Originally Posted by
Paul Johnstone
You can only do a side by side comparison if Grizzly wins.
They are a paying advertiser on this board, it is not tolerated to post something negative about them.
People in the past have been treated harshly for doing as such. Not worth the trouble..
I'm not even allowed to post a link to the comparison on the other board where someone owned both of them.
This is not a complaint, just the way this board is run.. It's a nice message board for everything except getting a balanced opinion on a product that is advertised here.
Paul,
Yes you cannot link to another forum. Those are the rules you agreed to abide when you joined.
But, whether some company advertises here has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you can post a negative review about one of their products.
Taken from Keith's Decenber 20, 2010 announcement:
Before You Rant Read This December 20th, 2010
"It is the intent of SMC to permit the airing of concerns regarding the suitability of a particular product, or the quality or sufficiency of customer service provided by a vendor in any particular instance provided there is not a breach of contract component involved.
However, these threads often deteriorate into a "piling on" and develop a very negative tone. That doesn't assist other viewers in assessing the overall advisability of whether to buy this particular product, nor to assess the overall customer service provided by that manufacturer/vendor.
In order to be fair to the many vendors that provide woodworking products, the following policies will be in force:
The original poster must have first contacted the manufacturer/vendor and have attempted a solution PRIOR to posting the thread.
The original poster should provide factual details of the problem, and details of efforts that have been made with the manufacturer/vendor to rectify the problem.
Subsequent posts must be limited to suggestions to the original poster to assist in rectifying the problem - not to pile on because you had similar problems.
SMC is a woodworking forum. The intended purpose is to provide a community in which useful information may be shared among the members. Threads that do not achieve that purpose will be locked, or removed if necessary." SawMill Creek is not a Court of Law and we are not in a position to judge a breach of contract case here, therefore SawMill Creek will not become a stage or a courtroom for a legal dispute between two or more parties, it just isn't our mission."
The staff here is only trying to be fair to both buyer and manufacturers.
As far as persons being mistreated, people who cannot comply with the rules to which they agreed when they joined have had their posting privileges terminated. I don't look at that as mistreatment but strictly holding them responsible to the standards they agreed to abide when they joined.
Last edited by Ken Fitzgerald; 11-14-2012 at 9:48 PM.
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....