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Things that are common and why they're okay:Īrtisans making dupes of colognes by big name houses. I think this is needed because it's ongoing behavior, and because it's one area where there's legitimate questions from new wet shavers, and pushback from some who see no problem.

I think there should be some expansion on their practice of copying scent concepts from other artisans and why it's bad even though many artisans make cologne dupes or get inspiration from other artisans.

He continues to do positive reviews on PAA products, which is fine if he legitimately likes them, but I found it a little off-putting that he would rather believe me a disgruntled employee than a truly concerned viewer.Īfter that, I could not watch Mark anymore, which saddens me, because I really liked his personality.Īnyways, like I said, I don't have proof, but I highly suspect that the stuff Mark received was a 'promotional gift' or something of that nature, and the additional stuff he has gotten is probably in a similar vein, i.e. Not only did he not address the question in any videos, but he emailed me back saying that he was unaware that people felt this way about PAA, but he could not act on my information because I could be a 'disgruntled former employee'. Mark had a weekly video he did called 'Monday Morning Mailbag' where he would answer questions or comments from viewers, so I sent him a very detailed email with links included, detailing everything I knew about PAA at the time. I took it upon myself to leave a comment on one of his videos explaining the situation with PAA and why it is on the DNB list for us. He had nothing but good things to say about any of it. Soon after that, he suddenly received a whole bunch of products from PAA including soaps, pre/post shave products, brushes, etc. He immediately named Stirling his favorite soap base and was eager to try more. Also, he initially mainly reviewed commercial products, which I liked because I didn't think I could afford the artisan products at the time.Įventually he started breaking into the artisan shaving products, starting out with Stirling. He was an older gentleman, with a kind, grandfatherly type of presence. The main reason I liked him so much was his happy-go-lucky personality, and his real love for wetshaving. I don't have any proof to offer, just my own anecdote, but I have suspicions that PAA 'buys off' wet-tubers to give PAA good publicity.īack when I first started wetshaving, I enjoyed watching a wet-tuber by the name of Mark Szorady. Whether your screenshot/argument supplements previous information or adds new updated information from recent years, I want this to be a thorough and accurate rebuke of 'Dougie's' skullduggery. Links to previous posts, comments, or threads that INCLUDE PROOF are acceptable (though they are more work for me). Screenshots should have names removed to protect the participants from retribution. Screenshots will be required for any negative argument that I will add to the wiki. Why his previous/on-going business practices are unscrupulous and/or deleterious to the wetshaving community. Why we advise new shavers not to purchase their products. The continuing ban of PAA from participating in Reddit Saying 'PAA = bad' just won't cut it, and I know that there's been a lot more that has happened than is just covered on the PAA Wiki Page. If we really and truly want to be the responsible community that I know we are, we must present a well-constructed, and proof-derived argument for our stance against PAA. I'm making small, but important updates to the DO NOT BUY LIST, and first and foremost I want to address the largest elephant in the room.

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I will personally report anyone to the mods that is rude, profane, aggressive, or condescending.

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Full transparency and full community involvement are my primary goals.

The newly added Leg/Body Shaving Wiki is still very much under construction, but after only a day is already starting to look really good!Ĭomments and feedback are always welcome and I try to respond to every comment.

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The newly added Sensitive Skin Wiki is nearing completion, but I'm finding stuff worth adding occasionally in other searches and while working on other wiki pages. The Beginner Wiki is on the main page now and is tabbed and much more thorough than before.

Your contributions to these posts are truly making a difference for shavers around the world. Between the 3 main shaving subreddit wikis, NONE have been substantially updated for at least 6 years. First of all, thank you for all of your input in the previous two wiki posts and general overhaul of the wiki.

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