I was about to type
+100, but that would include full retail markup. For this thread, +65!
A lot of people have explained why publishing wholesale prices would be bad for bike shops. Customers would be even bigger jerks, would talk more about what they read on the internet, etc etc.
But why would allowing wholesale prices to be published by forum members be bad for
other BF users? Is it wrong for The New York Times to publish information about secret government programs because they received classified information from informants who were breaking the law by talking about them? My point is, it doesn't see to me like it's bikeforums.net's job to enforce these secrecy agreements -- that's between an employee, his boss, QBP, and an OP's conscience.
Finally, this is not a leading question, but an honest one: does publishing these QBP prices hurt online bike shops? Like, say, Bluesky Cycling, Bikeisland.com, or bikesdirect.com?
By the way, one of the threads that Brian closed is here,
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=314284
with ensuing discussion here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=314667
I'll give you +100, I do no markup on my support
. C'mon, what's this about "error of his ways"-nonsense? You share trade secrets, helping other buyers. A whistleblower of kind.
Side note: the mods think they're so smart for editing other people's posts. They don't realize that one day, sooner or later, that'll plunge bikeforums.net owners in hot water. Someone is bound to publish something that a certain legal entity will find objectionable enough to sue. The owners of bikeforums.net will then WISH they could say "but we are not responsible for what the patrons post here". Yes, they wish they could say that, but they can't, because the answer will be "the fsck you don't - you have a history of regularly editing your patron's posts, that makes YOU directly responsible for EVERYTHING tha appears here. No cigar, see you in court.". Ad lawyerese liberally to make it more lawyerous.