Dear LJ, thanks for the compliments, although not sure it is deserved as my responses was not all done with your best interest at heart.....lol
Just a quick background here, so that we all on the same page. I am 33 ( The ballie comes from my son, as I am his Ballie )
I run a branch of the largest international company in my industry ( service provider ) and being in the service industry have to contend with irate and unreasonable clients on almost a daily basis. I have had our company berated, critised and downrigth slandered on international forums, by uneducated, irrasional and totally misguided clients, but would not dare to tackle them on an open forum as it will destroy me. I rather adress it in private and any open discussion is handled with the utmost diplomacy, even if it frustrates and infuriates me to no end.
I do try and apply logic to most things in life - some would maybe reckon it is due to a lack of proper knowledge ....but it works so far .....hahahahha
Neilg has summed up what the general perception is at the moment.
I accept your explanation and believe, most members would as well whole heartedly support your cause, should all the facts be known....... ( I understand that you probably can not name the culprit now, but by opening this can of worms publicily, you have almost comitted yourselve to doing so )
Problem is and please humour me here ....go back to the beginning and re-read your post from a neutral point of view - based on the assumption that you have no facts at hand, as to who is being implicated. It might give you an insight into the reaction you encountered.
The same for Van, from a neutral point of view or an consumer point of view review his posts from the start - as I mentioned before, I would have expected the main representative of a major brand in SA, whom by the way has done a hell of a lot for the angling community, to be much more diplomatic in his approach - unfortunately a perception of arrogance and "don't care" has been created, which is going to take time to change.
We can all benefit from each other once all hostilities have been resolved.
Just a quick background here, so that we all on the same page. I am 33 ( The ballie comes from my son, as I am his Ballie )
I run a branch of the largest international company in my industry ( service provider ) and being in the service industry have to contend with irate and unreasonable clients on almost a daily basis. I have had our company berated, critised and downrigth slandered on international forums, by uneducated, irrasional and totally misguided clients, but would not dare to tackle them on an open forum as it will destroy me. I rather adress it in private and any open discussion is handled with the utmost diplomacy, even if it frustrates and infuriates me to no end.
I do try and apply logic to most things in life - some would maybe reckon it is due to a lack of proper knowledge ....but it works so far .....hahahahha
Neilg has summed up what the general perception is at the moment.
I accept your explanation and believe, most members would as well whole heartedly support your cause, should all the facts be known....... ( I understand that you probably can not name the culprit now, but by opening this can of worms publicily, you have almost comitted yourselve to doing so )
Problem is and please humour me here ....go back to the beginning and re-read your post from a neutral point of view - based on the assumption that you have no facts at hand, as to who is being implicated. It might give you an insight into the reaction you encountered.
The same for Van, from a neutral point of view or an consumer point of view review his posts from the start - as I mentioned before, I would have expected the main representative of a major brand in SA, whom by the way has done a hell of a lot for the angling community, to be much more diplomatic in his approach - unfortunately a perception of arrogance and "don't care" has been created, which is going to take time to change.
We can all benefit from each other once all hostilities have been resolved.
