On 22 August 2016 at 23:15, Attila Kinali <att...@kinali.ch> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:16:16 +0100 > "Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)" <drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> > wrote: > > > That resulted in the manufacturer of the RigExpert contacting Tom, as > they > > were unhappy about my comments. (Strangely they never contacted me!) I > > received a phone call from Jan, the UK distributor about it. Basically > they > > did not want to get into a war with other companies like RigExpert. I can > > see that discussions about VNAs in general could lead to discussions > > comparing products. > > Yes, lots of companies do get very unhappy when they see negative > mentiones of their product. Quite a few of them also do not get that > a mailinglist/forum/... is not responsible for what their users write. > Some even threaten to sue, in case a negative remark is not removed > IMEDIATELY!!!1!einself >
Yes. It is interesting to note that one of the reviews by G3GXG on eHam of the RigExpert AA-600, which is the product I was referring to, says "I tried sharing my concerns on the RigExpert site but every time I did, my comments were removed. This is clearly a raw subject for them." Personally, I write what I think is fair, and if that offends them, let them try to sue me. But I can understand others not wishing to take the same view - especially if in the USA. But unfortunately we have a lot of "no win no fee" lawyers here now in the UK. It is a big "industry". I've not seen it move to things like technical comments about products, but it could well happen. Dave _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
