Mellotronists

This whole conversation just sounds pointlessly bitter for reasons 
that are beyond me.  I know there's a rivalry between two different 
companies that are making the same basic product...but this looks more 
like Monty Python's version of "The Battle of Pearl Harbor" with 
grumpy old women.
Long story short....I contacted BOTH companies inquiring about the 
purchase of a mellotron...Martin responded.  The other did not.  Had 
they done so, who knows what might have happenned.
But NOT responding to a potential customer is no way to make a sale.
I now go back to "lurkdom".

Brad