Originally Posted by
oilman_15106
Also they regularly get accused of starting shill posts just to keep their name/product out there. If it is true it may be a brilliant marketing idea that no doubt someone will get a govenment grant to study. Some have been know to buy their Dura Ace bikes to strip for the groupset and then dump the frame on scambay, usually for very few dollars.
The "shill" marketing concept works. Do a Google Groups search under the name "Joyce Hatto." The "Hatto hoax" was aided by shill posters for Concert Artists, the label that issued the pirated CDs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Hatto