Vendors Please Be Aware of what you're posting on public forums!
Here's what I don't understand:
When a vendor thinks he has been ripped off for a seemingly unimportant amount of money, everyone quickly gathers as much collateral on the suspected "thief" as possible to rectify the situation. This is representative of the way in which an offense is dealt with SEVERELY on i-club.
On the other hand, when an equally heinous action is committed - such as posting slanderous comments and divulging personal information about someone - it is overlooked, and childish expressions like "happy ending" are repeated to make light of the situation.
Where is the consistency here?
When a vendor thinks he has been ripped off for a seemingly unimportant amount of money, everyone quickly gathers as much collateral on the suspected "thief" as possible to rectify the situation. This is representative of the way in which an offense is dealt with SEVERELY on i-club.
On the other hand, when an equally heinous action is committed - such as posting slanderous comments and divulging personal information about someone - it is overlooked, and childish expressions like "happy ending" are repeated to make light of the situation.
Where is the consistency here?
Last edited by akdmx; Aug 31, 2010 at 02:12 PM.
Here's what I don't understand:
When a vendor thinks he has been ripped off for a seemingly unimportant amount of money, everyone quickly gathers as much collateral on the suspected "thief" as possible to rectify the situation. This is representative of the way in which an offense is dealt with SEVERELY on i-club.
On the other hand, when an equally heinous action is committed - such as posting slanderous comments and divulging personal information about someone - it is overlooked, and childish expressions like "happy ending" are repeated to make light of the situation.
Where is the consistency here?
When a vendor thinks he has been ripped off for a seemingly unimportant amount of money, everyone quickly gathers as much collateral on the suspected "thief" as possible to rectify the situation. This is representative of the way in which an offense is dealt with SEVERELY on i-club.
On the other hand, when an equally heinous action is committed - such as posting slanderous comments and divulging personal information about someone - it is overlooked, and childish expressions like "happy ending" are repeated to make light of the situation.
Where is the consistency here?
consistency and fairness are not allowed on Subaru forums
If you as the customer paid with a valid form of payment and, the credit card , processor, or vendor screwed up, its not your fault. Nor did the vendor need to come and crap on your reputation as a financially responsible customer in a public forum. I would have ignored them too if I had proof that I entered into, and executed in good faith, a sales contract by buying $50 (ooooooooh) of oil.
Question is - Are the sales records of a vendor public or private information? We have a reasonable expectation of confidentiality & privacy in dealing with vendors, no?
After this escapade; I wouldn't feel confident in the ability of said vendor to keep safe my personal & financial records associated with any sales transactions.
Vendors - What do you feel is appropriate data protection & privacy protocol for customer information?
If you as the customer paid with a valid form of payment and, the credit card , processor, or vendor screwed up, its not your fault. Nor did the vendor need to come and crap on your reputation as a financially responsible customer in a public forum. I would have ignored them too if I had proof that I entered into, and executed in good faith, a sales contract by buying $50 (ooooooooh) of oil.
Question is - Are the sales records of a vendor public or private information? We have a reasonable expectation of confidentiality & privacy in dealing with vendors, no?
After this escapade; I wouldn't feel confident in the ability of said vendor to keep safe my personal & financial records associated with any sales transactions.
Vendors - What do you feel is appropriate data protection & privacy protocol for customer information?
consistency and fairness are not allowed on Subaru forums
If you as the customer paid with a valid form of payment and, the credit card , processor, or vendor screwed up, its not your fault. Nor did the vendor need to come and crap on your reputation as a financially responsible customer in a public forum. I would have ignored them too if I had proof that I entered into, and executed in good faith, a sales contract by buying $50 (ooooooooh) of oil.
Question is - Are the sales records of a vendor public or private information? We have a reasonable expectation of confidentiality & privacy in dealing with vendors, no?
After this escapade; I wouldn't feel confident in the ability of said vendor to keep safe my personal & financial records associated with any sales transactions.
Vendors - What do you feel is appropriate data protection & privacy protocol for customer information?
If you as the customer paid with a valid form of payment and, the credit card , processor, or vendor screwed up, its not your fault. Nor did the vendor need to come and crap on your reputation as a financially responsible customer in a public forum. I would have ignored them too if I had proof that I entered into, and executed in good faith, a sales contract by buying $50 (ooooooooh) of oil.
Question is - Are the sales records of a vendor public or private information? We have a reasonable expectation of confidentiality & privacy in dealing with vendors, no?
After this escapade; I wouldn't feel confident in the ability of said vendor to keep safe my personal & financial records associated with any sales transactions.
Vendors - What do you feel is appropriate data protection & privacy protocol for customer information?
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Here's what I don't understand:
When a vendor thinks he has been ripped off for a seemingly unimportant amount of money, everyone quickly gathers as much collateral on the suspected "thief" as possible to rectify the situation. This is representative of the way in which an offense is dealt with SEVERELY on i-club.
On the other hand, when an equally heinous action is committed - such as posting slanderous comments and divulging personal information about someone - it is overlooked, and childish expressions like "happy ending" are repeated to make light of the situation.
Where is the consistency here?
When a vendor thinks he has been ripped off for a seemingly unimportant amount of money, everyone quickly gathers as much collateral on the suspected "thief" as possible to rectify the situation. This is representative of the way in which an offense is dealt with SEVERELY on i-club.
On the other hand, when an equally heinous action is committed - such as posting slanderous comments and divulging personal information about someone - it is overlooked, and childish expressions like "happy ending" are repeated to make light of the situation.
Where is the consistency here?
No I agree, this is def not a happy ending. I'll wait for AutoHQ to respond but it would seem that they misrepresented the facts about contacting you and you knowingly/willingly ripping them off. If I would have known they never even attempted to contact you or try to locate you I would have never looked you up on google either, so now Im a bit annoyed too.
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yes, it would be nice just to brush it off.
But if the 'defendant' "AR" googles his name, this thread comes up at the top of the search results.
Say "AR" goes to apply for a job at a bank. And as part of the hiring process the hiring manager googles "AR's" name. The hiring manager just sees that "AR" is being accused of fraud/theft, doesn't have the time to read the WHOLE thread, and decides not to hire "AR". Now the 'plaintiff' (vendor) is potentially liable for financial damages due to defamation of "AR's" character.
I have a buddy in a similar situation, pending legal action against a business/entity for online defamation of character which lead to job loss.
Lesson - Lets not let $50 of oil turn into a BP'esque Fail. If you operate a business, do so in a professional manner, not as-if you are TMZ.
But if the 'defendant' "AR" googles his name, this thread comes up at the top of the search results.
Say "AR" goes to apply for a job at a bank. And as part of the hiring process the hiring manager googles "AR's" name. The hiring manager just sees that "AR" is being accused of fraud/theft, doesn't have the time to read the WHOLE thread, and decides not to hire "AR". Now the 'plaintiff' (vendor) is potentially liable for financial damages due to defamation of "AR's" character.
I have a buddy in a similar situation, pending legal action against a business/entity for online defamation of character which lead to job loss.
Lesson - Lets not let $50 of oil turn into a BP'esque Fail. If you operate a business, do so in a professional manner, not as-if you are TMZ.