Hey Sunlight Supply is using some really un-cool and unbelievably illegal STRONG ARM tactics by threatening to put a group of hydroponics storeowners out of business unless they start a boycott of Advanced Nutrients products. Sunlight Supply CEO Craig Hargreaves will easily put these storeowners out of business because he controls the supplies of grow lights, bulbs and ballasts. Plus, the other things those storeowners need to stay in business. Sunlight Supply and the good ol' boys club have been playing these shenanigans for the last seven years on our community. Now they've taken their scheming to a whole new and illegal level. This video exposes the dirty underbelly of hydroponics good ol' boys club and their leader Craig Hargreaves of Sunlight Supply - it's pretty graphic - they're actually doing this right now. The video contains a lot of industry insider, store owner and personal stuff in it, so don't watch it if that's not your thing. If you care about our hydroponics community and your hydroponics storeowner then you'll definitely want to watch this now. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkUIkOjAq70]YouTube - Sunlight Supply--The Truth[/ame]
I have nothing for respect for Advanced Nutrients, having read a book with a large portion on them and their legal concerns. But this is a free market and this is capitalism, you gotta keep up with the competition or you're gonna get squashed. I hope it works out for A.N.
Well the problem here is that what Sunlight Supply is doing ISNT free market. They're trying to hurt AN by crushing small hydro shop owners. This sort of thing isn't going to kill Advanced Nutrients. They're not a big company, but they're big enough that you can't destroy them just by doing this kind of thing. But you can sure as hell hurt their business by using terrorist tactics. Threatening the livelihood of a lot of completely innocent and uninvolved store owners just to "get at" the real target? Yeah, that's pretty much terrorism right there.
Uh....here's the deal....Big Mike of AN is a known instigator and general bullshitter...NONE of you guys have even the foggiest idea what is going on so let's stop spreading damaging rumors please.
I have heard plenty of stories, and then the "true" story from a person who I feel is reliable. However, I refuse to contribute to deluding the truth here any further unless I know for a FACT that the story I am being told really happened. Point is that none of us can possibly know for a fact what the whole story is and it is childish and ridiculous to spread rumors IN GENERAL, and especially in this case...
At what point did I say that I was an industry insider? What you just posted is exactly my point - all of us consumers are completely in the dark as to what the real story is because all we hear are emotionally charged wholly subjective accounts of the story from both sides and everybody in between.... reading comprehension?
You are the one who said you heard the true story from a reliable person that you know for a FACT happened. So I guess you shouldn't pretend to know what's going on if you are just going to say something totally opposite a couple posts later. I was just wanted to know why sunlight would even try to do this to AN, what did they do to deserve this.
Not sure you read my post correctly, what I said was - you seem very wounded by this...did a SS ballast burn your garage down or something? peace
GTFO!!!! Big Mike is a drama queen and attention whore; AN produces quality products, I really do not understand why he has to be such a advo whore all the time.
Truth Overload Imminent with LIM & me in the same thread Apparently I gotta spread this shit around before you get any more karma