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Subject:Re: Bostig suspending AT kits
From:Mike South
Date:Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:06:05 -0600

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:

> This seems to have truly turned into a Freydaye Folly ....
>
>
> > "but leading with this title might make it stick in people's heads that
> > they have decided to end,
>
> rather than just suspend, their AT support."
> >
>
> Quite the contrary.

Yeah--I know it's the contrary, that's what my sentence (that you quoted
above) meant.  I was criticizing a misleading title in another post.  It's
good that you left that misleading title out, because it was misleading, but
without it you can't tell whether my sentence is pro or agin'.  Just for the
record, I was _clarifying_ that it was suspended, and that that is not the
same as stopped, as you very accurately and clearly pointed out.

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> Jim Akiba is a very bright man and can speak for himself quite well and
> effectively, and has.
> Doesn't need any re-defining by any of us, such as has been misinterpreted,
> guessed, etc.

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>  Step back, stay out of this and just let Jim do what he is
> VERY good at doing,
> running his business. HIS business.
>

I agree, with the caveat that it is appropriate to correct inaccuracies and
redirect people to the source.  Speaking of the source  (
http://www.bostig.com/bostig-official-calendar/244-auto-sales-suspension )
you can see there that they have been burned once already in participation
in another forum by a moderator accusing them of "hard selling".

Hence there is a possibility that they might be a bit gun shy (or perhaps
even just too busy doing actual work) to step in here, which is why I
stepped in in their defense.  Vendors like these deserve the support of the
community imho.

Anyway, just wanted to clarify why I, personally, stepped in and what I was
(or at least meant to be) saying.

mike