Soaring Community Consumer Warning

Apparently they feel entitled as potential customers of a free service
to dictate the terms of service, and then be vocal in abusing the
service provider.

And I know this was supposedly triggered by Tim putting the phone down
on the person presuming to do this. The more I see and hear the more I
sympathise with that decision.

On 2013/04/11 5:51 PM, robertsmits wrote:

If it's important for you to have your ad on Tim's site - comply with
what he offers. It's free, it's his site. You don't like it - go
somewhere else. Simple.
But obviously you see the value of having your glider advertised for
sale on his site, otherwise you wouldn't make such a fuss...



BobD;835471 Wrote:
The other's a just posers. W&W is where the gliders get sold.-

UH-

WOW UH. "The others are just posers"... what an unhealthy position that
is for our sport. In case you haven't noticed, this is the United
States, where free enterprise competition exists for the benefit of the
end-user. Me: I'm just trying to sell my glider and stay vibrant in this
sport. What's stupid is Tim asked me when I placed my ad what I was
getting. I told him a Jonker JS-1C. 3 months later he comes back to
bully me into pulling my "for sale" ad off SoaringCafe instead of saying
"Hey Bob, hope your ad on my site is getting you prospects. Keep me in
mind for your new glider needs such as panel instruments, waxes etc."
Now that won't happen, will it?

Nope--that wasn't the message I got. I got the Soviet Union instead--my
way or the highway. Again: Is this how YOU would treat past, loyal
customers? Is this how you help the sport prosper? I understand the
issue of competition as with my business.

Read the previous post: he does this to others. How detrimental to the
sport.





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Bruce Greeff
T59D #1771