Soaring Community Consumer Warning

Well not entirely folks!

I have no pony in the race. Don't live in the USA, etc. So as an
outsider I have nothing to win or lose either way.

However - I have dealt with a couple of the Gentlemen, (and I do use the
word advisedly) involved in supplying glider equipment in the USA.

When I have supported the USA internet vendors, All have been
knowledgeable, courteous and provided service well beyond what economy
would indicate.

On the subject of the person placing their ad not knowing the
conditions. I respectfully submit that they can reasonably have been
expected to read the first page of Tim's admittedly busy site:
It is all there in bright colours and huge fonts on -

http://www.wingsandwheels.com/wantads1.htm

So - my suggestion is that this lamentable failure of courtesy should stop.
IF you have a personal issue with someone - don't support that person.
If you have been offensive enough to trigger one of them losing interest
in you as a person and customer - I would be too ashamed to trumpet it
publicly. Their reputation is for decades of informed, courteous service
to soaring. Yours is for ?

Tim and others do what they do as a free service to soaring. All of the
sites are some combination of old, ugly, foreign, complex etc.
Conversely, wingsandwheels.com gets around 33600 hits a month so he must
be doing something right...

If you think you can do something better than Tim - well go on and DO
it. Want to make automated advert posting a reality - why not offer to
do it on Wings and Wheels to extend/return the favour on the same terms?

Don't rant and fuss about what you feel is wrong with what he does and
attack his integrity in this forum.
It does nothing for your reputation. - Well OK so far it gives you a
reputation as a cyber bully with an aversion to reading and an inflated
sense of entitlement.
Not something to aspire to I would think.

Keep it constructive everyone?

/homily

Bruce

On 2013/04/07 3:46 PM, Sean F (F2) wrote:
Exactly right.


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Bruce Greeff
T59D #1771