Well, this is amazing. Here we have 2 pages of a thread, and the participants from this site have absolutely proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, they can be just as rude, disgusting, ignorant, and impolite as Charlie's worker with the long black hair.
Edit: Oh.. wait a minute, she never lipped off, she just "gave him a look" of "get lost" he says. I am sorry, I just realized that, no you guys WIN hands down, you're way worse, way way worse.--
I'd say collectively you proved yourselves certainly no better than Charlie's people, and for the hypocrisy factor that is enourmous, worse again !
I'll give one exception for 754, whom I believe without looking made only one post, and the only kind one at that.
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Furthermore, I read them all, and read the link, and counted the satisfied vs not - and Charlie won with 20 satisifed 5 or 4 stars out of 5, vs the 7 that were disgruntled, so for the one poster, jumping in the rudeness to fit in, you were absolutely incorrect when you claimed more people dissed Charlie's on the linked site, than praised him.
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Also, I will note that the gentleman starting this thread, had more than smidgen of self importance going in, bragged about having a tank "better than Charlie's", already had a tank on his bike, probably should not spend the money as his wife pointed out(his claim), was angry about "losing a magazine commission" but pretended he was fair and honest, was unwilling to share his "importance and affiliation" after realizing he had no clout or proof of his "ownership" of the bike, ( He didn't even have a picture of it in his wallet he could show ?) thereby ruining his chance to be believed by a place that obviously has to watch out for scammers, and noted he repeatedly had the lady get up, interrupt Charlie to "ask a question he knew Charlie would have the answer to" ( and he KNEW someone was in there having a meeting with him, and when that is the case, you're SUPPOSED TO WAIT, mr uncover nobody! - but instead, the woman "had an attiude" - because mr self importance still felt all bigshot, but wasn't getting treated like one, I mean Charlie should have dropped everything and run forward to mr reporter spy ! Kinda hard to do, because it was a sting operation! I mean holy freaking molly !) I gotta remember that, I'm nobody, for real, but so what, when I go into mr bigs place, he had better drop everything and scuttle on over to me, or his secretary of defense had better bust him down for ME and my "check his knowledge queries".
NOPE - everyone knows polite and just is and correct business is, is YOU WAIT little potato boy.
- and was surprised when the woman got tired of picking the boss' brain for free, for a guy who no doubt was already fuming. He also said he would sell his super rare tank "if someone needed it badly enough", indicating, quite unconsciously, he ALSO has a standard to be met in the sale !
After all that, stating he "doesn't want to tell Charlie how to run his business", that is of course, exactly what he did, anyway. A lot of the rest here felt absolutely justified in doing the same thing , and somehow that isn't extremely rude, arrogant, and absolutely out of line ? No, you bet it is.
And I'll tell you EXACTLY how I know it. I'm new here, and I can see, how what I said here, is very similar to the complaints here about how Charlie runs his business, and there is no doubt, the vast majority of you are ready to pile on me for it, telling you what a lousy rude thread you have going - same thing- well take your thought and call it even, all the way around, you me and Charlies, all the same, obviously.
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Now I have one comment on the link mentioned several times - one poster/complainer mentioned going in for a used 78 tank petcock, and the lady technician said she didn't feel like searching for one right then. Personally, I thought that was wonderful, and honest, and absolutely correct.
A polite person, one worthy enough to complain about that, would have replied "What do you need honey, can I get you a coffee or a sandwhich?" Of course a polite and caring person wouldn't complain about it, they would show some kindness, instead of just demanding it be shown them.
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I see the posts threatening Charlie that he will lose business, oh he's going to pay...oh he could have "picked up exposure".
Well guess what, he can do without every single one of you, and you're obviously NOT going to break a 16 year winning streak, nor have you just come in upon him "at a bad time", and boy have you guys lectured the "master" - yes that is really amazing.
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Now, you wanted his shop to be nice, but all save one of you were not nice. I'm not nice either. Charlie was nicer than I'd have been here, too, he and 754 stand alone, above. (My apologies a young man on the 1st page also praised Charlie's)
Congratulations fellas, we're all quite a team.
This is absolutely classic as well: " I am someone who is always willing to help out the small shop with as much exposure as I can measure and rarely do I ask for anything in return (if there is an angle in it for me it is usually indirect like page views for HFL or advertising, or getting paid for mag content). However I do ask that people be professional and good people in this business. "
Well this time, you've asked for plenty, and have said you were unwilling to help out because you didn't get it. I seriously do not know how you wrote that first sentence. First of all, you ask "your professional attitude assessment be followed", secondly, in this case, you ask for the shop to break their own rule and sell you an item, you failed to prove you qualified for.
Next, you demand the place let you be a secret agent man, a SPY, you came in there, you explained, under cover. Now, let's be fair, you may very well have purposefully displayed an ATTITUDE, as part of your "push procedure" to "gauge professionalism", even if it was subconscious, one certainly cannot fault the black haired woman for smelling something fishy all over you.
So let's see what the real deal was, actually. You get to come in under cover as a sneaky spy, insulting to say the least to any business, since it assumes you'll dig up some dirt, and boy do you feel vindicated, huh "little man", because the big shot didn't drop everything for you, apparently also failing "professional" under your "expectations".
Next, you must be able to make a purchase, this one, against the rules. Also, you must be able to pick the brain of mr bigshot in his meeting, but aren't satisfied with the secretary's answers she brought back, which you pretended you weren't given, but of course, we know she asked him, just not "deeply enough" when she repeatedly interrupted the meeting for "mr nobody".You also look around, at the time, assessing the "lazy slugs" (employees) you mentioned you saw.
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So how does that work exactly for you ? You the one "always" so willing to "help out" ?
Let's see, you get to spy, you get to buy a tank, you get to make some money, and if you don't get what you want, you THREATEN the business with your post here, and make some leverage by sharing the information about "who you are" , in order to try to "get what you wanted and didn't acquire yet", or exact revenge, we'll have to wonder or see how that works out.
Maybe Charlie's "professional" e-mail you got says you can get the tank you wanted now, so "you'll play ball".
Maybe it was your attitude and what you were pulling, and maybe, you should have NEVER epxected the owner to be interrupted, multiple times, but then you're a hotshot, huh, even under cover, disgruntled, and "on a secret mission" , boy she had better smile at you, doesn't she know WHO YOU ARE ?!? (No, she thinks you're a liar, and don't have the bike, orange color named or otherwise, and golly, you came in a liar > disguised.< I wonder how she got that impression ?
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Yeah, seriously, amazing.
Gee, I'd bet he's willing to sell Charlie's his ultra rare tank, that is gathering 2 inches of dust in his basement, because then at least thousands of people could see it in Charlies display area, instead of it going to waste in a basement somewhere. Yeah, if "someone really needs it", like "he really needed another better, DUPLICATE tank".
