Not fair, read the posts. More than one person other than Dennis gave a glowing report on them. How is that a slight to you in any way ?
I don't think Annabeth is talking about that. It is common knowledge here on Bird Forum among older members that the Gold Ring has top shelf optics. What she means is Dennis's manipulation of his thread to help resell a binocular at a profit which he had no intention of keeping.
For example, the manipulation began in his first post where he used a 3 year old Allbinos evaluation of it to later compare it with binoculars like the 8x32 Swarovision which had not been evaluated by Allbinos.
Bob