As per the Code of Conduct a company is no different to an individual, and as such is afforded the same protection:
Voice your opinions but be civil and respectful when doing so; Asta has posted the board rules regarding Trolling, Attacks, and Flaming.
Disregard them and you'll earn yourself a vacation or ban from the board.
You've been warned.
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This reminds me of instances prior to the forum's change of name/ownership (as far as I know/recollect) when very heated discussion threads about absolute failures in production design and quality control resulted in condemnation against SSC.
Of course such threads carried on until it reached a point where you know who and some admins had to step in for a variety of reasons including back door communications from SSC to the forum resulting in warnings to cease, etc. due to board rules.
Since the board changed hands (as far as I know), I don't believe a thread like this resulted in this much justified outrage against a brand (other than SSC) occurred asides from past glaring offenses by the brand in question.
The posting of board rules and chiming in from two admins makes me wonder if the brand have a controlling influence and/or stake within the board that we may not be aware of? Whether it does or not is likely irrelevant and none of our business and the admins are simply suppressing the angry protestors to possibly placate a board benefactor and/or exercise control.
So far, the brand is selectively answering a few questions including those that are astonishingly revealing that makes us shake our heads in disbelief. In my view, nothing in terms of a true apology from a company head.
We reached a point where the brand is going to continue to provide further explanation openly, selectively, or not. If they continue, then it's more or less progress compared to the prior 24 hours.
If there are those of us who are still upset and don't want to see the brand get away with it like they did repeatedly, then do the one thing that'll undoubtedly make them truly take notice.
Cancel your pre-orders, definitely and truly never buy another product from them, spread the word and share this thread with pictures, post their initial unclear and vague responses, denials, lack of transparency to prove they do not earn any collector's hard earned $ asides from those who explained how and why they still do and leave it at that.
The more things supposedly change the more they stay the same.