^ It appears that for some people, the art of human interaction, and actually speaking with another live human being, is no longer the norm.
^ I don't mean to be rude, however, if you would take the time to read what you post, then do some introspection, maybe it would help for you to open your eyes and possibly try different channels of communication. If emails aren't working for you, try picking up a telephone.
In your own word's: you don't like talking to people on the phone, and you're anti-social...
neither one of these personality traits, are helpful when conducting any type of business.
I can appreciate that everyone here is different; with that stated, I've had dozen's of transaction on this forum, where I wouldn't have done business with the other party, unless we had a direct line of back and forth communication via the phone (so I can a better sense of whom I'm dealing with). I don't have the time to spend an all day back and forth via email, when I can easily pick up a phone, have a back and forth and get the answers I need in one shot.
Just this last week I picked up the phone, & called, CRK, ZT, Josh Lee, and Jason Brous. We had very productive conversations. I also spoke with probably a half dozen member's from BladeForums.
It makes completing a possible transaction so much easier- at least for me! And the customer service I receive, is always excellent, and very personable.
Two very personable, exceptional knife dealer's, along with excellent customer service from their staff.
Whenever I do business with either of these companies, part of the enjoyment of doing business with them, is interacting and getting to know them.
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^^^^ I refuse to base my future knife dealing's, solely on information that I read on the internet; written by some complete random stranger.
There's always 2 sides to every story. Some people are very poor communicator's (email or phone); and when you hear or read their version of how everything went down... it's funny how they forget to factor the little nuances in the way
they communicate: tone, inflection, rudeness, & downright offensive language.
There are way too many negative thread's posted on this forum, attacking many reputable dealer's/maker's. Thankfully, I've never had a negative experience where I've felt the need to start a thread.
One reputable dealer I've seen being personally attacked on more than one occasion here, is True North Knives (Neil Ostroff). It's always fascinating reading these thread's. The OP's typically post a chain of events (that if it were true), could potentially put TNK out of business.
Once Neil, weighs in and posts factual evidence of how the situation really unfolded (which is usually a 100% contradiction from the OP), the OP loses face, never to be seen or heard from again.
It's then, usually left up to the Mod's to clean up the mess, and edit the OP's defaming thread title.
