Recoiling over the Recoil

Jim,

As usual, you make idiotic posts because you love Mr. Ed.  It's nothing new from you.  Just post "I love Ed, he's my hero", and just move on.  We already know, but it's nice to see it.  Instead, your posts make you look like a buffoon.  

The rest of you are absolutely pathetic if you don't see what he did as egregious.  He advanced an anecdote, probably made up like most of his, and then presented this as supporting facts for his machines.  He gave a phone number for Jan Sullins, a fine man, but one that distributes and sells his machines.  

If your machine is good, you don't have to lie, you don't have to deceive, and you don't have to create horsecrap anecdotes to sell it.  Then, when you get caught, instead of being a man about it, try to somehow shift the conversation (like others here try to do) to something else.

This man has been caught using multiple IDs with the same IP address, posting to himself and how wonderful his machines are.  

How can someone have self-respect and do this?  Why can't he be honest and sell his machine by facts, instead of bizarre anecdotes he makes up and then gives phone numbers of his distributor.  

Why are you lapdogs not seeing why this is bad?  Are you all of equally dubious character you can't see this misleading and dishonest approach to doing business is wrong?  Would you do this to your customers?  

It's shameful, and disgusting.  I don't understand why that's hard to see.

alexanderS wrote: All right let me set the record straight and yes I did recieve my first XPS "Second Edition"! And yes we did clean the carpet in both our sons rooms which were pitted out. The machine more than lived up to how I thought it would perform. I knew the pump would be a big improvement but until you actually use it you can't appreciate it. Also the improvement in the vacuum of the "Second Edition" was a pleasant suprise(actually Ed made the decision to change the primary vacuum model during a conversation where I pointed out he had a couple amps available on that circuit without blowing them). Naturally this was quite gratifying as this is the one machine that I had something to do with. Not a giant improvement but noticable. My sons and wife were both impressed with the vacuum . And yes I had them feel the difference of when the built booster vac was on or off. They all could tell the difference in air velocity and air flow!!   One more important fact is that I did email Ed relating these very things that you read in his post previous.

Jan,  

First, on a personal level, you know I like you and think you're a good guy, if perhaps misguided sometimes.  So, I apologize if what I'm going to say is offensive to you.  I hope it won't be.

But, your post is more damning than helpful for Mr. Ed.  For one, by spelling out what you told him, and never mentioning you sent him the email he published, you are tacitly acknowledging that he fabricated it.  At best by things you said, but you're loyalty to him would make you say what you could to defend him, so I have doubts there as well.  

This is a man you've called a genius, and a great guy, etc..., but he really needed for you to tell him he had a few amps free on a circuit?  This engineering genius couldn't figure out anything so simple?  That's what I'd call a dolt.  Also, that you have such conversations with him shows the intimate relationship you two have, which again calls into question your veracity, even if he did publish your email word for word (which we know, he did not).  But, even with that, you bring in another point against him.  Wouldn't you think the person that was responsible for the change would be favorably disposed towards it?  We all have egos, after all.

But, nope, just act like it is a customer and hope the readers are too stupid to figure out it's his distributor.  Oh, and then a distributor who is super close to him, and even figured out the change.  No, that wouldn't call into any questions of the anecdote, would it?  

Would you do something like this?  

If he'd just be honest, and straightforward, he'd avoid these situations.  But, as long as he's a snake, I'm going to be watching and I'll catch him.  He's not a genius, at all.  He's an easy target.  So, tell him to start being open and honest, and we'll all be happier.  And he'll probably sell more machines too.  It's the best policy, in the long run.  Deception, like all devilry, leads to a bad end.