People post opinions all the time on various products. A good approach would
be to come on towertalk and explain why the concrete foundation is designed
a certain way or whatever this is about.
John KK9A
To: <K7LXC@aol.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] AN Towers
From: "Don W7WLL" <w7wll@arrl.net>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 14:29:32 -0700
Seems to be the state of the current business environment. Threaten to
sue!!!!! Why do we do this? Obviously we aren't turning out enough
attorney's (or we have to many and there isn't enough food for all).
Of course, statements of concern re an affected company should have some
sound basis. This doesn't mean that they can't be an opinion, but should be
an informed opinion.
Guess it is easier to threaten legal action than bellying up to the bar and
addressing an issue head on. Usually, a move like this tells me the company
has a complainant with some legitimate basis (so let's see if we can scare
'em off).
First class companies take criticism and use it to either improve their
product or what is often a communication problem. I think back to some of
the negative letters (some really nasty) that I saw when I was with the old
Tektronix (pre-Danaher). To the best of my knowledge, it always resulted in
a senior management or qualified technical person contacting the complainant
to better understand their problem and then work with them to find a
solution. Sometimes it was not possible to satisfy the beast, but no one was
ever threatened with a lawsuit that I know of.
Sad to see a situation like this. Whether Steve's comments (whatever they
were, didn't look them up, don't care) were on mark or not, I'd have
expected the affected company to attempt to understand why anything was
said, and then to work out, hopefully, a solution satisfactory to both. To
have it gravitate to a situation like this is just silly.
Think about all the negative remarks about MFJ. Yet they flourish and
improve. Their products may not meet everyone's discriminating needs but
let's face it, they are successful. I have a few and they have worked
flawlessly. Plus, I've always gotten good responses to concerns or
questions, satisfactory to me or not.
Just the fact that I might be threatened with legal action because I aired
some issues negatively on a public forum about a company or product would
ensure I'd never buy their product or do business with the company.
Just one person's thoughts/opinion.
Don W7WLL
-----Original Message----- From: K7LXC--- via TowerTalk
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 12:44 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] AN Towers
Howdy, TowerTalkians --
Recently I made a couple of comments about AN Towers based on my many
years of professional tower construction experience and here are comments
from the owner of AN Towers regarding them:
Dan Simmonds: You've been sent, and have likely received the attached
Cease And Desist letter from our council dated 4/15/16.
To be abundantly clear on this matter, we will file an action in
Pennsylvania immediately if I detect anything further that I would consider
remotely defamatory against AN Wireless Towers originating from you, as has
occurred prior.
I am not making any comments regarding the above remarks.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Professional tower services for amateurs
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