It appears that finding eham's right to-- do as they please with reviews as
a good thing-- depends on whose ox is being gored.
73,
Steve wd0ct
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
To: "Ten Tec Reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Oopsie
> During the recent discussion here about the eHam "0" review of the
> Centurion, I was one of many people who gave the eHam editors the benefit
of
> the doubt as to their motives for moving the review out of the Product
> Reviews section.
>
> A post made earlier today to the eHam Product Reviews now leads me to
> believe that I was in error to take this position. In fact, I am now
> wondering if comments made that implied that eHam did this on behalf of
> TenTec on the basis of TT being a major advertiser may have been closer to
> the mark than I first thought (and let me add, if they did this for that
> reason, did so on their own without any interaction made by Scott or
> TenTec).
>
> The post I am referring to, assuming it is still there, refers to a
product
> sold by a close friend of mine (and incidently someone who ordered an
> Argonaut V at Dayton). It assigns a poor review score to this product,
but
> if you read it, you discover that the issue is an Accounts Receivable
issue
> with eHam itself and has absolutely nothing to do with the product in
> question. Also, a previous post from this same individual was revived,
also
> adding a poor score to this product.
>
> Now, I don't know what the business problem between these two is. But it
> strikes me that the eHam reviews is a most inappropriate place to discuss
> this, and has the potential to do a lot of damage to this product's
> reputation. (And I have already made my friend aware of the problem).
And
> it also strikes to the very heart of any credibility for Product Review
> posts. If I have to wonder if the real reason behind a negative review is
a
> billing question, how likely am I to put any credence in that review?
>
> In any event, as I said at the beginning, it appears that my earlier
stance
> was incorrect, and as such, I wish to etract it and apologize for being
> wrong.
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> "And they give you cash,
> which is just as good as money!"
> Yogi Berra, AFLAC Commercial, 2002
>
>
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