Did anyone else keep up with threads on another board were Sean at Hi Tech Exotic got exposed for a decade of using shill acccounts to make up product feedback and use all the fake screen names to pose as just happy customers? It was pretty pathetic. He was apparently using the names to try to put down other competitors without looking bad. He was allowed to post again but all the fake names remain banned and others with tons of posts deleted.
People like that ruin the industry. Such underhanded practices. Once allowed to post again, he tried denying it all saying it was simply a misunderstanding but tons of members started asking why all the alleged fake screen names remain banned and posts deleted. His excuse was a misunderstanding due to customers using his wifi for all their posts over many years as to why over a dozen names all spamming fake bs about his product had matching IP's. All the members of another board called bs because none of said names would post except to bash other companies and praise his. So he denied it and then quit responding when everyone called bs.
Then the Admin came in and made an official statement that the names would remain banned and he was issued 2 infractions with the next being permanent ban for what was fake names acting as the vendor or employees pretending to be customers to get people to buy his product.
So shill accounts galore. Since their official statement, he has avoided the forums like the plague. Was anyone else here following it all while it developed? It was pretty sad actually.