On Friday 17 December 2004 02:41 pm, Steve wrote:
> I don't mind someone from a PCB fab house posting on the list. Or
> posting a link to their website in the Links page. That's a good thing.
>
> What bothers me is when someone pretends to have no connection with a
> business except as a customer, when in fact it is their business.
>
> Someone just joined and tried to post a cheery "I found my new
> supplier! Its cheap fast and high quality! www.efabpcb.com" message as
> his first to the list. Following my instincts, I followed the link and
> found that "watrach@..." aka "jwjrpcb" had posted his own link. One
> page identifies their Sales Manager as "Jim Watrach".
>
> Then I went to the Links page and found this added by the same jwjrpcb:
>
> www.efabpcb.com
> Very high quality, cheap, and fast, I have used them many times for
> protos, and now using them on production stuff..Its pretty good!
> http://www.efabpcb.com
>
> I don't know about you, but having their Sales Manager lie does not
> inspire confidence in their service.
>
> I've deleted the link and I'm leaving jwjrpcb moderated for now. We'll
> see what he has to say for himself.
>
> Steve Greenfield, listowner
What's really sad is that these people seem to act like they think they can
get away with that sort of thing. Like we're all stupid, or ignorant, or
something...
The technology that we're using here has empowered consumers way beyond what
most of these guys can even dream of, but I guess it's gonna take a while
for them to "get it".