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marinettejoe
#1 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 2:23:46 PM(UTC)
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Have a bad or slow vendor, mechanic or marina to avoid? I don't own these opinions ....

Should we list them here ????


These would be ... I had a bad experience with ....
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#2 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 4:03:30 PM(UTC)
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I don't think we should go there. There are so many boating forums that get started on negative comments about vendors & I think they get carried away. The Marinette forum has always been a very positive bunch since I've been here. Just my 2 cents. Wayne
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#3 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 4:15:07 PM(UTC)
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I think its a good idea but it can be tricky. I have a friend that bought a brand new truck every week he had a problem with it or the dealer so he would bad mouth the dealer. Knowing him he can never be happy dealer probably got tired of seeing him complaining . On the other hand if you deal with joblow parts and it takes you 8 weeks to get a fuel pump then its the wrong one and wont make good on it I w
ant guys like that out of business.
let's list good mecs places not the bad its easy to find bad ones. I trust no one but jeff he is my heroDancing
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#4 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 6:48:24 PM(UTC)
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Don't go there!
I'm on the scubaboard.com and they are being sued by resorts in other countries who feel they were dealt with unfairly on that site. Now scubaboard is soliciting funds for their legal defense.
Don't go there!
If one person gripes about a business it's one thing. If a board solicits gripes it's another.
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#5 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 7:26:23 PM(UTC)
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How about just putting from 1to 5 stars with no explanation,
No one needs to bad mouth anyone.
Make your own decision or pm to find out why the stars.
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#6 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 7:33:55 PM(UTC)
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I think that we should mention good experiences, so that when one of us needs a mechanic who knows transmissions, he can get a recommendation.

Since simple incompetence is everywhere, I believe that we should not complain about anything but outright fraud or other serious breach.

Fuel prices at marinas, updated regularly, would be excellent. Prices for diesel on merritt island vary by as much as a dollar a gallon.



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#7 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 9:01:41 PM(UTC)
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I agree that a venders list that has been used by our members with fair results should be posted. Nix the negative for we are not in need of a retaliatory situation. I take it that this thread was started on a PM. In my experience with venders; you can get great help and service one time and an idiot on line the next. Lets reference what we have used and had good results. Wayne put it right ... Don't Go There

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#8 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 10:40:22 PM(UTC)
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The members have spoken. Sounds wise to me and a new rule.

Thanks for the insight.
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#9 Posted : Friday, May 06, 2011 11:15:02 PM(UTC)
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Ruh Roh.. I started a thread about a paint and the results that I haven't been too happy with, although the company is great to deal with. I don't know if that's a no no or not. I mean if you use something and it doesn't perform so well, I think that is good info for everyone. As long as you use it like you are supposed to.
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#12 Posted : Saturday, May 07, 2011 7:26:05 AM(UTC)
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The very thing that makes this forum valuable to me is the actual experiences of members with different products and techniques. I believe that relating actual experience in detail, without editorializing, is safe and useful. And not a legal problem. Please be specific about what you did and how it worked out, and let others decide for themselves if it is something they could use.



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#10 Posted : Saturday, May 07, 2011 8:43:56 AM(UTC)
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Ruh Roh.. I started a thread about a paint and the results that I haven't been too happy with, although the company is great to deal with. I don't know if that's a no no or not. I mean if you use something and it doesn't perform so well, I think that is good info for everyone. As long as you use it like you are supposed to.
Sean



Had a bad experience with might be different than Is a bad vendor or shop? good point. maybe phflaw might weigh in.

I know epinions does pretty well on their site and they don't mince words. They do have a standard for reviewers and rate them. They are owned by ebay.
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#11 Posted : Saturday, May 07, 2011 11:07:35 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: collins69s Go to Quoted Post
Ruh Roh.. I started a thread about a paint and the results that I haven't been too happy with, although the company is great to deal with. I don't know if that's a no no or not. I mean if you use something and it doesn't perform so well, I think that is good info for everyone. As long as you use it like you are supposed to.
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Sean -- I think that is a valuable service of forums. It's a place to report user experience. There is a line between "this didn't perform well for me", or "the vendor took three weeks to ship and it arrived broken and was the wrong part" and "this vendor is an ass". The first examples are objective experiences and the second one is subjective and frankly, not useful.

For example, I reported my experience comparing ePaint and Trilux a few years ago. I reported that the latter performed better. That's objective.

Everyone's mileage varies. As Sean just pointed out above, a user might not be applying the product as intended. Nor is the customer always right. Forums are merely places where opinions can be heard, a giant electronic cracker barrel (some of us are old enough to remember them), and you accept those opinions at your risk. Sometimes, they are worth what you pay for them. Often, on this forum at least, they are golden.
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