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Blowsion may make nice stuff but they are jerks!
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Hopefully this is a threadjack, but if you got ANYTHING to work perfectly on an AC pole, you are very lucky.
My Rick Roy AC pole is bulletproof, but I've not seen any worse QC.
Is it too late for me to mention that blowsion should have apologized, paid for return shipping, and sent a new one with some extra stickers and such for the trouble instead of a defensive letter essentially saying "whatever dude!"
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That is cultural. You are supposed to haggle at open markets. We have one in Cleveland and they are almost disappointed if you don't.
onesojourner
I use a thumb throttle.
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blowsion is way to cool for that.
I will only use blowsion as a last resort. for several reasons. I love the cop-out answer that they do tons for the sport and that gets them the option to treat people like crap.
my top 4 reason for not using blowsion:
1. mudphish is a jerk
2. high shipping cost
3. premium price for a less than premium product
4. mudphish is a jerk
I don't care how junkin "cool" the guys at blowsion are. I would rather deal with a fat nerd that treats people with respect than a bunch of "cool" people that "do a ton for the sport".
GIL
Power In The Hands Of Few
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Well-here I go again-dammit all to hell-
Matt-I fell yer pain to a point-almost every post in this thread makes a good point at 1 time or another. I wish it were handled differently for you and for Blowsion. Its a shame that both sides are totally P.O.ed-seems like somebody should have won here-or preferably-a happy medium.
This is the bottom line-most of us have been developed into 'Wal-mart' mentallity shoppers. Meaning-'ONE STOP SHOPPING'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last time I checked-WE are a VERY SMALL group of people and ONLY have TWO options as far as 1 stop shopping for the products we like/need/use for what we do-FREERIDE!!! Those options include Blowsions and Wamiltons!!! I feel they could both stand a little competition which would
increase customer service and lower prices, but the flip side is-is there enough of us right now to support another major contender??? I honestly do not know the answer to that question.
On September 18th this wear I called around tryin to find a A/C pole for my SXR. One of the calls was to Kevin Collins who said he did not have what I wanted but would work on finding me one. About a day and a half later I got a few minutes to spare at work and called Blowsion even though Mudphish said in a PM that they did not have one. Mark was cool enough to go dig in their inventory at Blowsion and found the exact pole I wanted-I gave him credit card#for 1/2 and immediately following my mother called him and gave her credit card# for 2nd 1/2 cause she wanted to get me one for my b-day.
I called Kevin after that and told him he could call off the 'pole hunt' cause I found one. As always, Kevin was VERY cool, (He has never done anything but help me ALOT). Approx 8-9 days later-no pole-I call Blowsion back-"u never confirmed the order" WTF???????????????? Oh was I mad. I'm tryin to get my bling on BEFORE the Smith Lake Ride which is Sept 30-Oct1!!! Ive already done the RED WHITE and BLUE flag graphics on my SXR and I still got a freekin Kawi green pole on it-looks real bad. So I play phone tag w/all the guys at Blowsion-"the pole u ordered/didn't order is already sold". Now in my little pea brain-I'm goin postal-if u don't know-SXR A/C minus 2" poles are no longer available and A/C may or may not make any more according to A/C!!!!
I get a phone call a few minutes later and they do have a std length pole-I said SHIP IT!!!!!! I was on a tight budget and could not afford anything more than the A/C pole. I received the std length pole a week later and just in time for the Smith Lake Ride.
All that said-who is at fault here?
1-I should have trusted that Kevin would find me one and let him do what he does for a living-my fault
2-I should have called Blowsion after my mom did to be SURE everything was still a go-should I have needed to call???
3-I waited till almost the last minute to try to do the impossible-my fault
4-Never got a "I'm sorry that happened" from Blowsion-bad business
End result-I got almost what I wanted for the agreed price and all ended up well. Does Blowsion totally suck-not to me-I have spent a ton of $ w/them since June 05 and all went Great until the pole issue. Guess what-I "F" something up at work all the time-BUT then I fix it! I feel Blowsion could have been a little more sympathetic bout the whole deal, but the were not. I can't see killin em over not being sympathetic enough about my problem. Again-there are only 2 MAJOR PLAYERS right now-and I personnaly need them both.
I hope Kevin Collins/www.legdrag.com and Paul Lehr become MAJOR PLAYERS as well-both SUPER NICE guys-but u know what-they probaly have their 'off days' too.
All this is my 3 cents-take it for what it is-MY 3 CENTS.
