My thoughts. I saw this as a post not exposing you as some crook, but as someone who had a misleading picture. That did bother some and they have the right to say something.
You may disagree with them that its important, but they should not be labeled as enemies and bad guys for having felt the need to have this brought to our attention.
Ralph, I know your a good guy, but I do see workman's point for getting upset at the Mexicana post. Even workman who's always been keeping out of any of these kinds of debates has a right to speak his mind, his points were valid and it shouldn't piss you guys off so much that he spoke out.
Not everyone is going to love everything you do, its a fact of life that there will always be disagreements. What concerns me is how something I saw as not an attack on myco-tek turns into a war of sorts, why can't we discuss this like rational adults.
I feel honestly that mis-representation is bad, Una and others feel you doctored photos to make the strain look better, that is a bad thing. You deny it, but yet they make a compelling point with those pictures, the silent ones who view this thread probably share that opinion, pictures don't lie (or maybe they do).
All I'm saying is that as soon as someone posts anything close to criticism this turns to 'digging trenches', 'drawing lines in the sand' type thinking. McMan if you did doctor those pictures, why not just admit it, I don't think anyone will hold it against you, you have afterall contributed some really amazing things.
This is business boys, I'm a business major, I started my own business, and guess what its not always easy... What a good business person does is be open to criticism, open to suggestions, open to discussion. You can't take it all so personally, try not to assume that this is some plot against you or that there is alterior motives (jealousy)... I mean its kind of unfair to assume you know all these people and that you can make such a bold statement as to this being jealousy.
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It's nice to know that we have you guys so concerned about our business. It's a good sign that we are becoming competitve in the market. I will take this as a compliment. And please, feel free to scour our site for errors if it makes your thingy stiff. Whatever turns you on! And be sure to run back here and report it for another episode of spore vending malpractice! However, next time you should find something a little bigger to expose, if you intend to flush us out of business. I don't think that this incident is enough to make a difference, however, I am certain that this was your motive! Nice try!
Is this how to react as a professional to someones criticisms? I never knew you read peoples minds. I know pretty well how mushmush and sporeworks are doing, and they aren't threatened by you, why should they be... Do you see them attacking each other, do you see Ryche and all the vendors fighting between each other?? I think you took an issue of mis-representation and turned it into a war, I know Una and psilocyber pretty well and I know both those guys a nice guys who take their hobby very seriously..... Have you ever considered that they felt that 'doctored' picture was insulting to them as business men and top notch cultivators and of course mis-leading to potential customers?
I know it sounds strange, but you can't always be right mcman, even though I'm sure you'll point out the flaws to all my points.
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