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..... despite having competing vendors that might not like me or my work I still would not say ill of them or post photos of others’ work on my forum or webpage.
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Not me. I don't agree with this at all.
I do think Ken's post was excellent in every other respect, but I don't agree with the above quoted part of it. Let me explain: I do appreciate what he also said about being essentially a non-combative person. I'm sure that explains his position on this aspect of his post as much as anything. So fair enough.
But here's the rub: I also think that (whether Ken intended it this way or not), what he said above could be read to suggest his disagreement with Alex's decision to post pics of JL's shoddy work. Fine that he wouldn't take this approach himself, and fine that he disagrees that Alex has taken this approach, but if this is what he meant to say, he should have just said it directly.
It's certainly an open issue in terms of whether Alex's approach in this matter (by posting the pics and openly placing the blame on JL) resulted in a net positive or a net negative, all things considered. I think that most of the people who have posted on this thread would vote that being aware of the situation is a good thing, despite the fact that it has caused reputational damage to JL.
At the same time, I can see where anyone who is involved in this sort of business would become a little nervous as a result. All it takes is one major mistake like this and your reputation would be damaged pretty badly and for a long time to come. So from that perspective, I kind of agree with Ken in the sense that he wouldn't want to set out to destroy someone else's reputation any more than he would want someone to attempt to do that to him. That's just a matter of decorum and professional respect.
But I can also see why a friend and someone who has a direct association with JL (such as Ken) would be particularly bothered that it happened to be them on the receiving end of such negative exposure. Accordingly, to the extent that these comments were in any way suggesting that Alex is somehow to blame for any of this... that I don't agree with, as inconvenient as it may be for the parties involved.
I've got a pair of R10's and I've often thought of having them recabled. If/when ever I get my SDS-XRL, I may just do that. As much as I appreciate the fact that what happened to this pair is not likely to ever happen again to any other pair (i.e., lesson learned, so much less risk of a recurrence at this point), I'd still steer clear of JL at this point based on what I've read here. Thus, as an R10 owner, I do find this thread quite informative and regard Alex's decision to write up the expose' as a net positive.
And finally... I've probably made much too much of Ken's comments about this, but since we're analyzing everything to death anyway, adding one more layer shouldn't hurt too much. Ken's an awesome guy, by the way, and so is Alex by all accounts (although I've yet to meet him).
