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Why would you defend such shitty, fraudulent behavior and attack the customers who were lied to? It reflects poorly on you.

• cheez 11y ago
  Get off your high horse. Are they still doing it? No. No one was harmed, they proved the product is needed where the product is "chocolate that looks like it was produced by artisans." Yeah, there is a market for people who want to feel as if they are buying superior products when they are not necessarily doing so. c.f. the whole bottled water industry. There are tons of examples of products where you give the impression of a huge, quality team behind it that makes you feel superior for buying but it's a couple of dudes in a basement somewhere who make you feel good for buying. Let's not get too carried away by making moral judgments.
  • chasing 11y ago
    > Are they still doing it? Who knows? One thing about liars: They lie. > No one was harmed... No one died, sure. But people purchased a product that was not what was advertised. And an unfair marketplace was created in which one player could reap the rewards while not having the expense of actually acquiring the expertise or investing in the actual product. I'd prefer to excise fraudulent players from the marketplace just so those who are actually investing in innovation and higher-quality products can reap the rewards. Chocolate is a small and whimsical thing, but it doesn't matter: It's an industry. People make their livings in it. People work hard at it. Fraudsters should be exposed. Fraud should not be considered a normal way of doing business. > people who want to feel as if they are buying superior products > makes you feel superior for buying Get off your condescending horse.
    • cheez 11y ago
      Yawn
      • chasing 11y ago
        You're up past your bedtime, I understand. But you actually hit on a good point: It is boring when it's not happening to you and it doesn't involve a product or service you care much about. And so it's easy to be dismissive. I don't honestly give a hot flip what you think about this particular topic. But hopefully someone is treating this seriously. As I hope someone takes it seriously when it impacts something you do care about. And I really hope that being fraudulent doesn't become the expected norm for start-ups in any industry...
        • cheez 11y ago
          You're just pissed because they're businessmen selling you superiority, NOT CHOCOLATE.
          • chasing 11y ago
            Yeah, I am. I would buy Mast Brothers chocolate and walk the streets of Williamsburg waving it in people's faces: "Bask in my superiority!" Because that's what normal people do with food.