My $0.02 from an ethical standpoint-
Just recently, someone posted a request for information on one of the paid sponsor forums about that manufacturers product. Instead, I was appalled to read the amount of cross postings made under that forum banner to purchase products by other builders on this forum.
So this is how it works now - someone on a paid sponsors forum asks a manufacturer for info and it's a free for all for others to pitch their products?
They can make the argument that information is all they are providing but I don't think anyone other than the forum sponsor is flippin' the bill, especially those who don't sponsor their own product.
Brutal...
Chris
Just recently, someone posted a request for information on one of the paid sponsor forums about that manufacturers product. Instead, I was appalled to read the amount of cross postings made under that forum banner to purchase products by other builders on this forum.
So this is how it works now - someone on a paid sponsors forum asks a manufacturer for info and it's a free for all for others to pitch their products?
They can make the argument that information is all they are providing but I don't think anyone other than the forum sponsor is flippin' the bill, especially those who don't sponsor their own product.
Brutal...
Chris