I really don't like the fact that a thread I posted in this morning and IMHO had kicked off some very useful discussions on rating suppliers for the quality of their work / service (and which would be of REAL benefit to the community) has been removed with no explantion. WTF!

 

I felt the same when my thread about me not being able to go to the toilet was vaped.

I have since had a couple of successful visits btw

 

LOL. Wasn't even my thread, but as said it had opened up some interesting discussions.

 

Since this site is now funded by advertising, much of it from the suppliers people would be rating, I doubt it would/could be allowed.

Alcazar

 

Don't cry petal.

 

If you think Scoobynet is bad you should see some of the other forums.

I know of one (non-Subaru) where one of the advertisers is a mod, so guess what happens to any thread with a negative feedback to his company

 

i think you will find its in the thrid party an dealers section thats all

 

Nope, the thread's definitely gone ... I did a search (it was already over two pages). It has the same starting post as the thread in the Third Party and Dealers section, but had a lot of posts from others with poor experiences of the same company as well.

Silence the opposition! I didn't know Robert Mugabe had invested so heavily in Internet forums

 

 

It may have been that the discussion was good but the OP had re-posted the same as a thread that had been moved to Dealer/3rd Party (which is where those sort of threads should be anyway), so I vaped it.

& before you ask why could I not leave the thread but delete the OP stuff, the answer is that it all gets very complicated and takes time.

By all means start a new thread to discuss rating of suppliers - but don't name them!



EddScott

Very happy for you m8

 

How can you not name them ?

Surely that defeats the whole idea?

 

Huh ... and what use would that be then? Ooh, I had really good service from (oh damn I would love to tell you, but I just can't say).
Don't you think the only businesses with anything to fear would be those that screw customers over on a regular basis, in which case they don't deserve new business! It might even make certain suppliers (well the ones that want to remain in business) improve their service, which is to the benefit of the whole SN community.

 

Agree whole heartedly with you mate!

It's not fair that SC should get away with what they are doing

I can't believe that we cannot get a say in this, we should be able to speak the truth to help others in their decision. I have praised people when I have had good service, and should be able to report when I have had bad.

Would it help having a self written disclaimer on the post?

 

Totally agree.

 

Doh! Misunderstood me... Sorry

The OP in this thread was miffed that discussion on the SUBJECT of discussing 3rd Party Suppliers was deleted. My comment was that it was alright to discuss in the General Forum.

However, discussion of Dealer & 3rd Party should be undertaken in the correct forum.

IE - Please post in the correct forums!

Thanks!

 

Could you just not have moved this thread into the suppliers forum Puff, and deleted the sister thread that was in there?

This one had far more input - valuable input IMHO - to a scoobbynet member who may be looking out for a recommendation, than the thread that has remained?

 

OK ... could you please enable Poll's in the dealer and third party forum then, as I would like to create a Poll for each of the suppliers.

Thanks

 

Isnt it odd? The people moaning are the people lining the Forums pockets!! You pay your money

 

Oh do tell I love a bit of facist mod bating..

 

I hate to say it, but for those who read that thread... I told you so!

 

Completely agree!

Quite correct, you did ... and I was really hoping you were going to be wrong on this occassion.

I can assure you after yesterday, that I will not be doing so again!

Seems the mods have conveniently decided to ignore this request. Ah well, poll's in the Scoobynet General section then ... the mods can move them to Traders and 3rd Party themselves!

 

I have never seen a thread congratulating a company for good service removed - some of them should be removed due to the sickening creeping and god like worship they spout

 

Very true:

One has to be VERY aware of the noobs or users with low post counts

Very easy to post up a thread reccomending yourself as anonymous alias


I Rtm'd a noob the other day advertising his company down Heathrow way; the fact that he used teh same user name and posted indentical posts in several other forums kind of gave the game away

There is no escaping Google, Board tracker and Board Reader.

 

What are we doing?

 

i thought that was the whole reason of Scooby NET, i use it to socialise,give advice ,share experience, gain knowledge about car parts and most of all tuners.

 

you always find on here that if a dealer gets negative threads posted up about them then it stays but if it's a specialist then it gets deleted.

 

mods will delete these threads but they wont change pics on homepage or remove the scoobyshootout banner thats a bit out of date lmao