JeepGold: I should have sent you a PM requesting your assistance in identifying what the negatives comments were verses including the reply with quote – My Bad.
Thank you for removing those comments, which I agree were out of character and had no value to the direction of the review. That was unexpected and very considerate of you. – Your Good.
If I remember correctly there were four reactive comments, which most like written in haste out of frustration could simply be answered with no, no, no, no. Neither the comments nor my answers add value. You are correct, my attempt to change direction was wrong: The point that I was try to make is that readers should be critical of what is posted. For instance why should they even consider comments by Sir Gala Clad (Hmm): Why is there no Avatar? Why isn’t a flag flown? Where in the World is SGD, What equipment does that person hunt with, what has that person found; only one find posted which was returned in. Why the Stealth, What is being Hid?
If the above question(s) are ever answered, those answers will be in a different thread as they would change the direction of this thread, which is on target.
It is apparent, from your replies, and other T Net members, that I have failed to communicate effectively. Mixing your words and writing style with mine only made matters worse as we are from different generations and parts of the world. I was surprised that you took this as an attack as I never meant it to be personal. All I wanted, which you provided, was substantiation as your initial post could do serious damage to manufacturing source or mislead a T Net Member. I agree with your findings that at minimum this was a bad batch, and that the customer service you experience was unsatisfactory.
Even though I own and have not had any problems with the wide mouth open basket TREX scoop that I purchased when they first came out, I would neither recommend nor buy a replacement for it from TREX unless there is a drastic improvement in customer service and quality control.
There are two scoop manufacturers which have provided extraordinary customer service to me,
Chuck – manufacturer of Stealth Scoop(s)
RTG which sent me a steel tip kit for the aluminum sand scoop they make. Exclusively for Kellyco.
If I selectively missed parts of the story, it was not intentional, as I did not realize we had an argument.
Is there anything else, that you feel needs to be said or you are due?
I would really like to be done with this and move on, but I am leaving it open to you out of respect for a fellow seasoned treasure hunter.
If you ever find your self in the middle of no where, with no treasure hunting gear, send me a PM. The location will be obvious when you get there. I know of where there is an extra scoop and detector available for such occasions.
Only thing I deleted were negative comments that I said AFTER your initial attack. I responded to your comments and decided to remove some of it because it was out of character to keep and had no value towards the direction of my review. To attempt to change direction from the topic of the scoop to my retraction of comments that were in poor taste is nothing to complain about . I simply decided to stay classy. I highly understand my eating ship rates. Did you selectively miss all of the other parts to the story that do not validate your argument? Perhaps the 9.5 isn't junk. Perhaps they had a bad batch. The main thing that got under my skin was the over the phone treatment that was handed to me.
All we can do as individuals is give our everyday, real world experiences.
