Price Discussion and External Linking Policies

The Crutchfield Community has been developed to create a place for customers and employees to meet and discuss all things A/V related. The Community team wants to provide the most open experience possible, and at the same time provide a professional service to our customers. Towards this end, we have created some rules regarding price discussions and external linking.  We believe that these rules will ultimately benefit our customers, Crutchfield Corporation, and our business partners.  Thank you in advance for your understanding and adherence to these rules.

---The Crutchfield Community Team

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Price Discussion

Allowed:

• Discussing the cost of a system. It is fine to discuss how much a sound system will cost, budgeting, and line-item pricing. We only ask that you do all of this using our products and prices.
  
• If we do not carry a product, it is acceptable to provide information, including the price of the product carried by another company.
• Discussing the fairness of a price for a service (e.g. is my local audio installation ship ripping me off by charging $400 to install an aftermarket head unit?)
  

Not Allowed:

• Comparing prices between companies. We do not allow price discussions that compare our product prices to that of other companies.  

External Linking

Allowed:

• Linking to "how-to" sites, articles, etc. that explain ideas, possible setups, and other A/V related discussions.
• Linking to products that we carry. You may link to products that we carry, provided that you are linking to the manufacturer's site, our site, or an opinion piece (e.g. review, article, etc.).
  

Not Allowed

• Linking elsewhere to products that we carry. You may not link to another company's product page for a product that we carry. If you are posting a link to one of our products, please link to the item on our site.
• When linking to a product that we do not carry, please link directly to the manufacturer's site whenever possible.

The Crutchfield Team reserves the right to alter posts to add or remove links in accordance with these rules. If you are unsure whether a link you have is against our policies, feel free to PM (private message) a member of the Crutchfield Team. We'll get back to you as soon as we can with an answer. If you have any other questions or suggestions, please contact us so that we can keep improving the Community!