Bob,
it can get very complicated.
On the Fiat forum, there are some vendors actively involved in the tech
discussions and are considered "friends" (like Peter C. on this list). On
this Spridgets list, the vendors are usually the evil empires etc. that
are ok to flame. On the Fiat forum, a vendor who makes and sells tops was
flamed by 1 or 2 people because they thought his tops didn't fit right and
he took too long to ship. It quickly became obvious how damaging these
flames are. Before, the "list feel" was that these tops were high quality
and cheap, many people had used them and liked them. But one or two
comments made about the supposedly poor fit sticks in everybody's mind.
This one comment can cost the vendor a lot of business.
Of course the convertible top case is much more subjective, poor fit can
result from poor home installation. The case at hand here was more solid,
no oil filter is no oil filter.
Ulix
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Wiedemeyer wrote:
> I, for one, am glad that the listers post experiences they have had with
> certain parts and service providers. I have seen several posts from people
> who were very pleased with certain vendors and have let us all know that
> these people do excellent work (such as the guy who makes clips and small
> parts in Canada, and the guy who makes excellent tops and upholstery
> products in the northeast). I also remember someone telling about a chrome
> plating company in the Northeast that was very bad. I had actually planned
> to send my chrome work to these people, but after hearing from the lister
> about the bad experience with delays and poor quality work from them, I used
> someone else. By the same token, I have also used parts and service
> providers that have been praised by the list. My question is this: "If
> it's okay to write about good experiences with parts and service providers
> on the list, then why isn't it okay to write about bad experiences as well?"
> I feel that letting people know about experiences with parts and service
> providers is as integral to this list as providing help with how to rebuild
> or fix our LBCs. From what I've seen on this list, the listers are too
> honest and intelligent to resort to flaming someone just to get back at
> them.
>
> Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theskinny@excite.com <theskinny@excite.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, July 15, 1999 1:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Best Head Shop?
>
>
> >I would like to humbly appologize for getting the flames going on this
> >subject. As a newby to the list I suggested that we might all like to know
> >of shops who have done listers wrong. I am now painfully aware that this
> is
> >not the forum to do that. Based on our taste in cars as our common ground,
> >lets shake hands and be pals, ok? :-)
> >
> >David Riker
> >74 Midget
> >63 Falcon
> >
> >
> >
>
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