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Originally Posted by An_Original_UNAME
I mean... how much of the NM board is just the guy who clearly bought (or always ran) Cici's backseat modding everyone while making sure people know about the greatest shop that he has no financial interest in at all?
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I don't even live in NM but I visit a few times a year and I've never had the sense that he's an owner or even a shill for CiCi; I know he only posts glowing reviews of her but he's also been a very straightforward source of info for a visitor like me--and not just info about CiCi's shop. I feel like he's just a big fan with a good connection that he's generous enough to use to provide us with information. Is there any evidence I've missed other than that he just posts a lot about CiCi's place?
Though I will also say that to the extent this is based on TBone saying it's "the greatest shop," I don't think he's wrong or even overstating the case. I've been fortunate enough to visit a few times and it actually might be the best place I've ever been to. Compared to CiCi, there's nothing that even comes close to the value proposition or service level here in Denver where I live. Even our K-orgs here--which are mostly great--cost a lot more and I'd still put CiCi's service level a notch above. I mongered in NYC for a decade and I'm not sure I had more than a couple of sessions there that rival what I got from CiCi. If I lived in your state I'd go broke very quickly because I'd be visiting there all the time; I'm always eager for my next opportunity to travel to ABQ primarily because it means I'll have a chance to visit that shop.
So I'll join TBone in saying it might be the best place ever. And even if he does have a financial interest, I've found his posts very helpful and informative and I think you'd find it very difficult to find anything he's said here that was wrong or even misleading.