so I’ll take your word about the "even handed" Moderator actions. In my eyes, there just seems to be a lot of discussions shut down, deleted, etc., over the last 5 years and for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why. I have actually asked the question, but never got an answer. Now do I spend hours on this site, searching for threads that have been deleted, and questioning the reason for every one?? Of course not. But I’m fairly certain that I’ve inquired 3 or 4 times ever since I became a Member -- especially during the Lockdown time frame. That was a stretch where I was seeing LONGTIME Members getting banned and having threads shut down right and left. A coorelation between "cabin fever" and short fuses? Absolutely.
@yogiboy -- "Thank you for your time. I hope you have a great day." (As he’s walking away, Columbo suddenly stops, turns and cocks his head to the side). "By the way, just one more thing..."
@erik_squires -- Sir, this is to inform you that you now owe me a brand new computer monitor. When I read your "I’m a frayed knot" punchline, I did an epic "spit take" and soaked my monitor in Guiness Stout. Since we are fellow music lovers, I’m not going to charge you for the cost of the Guiness...unless you leave me no alternative.
@8th-note -- My thoughts exactly. I was trying to find the original post by Verdant to back up what I said to @deep_333 above, but could not find it either. It does appear that it has gone from "Discussion Closed" to "Discussion Deleted", which is utterly ridiculous. There was absolutely NOTHING in his post that violated anything listed in the post from the Admin. Nothing. This reeks of shady.
@veerossi -- "Is this what the fuss is about?" Not in the least bit. Unfortunately, it appears that the Admin at Audigon has now deleted the post instead of just stopping the discussion, so you can't read it. I’m kicking myself for not doing a screen shot of the post, because I knew the Mod’s would delete it. I don’t know if he saved a copy, but, if you read the post above by @verdantaudio you can get a sense of the "Red Flag" warning -- and the original post also had replies from other Members with highlighted examples that raised the caution flags even higher up the flag pole.
