[TowerTalk] AN Towers

[Don W7WLL]

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 at 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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