No - please don't. It should be obvious to all, by now, that you and Bill stand on one side of the issue, and a much larger number stand on the other side. Nobody is going to change anyones opinion, so this topic should be dropped - its just religion/politics now, not a sensible discourse.
On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:11:08AM -0500, Tom C wrote: > Please post Bill, please. > > Tom C. > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:45 AM, William Robb <war...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul stenquist" > > Subject: Re: Message from Henry Posner, Part I > > > > > > > >> > >> I'm not Henry and certainly can't speak for B&H. But after many years of > >> dealing with them, I would guess the answer would be a firm "no." They'll > >> stick by their decision. And that's what I like about them. They have > >> specific policies that are set forth in writing, and you can depend on them > >> following them. I've never known them to deviate from the course that > >> they've set. Most often, that works to the consumer's advantage. > > > > Except when they decide that they don't like the price they offered and > > cancel the sale after they have accepted payment for it. > > > > I asked you once, I'll ask you again: If you walked into a store to buy a > > quart of milk and when you get to the counter you are told the price that is > > clearly marked on the bottle as pr quart is actually per pint, and therefore > > you will have to pay double, would you do so happily? > > If you'd care to, answer me this time. > > > > In essence, this is what B&H has done, and it is what you, Mark, Godfrey and > > (most unfortunately) Henry is defending. > > > > For myself, ?wouldn't tolerate it from a retail store, and I wouldn't > > tolerate it from an online store as well. I haven't been a big B&H customer, > > I've probably only spent perhaps 20K with them over the years, but after > > this, I'm done with them as a customer. > > They crossed the line from being trustworthy to being untrustworthy in my > > mind. > > > > Now I suppose because I took up the cause in my usual fun loving manner, > > Henry will breath a sigh of relief because I am an outspoken person and > > therefore potentially one of the problem customers he doesn't want, but I > > suspect I am not in the bottom 10% of dollars spent with them and I have > > never given them grief, other than what I feel is the well deserved grief I > > gave Henry for coming here and defending the indefensible. > > > > And for all of you who have sent me public and private emails chastising me > > for sewering this thread, please be assured that unless I am specifically > > invited to post to it again, I am most likely done with it. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
