An email from BB, picked up on another regular forum I frequent

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Originally Posted by Wet1

Great, and understood. But what's this thread about again? Oh yeah, the OP ordered an HD-DVD player and got a upgrade from BB. If the thread is here (and maybe it doesn't belong, it doesn't IMO, that's another story), why can I not comment on it? It's not like I promoted this. It was a very limited time offer...

For starters, thank you for taking the message as what it was, and not a personal attack. As far as the OPs actions, you're right, probably not appropriate in the end, but the difference is this: he is simply posting a fact, without any additional commentary such as "Wow! I got a free upgrade, this is cool, I'm glad I bought an A2 during the sale!" Instead it was left for the readers to decide how to take it, and early on I'd say most took it as another sign that Toshiba is going to lose big on this sale. For every A3 given away due to A2 unavailability there's one less A3 player being sold for retail. And I agree with another poster that I think Toshiba is the one taking the hit, not BB. At least that would be the better of the two.

So that's the difference, your post was "celebrating" the sale, while the OP was simply reporting on the aftermath. Subtle difference, yes, but that's why I think no one has attacked the OP for beginning this thread.