Matt-I fell yer pain to a point-almost every post in this thread makes a good point at 1 time or another. I wish it were handled differently for you and for Blowsion. Its a shame that both sides are totally P.O.ed-seems like somebody should have won here-or preferably-a happy medium.
This is the bottom line-most of us have been developed into 'Wal-mart' mentallity shoppers. Meaning-'ONE STOP SHOPPING'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last time I checked-WE are a VERY SMALL group of people and ONLY have TWO options as far as 1 stop shopping for the products we like/need/use for what we do-FREERIDE!!! Those options include Blowsions and Wamiltons!!! I feel they could both stand a little competition which would
increase customer service and lower prices, but the flip side is-is there enough of us right now to support another major contender??? I honestly do not know the answer to that question.
On September 18th this wear I called around tryin to find a A/C pole for my SXR. One of the calls was to Kevin Collins who said he did not have what I wanted but would work on finding me one. About a day and a half later I got a few minutes to spare at work and called Blowsion even though Mudphish said in a PM that they did not have one. Mark was cool enough to go dig in their inventory at Blowsion and found the exact pole I wanted-I gave him credit card#for 1/2 and immediately following my mother called him and gave her credit card# for 2nd 1/2 cause she wanted to get me one for my b-day.
I called Kevin after that and told him he could call off the 'pole hunt' cause I found one. As always, Kevin was VERY cool, (He has never done anything but help me ALOT). Approx 8-9 days later-no pole-I call Blowsion back-"u never confirmed the order" WTF???????????????? Oh was I mad. I'm tryin to get my bling on BEFORE the Smith Lake Ride which is Sept 30-Oct1!!! Ive already done the RED WHITE and BLUE flag graphics on my SXR and I still got a freekin Kawi green pole on it-looks real bad. So I play phone tag w/all the guys at Blowsion-"the pole u ordered/didn't order is already sold". Now in my little pea brain-I'm goin postal-if u don't know-SXR A/C minus 2" poles are no longer available and A/C may or may not make any more according to A/C!!!!
I get a phone call a few minutes later and they do have a std length pole-I said SHIP IT!!!!!! I was on a tight budget and could not afford anything more than the A/C pole. I received the std length pole a week later and just in time for the Smith Lake Ride.
All that said-who is at fault here?
1-I should have trusted that Kevin would find me one and let him do what he does for a living-my fault
2-I should have called Blowsion after my mom did to be SURE everything was still a go-should I have needed to call???
3-I waited till almost the last minute to try to do the impossible-my fault
4-Never got a "I'm sorry that happened" from Blowsion-bad business
End result-I got almost what I wanted for the agreed price and all ended up well. Does Blowsion totally suck-not to me-I have spent a ton of $ w/them since June 05 and all went Great until the pole issue. Guess what-I "F" something up at work all the time-BUT then I fix it! I feel Blowsion could have been a little more sympathetic bout the whole deal, but the were not. I can't see killin em over not being sympathetic enough about my problem. Again-there are only 2 MAJOR PLAYERS right now-and I personnaly need them both.
I hope Kevin Collins/www.legdrag.com and Paul Lehr become MAJOR PLAYERS as well-both SUPER NICE guys-but u know what-they probaly have their 'off days' too.
All this is my 3 cents-take it for what it is-MY 3 CENTS.
what about 24-7 and watercraft factory?
Well written, and a very level-headed attitude.
GIL
Power In The Hands Of Few
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- Cullman AL
I did'nt mean to leave anyone out-there a several companys that offer GREAT products-I personnaly hope they all DO GREAT!-After all-if these companys were not out there-our sport would SUCK!!! And I really wish I had a Watercraft Factory and Lehr Performance budget-they build some KILLER ski's!
Thanks superJETT-I'm not always a 2 year old-just 99.999999% of the time.
I don't know how all this works-but I assume this site survives financially off of contributions and advertising. It needs all the help it can get to stay here forever-after all-it's my home.
Thanks superJETT-I'm not always a 2 year old-just 99.999999% of the time.
I don't know how all this works-but I assume this site survives financially off of contributions and advertising. It needs all the help it can get to stay here forever-after all-it's my home.
T-bone
brraap....thats so 2002
this is way i dont say a word about negitive experances i have with vendors....i tried once and got slammed so no more.....i dont understand why someone thinks the tread needs to be balenced, mat had a bad experiance and posted....so....thats all there is.......personally i can build a nice freeride boat with out one of their products....as far as chinpads go though.....i sure like my watercraft factory one.
