f_s, your post was brilliant. I hope lots of people read it. And see Beth's response.
This forum is for BPAL. It is linked to from the BPAL website, sending BPAL customers this way. I can't fathom the logic that says that any perfumer is not in competition with BPAL. They are both perfumers. They are competing. The "feel" of the company doesn't matter. LUSH and The Body Shop don't have the same feel. They are still competitors.
The fact remains that shrieking_violet has proof that Michele tried to get around the forum's rules by creating duplicate accounts. That is so outrageously sketchy to me. She's abusing a competitor's website to read BPAL customer feedback and get product ideas. Honestly, I think the admin and mods here are amazing to not ban her outright, but then, I have always found the admin to be amazingly impartial.
I haven't tried H&EE, but I do sometimes post in the thread of retailers I haven't tried if I have something to add. I don't do it out of a desire to stir up drama, but to either post a comment of my genuine reaction or to offer information. For example, I have never purchased anything from feMaledictions, but I posted when I had a comment about lost packages. Forumites aren't creating drama out of nothing. There's a reason the H&EE thread has drama, and that's because Michele creates it with her sketch business practices.
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f_s, your post was brilliant. I hope lots of people read it. And see Beth's response.
This forum is for BPAL. It is linked to from the BPAL website, sending BPAL customers this way. I can't fathom the logic that says that any perfumer is not in competition with BPAL. They are both perfumers. They are competing. The "feel" of the company doesn't matter. LUSH and The Body Shop don't have the same feel. They are still competitors.
The fact remains that shrieking_violet has proof that Michele tried to get around the forum's rules by creating duplicate accounts. That is so outrageously sketchy to me. She's abusing a competitor's website to read BPAL customer feedback and get product ideas. Honestly, I think the admin and mods here are amazing to not ban her outright, but then, I have always found the admin to be amazingly impartial.
I haven't tried H&EE, but I do sometimes post in the thread of retailers I haven't tried if I have something to add. I don't do it out of a desire to stir up drama, but to either post a comment of my genuine reaction or to offer information. For example, I have never purchased anything from feMaledictions, but I posted when I had a comment about lost packages. Forumites aren't creating drama out of nothing. There's a reason the H&EE thread has drama, and that's because Michele creates it with her sketch business practices.