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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

Not sure what's wrong if someone, be it our moderator or someone else, defends the company. There are enough people blasting the company, so it seems to me if someone defends it this thread might have a bit more balance.

From another perspective, as I understand what Jeff says, a reason he introduced the thread was to express concern over the pending investigation, which is germane to those people who bid in their auctions. Inasmuch as Mastro auctions will continue to take place while the investigation lingers, I see nothing wrong with someone in the meantime expressing his views that people have nothing to fear by continuing to bid. Yes, I understand that Leon does get advertising revenue from Mastro so therefore to some his views might be tainted. That is a legitimate point to raise. But Leon has never attempted to hide that fact; therefore no one is being mislead about the potential for bias on his part. One thing about Leon that I have noted over the few years I have been a lurker/participant on this board is that he does seem to call it as he sees it, often being very critical of friends and advertisers. He and I are friends but sometimes he has said things about things I wrote that I felt like picking up the phone and asking him how his thought process was functioning that day. I certainly think he deserves the benefit of the doubt that his position here is not tainted by some small amount of advertising revenue.