[TenTec] eham centurion 0 review

[Steve M]

How is he supposed to write about how it worked with the transformer humming
and maybe ready to melt down? Would you run your amp that way?

He bought it and is entitled to write a review of what he found when he
tried to use it. He couldn't use it because of the condition it was in when
Ten Tec delivered it. Therefore his review should stand in the reviews
column. People need to see the good and the bad about a product.

Moving it smacks of having had "the fix put in" to eham. Shame on all
involved.

Steve  wd0ct


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
To: "tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] eham centurion 0 review


> I just went & found the review item in question.
>
> Sorry, it did not read like a product review, but a detailed explanation
of
> a service problem he had with TenTec, specifically related to a back order
> on a bad High Voltage transformer.
>
> To me, a "product review" talks about how the unit performed.  Very little
> of this article concerned performance issues (about the only thing that
was
> even close was talking about "hum.")
>
> I think the eHam Forum Managers involved can make a good case for moving
> this article.  Now, I have no way of knowing how this article was brought
to
> their attention, but once this happened, I think they made the right
> decision.
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> "And they give you cash,
> which is just as good as money!"
> Yogi Berra, AFLAC Commercial, 2002
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve M <wmoorejr@cox.net>
> To: tentec <tentec@contesting.com>; David Hammond <dhhdeh@concentric.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 8:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] eham centurion 0 review
>
>
> Hello David,
>
> I agree 100%. He owned the amp, wrote an honest review, it should stay in
> the reviews. Notice the amp now has a perfect record?
>
>       I seriously doubt anyone at eham just read it and said "oh this
isn't
> a valid review, we'll have to move this". Not without some whiners
helping!
>
>       This kind of %^$#& reminds me of recent insider trading
scandals--they
> both stink.
>
> 73,
> Steve  wd0ct
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Hammond" <dhhdeh@concentric.net>
> To: "tentec reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 5:36 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] eham centurion 0 review
>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Several of you commented on the Eham review yesterday about the negative
> > experience that one person encountered with the Centurion amp. I don't
own
> > an amp so I cannot comment first hand. My point on writing is for a much
> > different reason.
> >
> > Eham reviews have become a major contributing influence to major
purchases
> > we all make. This afternoon I noted that something disturbing to me has
> > happened. The review has been removed by Eham from the product review
> > category.
> >
> > When I inquired as to why, I was informed by Eham that it did not meet
the
> > definitions of a "Product Review" so it was moved into the "Company
Forum
> > Category" elsewhere on the Eham site. Quietly moved to where it does not
> add
> > or subtract to the product rating score. Say it ain't so Joe!
> >
> > IMO if that review did not reflect one man's opinion about a product's
> > performance I do not know what does. Ever see a favorable opinion on a
> > "company's performance" of any manufacturer so relocated by Eham when it
> > appears in any other "product review"?
> >
> > I found the review to be reasonable, honest and forthright. Based on
your
> > experiences you may or may not agree and that's your prerogative to so
do.
> > But manipulating a reasonable opinion as was presented in that ham's
> review
> > reveals a flaw in Eham's process. This review as represented was a
product
> > problem that was turned into a customer service problem plain and
simple.
> >
> > No one is perfect, me, you or Ten Tec and that's not what I mean to
imply
> > but............
> >
> > Is it more than coincidental that Ten Tec is an Eham advertiser?  I hope
> > not.
> >
> > Buyer and reader beware!
> >
> > 73 de N1LQ-Dave
> >
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