Dear FM's,
Today I feel rather disturbed by the interaction I had with a well respected and experienced FM. The gentleman has put up for sale a much vaunted turntable on the sales forum with much fanfare and fairly robust explanation. As is evident from his first update on the post, many of us are unable to resist the temptation. Sadly I am one of those prone to sleepless nights at the mere mention of fluff. So I offered this gentleman full immediate payment for his wares. But instead of straightforward information, I expected of availability/unavailability of the equipment, I was greeted with à rather disturbing story of the whole world holding their breath for some kind of lottery. FM stated that at least 5 people are waiting in line to get the turntable and he will inform if none of them materializes. This begs a simple question, we as mere mortals put the status of equipment "on hold" even if one FM has asked us gently to wait. But in this case we are exposed to utter aggrandisement and tomfoolery. Audio enthusiasts have long suffered from this disrespectful behavior in the name of highly esoteric entitlement. Put simply this is contrary to spirit of this hobby and care should be taken to avoid this impression even inadvertently. My humble request is to maintain transparency so as to encourage further interest from the seekers and to shun ivory tower treatment for us mere mortals.
Comments in support or to the contrary are welcome.
Today I feel rather disturbed by the interaction I had with a well respected and experienced FM. The gentleman has put up for sale a much vaunted turntable on the sales forum with much fanfare and fairly robust explanation. As is evident from his first update on the post, many of us are unable to resist the temptation. Sadly I am one of those prone to sleepless nights at the mere mention of fluff. So I offered this gentleman full immediate payment for his wares. But instead of straightforward information, I expected of availability/unavailability of the equipment, I was greeted with à rather disturbing story of the whole world holding their breath for some kind of lottery. FM stated that at least 5 people are waiting in line to get the turntable and he will inform if none of them materializes. This begs a simple question, we as mere mortals put the status of equipment "on hold" even if one FM has asked us gently to wait. But in this case we are exposed to utter aggrandisement and tomfoolery. Audio enthusiasts have long suffered from this disrespectful behavior in the name of highly esoteric entitlement. Put simply this is contrary to spirit of this hobby and care should be taken to avoid this impression even inadvertently. My humble request is to maintain transparency so as to encourage further interest from the seekers and to shun ivory tower treatment for us mere mortals.
Comments in support or to the contrary are welcome.