Hi Randyhat,
"The thing is, if you depend upon word of mouth
internet reviews to get the word out about your product you
have to be prepared for negative comments".
Agreed. It's not hard for me to feel that, if I were Alex, I
would've at least tried to handle that differently...even if
I thought Ctsooner was lying (which I don't). In that
instance I think it just would've made good business sense
to me. I don't think Alex necessarily always gets an A+ for
his business skills or his current level of understanding
how the American way works...or even always his engineering
explanations, for that matter. But, as much as I can
sympathize with Ctsooner (and have with him on this point
before), I can also do so with Alex otherwise, at least up
to a point. English just isn't his first language, plain and
simple. But, being that the company is basically just him on
the payroll (I think he farms out the CNC cabinet cuts), I
don't imagine he can realistically hire anybody to help him
with the language barrier without ultimately running the
risk of losing control of his company. And in truth I can
sympathize that he may feel he simply has no other choice,
as a result, but to try to fly his company by the seat of
his pants, like he does. At least he seems to have the
courage to take that much on the chin, so far. And, like you
suggest above, it might be too early for him to be
advertising by means other than forums. But, in my view, I
just can't help but feel that this business with Ctsooner,
anyway, has damaged his reputation. That to me is
unfortunate. But, if nothing else, I'm sincerely hoping Alex
will come to understand and appreciate our heritage of the
American sense of fair play as the rest of us generally
enjoy.
BTW, I do have a pair of GT's. I find they really are
uniquely amazing. And I'm also fully convinced they are the
last speakers I will ever need to own, FWIW.
Regards. John
"The thing is, if you depend upon word of mouth
internet reviews to get the word out about your product you
have to be prepared for negative comments".
Agreed. It's not hard for me to feel that, if I were Alex, I
would've at least tried to handle that differently...even if
I thought Ctsooner was lying (which I don't). In that
instance I think it just would've made good business sense
to me. I don't think Alex necessarily always gets an A+ for
his business skills or his current level of understanding
how the American way works...or even always his engineering
explanations, for that matter. But, as much as I can
sympathize with Ctsooner (and have with him on this point
before), I can also do so with Alex otherwise, at least up
to a point. English just isn't his first language, plain and
simple. But, being that the company is basically just him on
the payroll (I think he farms out the CNC cabinet cuts), I
don't imagine he can realistically hire anybody to help him
with the language barrier without ultimately running the
risk of losing control of his company. And in truth I can
sympathize that he may feel he simply has no other choice,
as a result, but to try to fly his company by the seat of
his pants, like he does. At least he seems to have the
courage to take that much on the chin, so far. And, like you
suggest above, it might be too early for him to be
advertising by means other than forums. But, in my view, I
just can't help but feel that this business with Ctsooner,
anyway, has damaged his reputation. That to me is
unfortunate. But, if nothing else, I'm sincerely hoping Alex
will come to understand and appreciate our heritage of the
American sense of fair play as the rest of us generally
enjoy.
BTW, I do have a pair of GT's. I find they really are
uniquely amazing. And I'm also fully convinced they are the
last speakers I will ever need to own, FWIW.
Regards. John