Judegate (formerly: STOLEN ITEMS ALERT)

Someone at HFM got fired over the theft of a loaner product that was then paid for? That's terrible.

 

Why would an employee get fired because of a loaner theft from an enthusiast group?

 

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Well, if an organization is built on controlling information, wouldn't the disruption of that control be threatening?

 

Well you're not a megalomaniac yet, give it time!

(I'm just poking fun. I don't have anything against Jude; I don't know him.)

 

Your wife is indeed wise. He's probably not that afraid of sbaf morphing into a new HF and taking his ad money. But he might be afraid of sbaf calling him out on a lot of things which would make him lose his street cred and hurt him indirectly.

 

Wait, so someone really got fired becasuse of this bs?! I understood that someone almost got fired.
Well, what a idiot, time will tell ...

 

I think Jude sees SBAF as a threat because it's taking a good amount of head-fi's "best" users and combining them with some of reddit's. It's not a threat in terms of quantity but quality of users. I may be off but if I were in his shoes that's how I'd view it. I look around here and I essentially see only the people I'd trust to purchase gear from, people who review things in a good fashion, and people who aren't so vulnerable to falling for "this costs more so its better" logic. Head-fi may be great at getting new blood and getting them to spend money but its utility kinda runs out to an extent once you get to the stage where you know what you're doing. And while losing those members doesn't threaten his money, it threatens his reputation and he certainly sees someone who cares about that maybe even moreso than the cash flow.

 

If HiFiMan can fire their own employee over such a trivial occurrence, that is probably not the company one wants to work for?
Employer / Employee relationship is very important. There are employers that go out of their way to protect their employees. Then there is this kind.

 

You forgot that we have the Superdupont Resonator. That probably diverted a fair number of readers from head-fi, seeing the number of orders Sorrodje received from new members.

 

wow, just read through this thread. not to beat a dead horse or anything, but theft, especially in these scenarios that involve TRUST, is completely fucked up and such a violation. it reminds me of a near crisis when my bike was almost stolen. i love my bike, and noticed immediately that 1 water bottle was missing, and the saddle was almost loose. i guess they gave up on the bike and tried to grab stuff off of it.

little did they know, they grabbed the *wrong* water bottle. it's one that's marked with black tape around the rim, and is used EXCLUSIVELY for peeing into when i'm in a tent and feel too cold or lazy to go outside.

what i'm trying to say is... karma, pay-back, retribution etc, is a real bitch and they'll get theirs in some form or other.

 

It's like you said, he's a self-styled king with an overblown sense of importance. Of course he'd see a place like SBAF as a threat. Over on HF he can shake the ban stick if someone speaks out of turn. Here we're all speaking out of turn.

 

I'm also a firm believer in Karma, what goes around comes around.

These people will get what they deserve eventually...