Originally Posted by
VT Biker
For the new members to the forums, and for others unaware.
BikeDirect has a habit of creating new users and trying to push their bikes onto the members and viewers of these boards without your express knowledge that they are actually marketing.
We have now recently 2 Motobecan reviews extolling the great things about their carbon frames, and both overstating the low weight of the bikes.
In addition, another brand new member (join date June 2007) is now trying to set-up a Group buy with BikesDirect. I have a real big problem that (a) BikesDirect is using the forums for free marketing and ;(b) are lying to all of us by trying to pretend to be normal people who just happen to LOVE their BikesDirect bikes.
I ask you this - isn't sleazy that these people stoop to lying to sell their bikes? And if they are that sleazy here, how sleazy is the company in general?
Here is the problem wioth your post:
There has never been a bikesdirect 'shill' post on bikeforums - Period
That is just some kind of urban myth
Every BD employee who has ever posted on bikeforums is ID'd as such in the post
it is that simple
I have seen the same urban myth repeatyed on bicycling.com
and no one other than I in my company has even been on that site to my knowledge
and I have never posted there - and if I ever do - my posting ID will be bikesdirect or bikesdirect.com
Now - get down to the real issue that you have with bikes at discount prices
that would be more up-front than making crap up
mike