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I agree with ya over here, T-Bone. :cool2:
quote=T-bone;126192]this is way i dont say a word about negitive experances i have with vendors....i tried once and got slammed so no more.....i dont understand why someone thinks the tread needs to be balenced, mat had a bad experiance and posted....so....thats all there is.......personally i can build a nice freeride boat with out one of their products....as far as chinpads go though.....i sure like my watercraft factory one.[/quote]
quote=T-bone;126192]this is way i dont say a word about negitive experances i have with vendors....i tried once and got slammed so no more.....i dont understand why someone thinks the tread needs to be balenced, mat had a bad experiance and posted....so....thats all there is.......personally i can build a nice freeride boat with out one of their products....as far as chinpads go though.....i sure like my watercraft factory one.[/quote]
Posting a bad experience is one thing. I dont think anyone has a problem with that. calling them "jerks" is uncalled for, and very untrue. Onesojourner also stated Mudphish is a jerk. Also untrue! I know Mud personally, and he is one of the coolest guys I know in the sport.
Blowsion deals with so many people, its impossible to make everyone happy. All they can do is keep making the badass parts we all want. I for one am glad they are there! :hail:
Big Kahuna
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Ronny, knowing someone personally and knowing how they are on the boards is two different things............ It is all perception.........
Ronny is acting like a Jerk
Ronny is a jerk
which is it, either, neither or one of each could be a true statement.
Ronny is acting like a Jerk
Ronny is a jerk
which is it, either, neither or one of each could be a true statement.
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Someones "perception" does not make it the truth. If you Know a person online and in the real world, you know that person better than just reading posts.
Lets say this thread was about some guy who was unhappy with a motor from Paul, and he threw in that paul is a jerk. You would be the first reply saying, I know Paul and he is not a jerk. (I would be right behind you) Actually you might even delete the thread or bann the user. But hey, that might be his "perception".
If you believe someones "perception" to be wrong, you have every right to say so. Especially if you know the person being called a "jerk".
posting a bad experience is fine. Thats why there is a negative feedback forum, but personal attacks and name calling is uncalled for IMO.
I am sorry I ever started this thread. I know I am harsh but I was disappointed. From now on I will only PM people that post looking for a particular item or asking about a particular company.
I don't feel the over all experience was good and I think the chinpad is over priced but only because it does not fit perfect. I do think that a pefect fitting one would be the best chin pad on the market. From what I can see it beats everyone elses for a stock pole hands down except the fact that two in a row didn't fit. The first one you could hold it up and cleary see the holes were not across from each other on the ears. The second one looked better but still did not line up and really fought going on. Nearly cross threaded the holes twice because of the amont of flex I had to put on it while mounting it. Either that or redrill and retap (especialy on the first one but this one wouldn't even have had room for that because they are only a 1/4" off or so) and I am not doing that for $262 period! EVERY stock chinpad I have ever had in my hand bolts on to any stock pole in my garage easily. I realize carbon is different but the second one almost is kinda sorta better so if the holes were just perfecly across from each other in the billet tabs then it seems to me it would fit perfect which only leaves quality control combined with my attittude as well as theirs.
Peace. I'm going to rip some quads!
Anyway this is what the thread should have included as well and I apologize for the non PC title but thats how I felt.
I don't feel the over all experience was good and I think the chinpad is over priced but only because it does not fit perfect. I do think that a pefect fitting one would be the best chin pad on the market. From what I can see it beats everyone elses for a stock pole hands down except the fact that two in a row didn't fit. The first one you could hold it up and cleary see the holes were not across from each other on the ears. The second one looked better but still did not line up and really fought going on. Nearly cross threaded the holes twice because of the amont of flex I had to put on it while mounting it. Either that or redrill and retap (especialy on the first one but this one wouldn't even have had room for that because they are only a 1/4" off or so) and I am not doing that for $262 period! EVERY stock chinpad I have ever had in my hand bolts on to any stock pole in my garage easily. I realize carbon is different but the second one almost is kinda sorta better so if the holes were just perfecly across from each other in the billet tabs then it seems to me it would fit perfect which only leaves quality control combined with my attittude as well as theirs.
Peace. I'm going to rip some quads!
Anyway this is what the thread should have included as well and I apologize for the non PC title but thats how I felt.
mudphish
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I admit it, I am a jerk!
This probably places me in the same boat as Johnny and for that I am honored as Johnny is like a brother to me.
Someone once referred to me as a "fruit sniffing dode" I thought that was kinda cool too, even though it did not place me in any certain social group, I was still kinda digging it..
I would ask that you meet me face to face first and only them come to the conclusion that I am a jerk, at least give me that.
Wazzz-Up Ronny...........
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