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under a new name perhaps?
A mate was wondering which prestigious French rim manufacturer he uses for his DH rims.
These ones:
or several names...
I'm pretty sure he found the STWers too sensitive and has gone elsewhere.
I guess you mean [url= http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=49&products_id=248 ]these[/url]
How many "prestigous French manufacturer"s are there?
He does- and Im sure he was one of those who advised me to buy his pads on yesterdays thread. 😉
So I did!
no, he was bullied off the forum by various people..... 🙄
bullied off a forum? 😆
How many "prestigous French manufacturers" are there?
At least a couple and probably more - Mavic & Rigida, I would say it's more likely to be the latter.
Think it's a company related to Mavic in some way. It isn't Mavic themselves.
Wot no octopus?
"no, he was bullied off the forum by various people..... "
agreed - and one of the reasons i was a lurker rather than a poster for quite sometime!
dunno but his website is badly borked
I suppose he's suspecting that people will assume it's Mavic....
These look nice:
[url= http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=193 ]2010 Superleggera XCR Pro Scandium Wheelset[/url]
XCR Scandium QR front: 609g
XCR Scandium rear: 749g
He was 'bullied' off for his underhand tactics - eg posting as a customer to recommend his own products while slagging off competitors.
the concept of an adult being bullied of an internet forum is quite frankly hilarious
perhaps some people [b]need[/b] bullying ?
"He was 'bullied' off for his underhand tactics - eg posting as a customer to recommend his own products while slagging off competitors."
happens all the time in all areas unfortunately. Aggressive marketing is all the rage these days
barnes, too ****ing right too.................. 🙄
bullying is all too real.
the concept of an adult being bullied of an internet forum is quite frankly hilarious
Only to the people that do the bullying, usually.
Bullied or banned?
I wasn't orrible to him. But marketing, particularly subversive marketing, is surely against the terms of usage? I thought the abuse he received was to be expected. Did he apologise? I don't thinks so.
If I saw an apology and a promise to play fair in future, then I'd accept him back.
Sorry but he wasn't bullied.
He came here slagging off customers and then doing various underhand things as I posted above. It's not 'agressive marketing'. Posting quite openly as himself and saying why his opposition's products weren't as good as his or just that they were crap would be agressive marketing.
People didn't like it and told him so. That's not bullying.
I think some people made some quite personal remarks. That seems like bullying to me.
I don't condone what he did, but the resultant witch-hunt/mob mentality was a little ugly in my opinion.
Weren't all his ads pulled at the same time?
I think some people made some quite personal remarks.
Can't say that I saw any but I didn't see all the posts so there could have been. All the ones I saw were just slagging him off for being a **** which seemed reasonable enough given his behaviour.
Surely he was banned for that kind of underhand behaviour?
Even if not, I know I'd be too embarrassed to return after being caught red-handed like that.
he was bullied, fred was bullied, frenchie was bullied and a few others too.
it happens a lot on here, a certain few try it all the time.
thing is, when it is returned they tend to get very upset and start the accusations............it is all good fun.. 8)
I am probably one of the folk refereed to as bullies and perhaps I did go OTT at him. He had threatened me and made scurrilous remarks about me and aaccused me of doing things I had not done.
However he continued to post on here after I had stopped and he then posted under a different name masquerading as a customer of his promoting his products which is Illegal and unethical. I assume he was banned for that - certainly he has not been caught doing this again.
Pretending to be a satisfied customer when he is actually the retailer is illegal.
underhand tactics
happens all the time in all areas unfortunately.
Dunt make it right.
I think I may have been bullied but I'm too thick skinned to notice, and it's funny :o)
sfb in "ploughing on regardless" shock 🙂
No offence to anyone but most mountain bikers esp at trail centres (except for those who look like builders) were probably bullied at school.
Let face it - most of you are probably sub-13stone, weedy and nervous around ladies.....bingo!
Grown men bullied on an internet forum, how do these people cope in the real world?
😆 hell yeah............
most of you are probably sub-13stone, weedy and nervous around ladies
sub-13stone - check
weedy - check
nervous around ladies - make that "overexcited" 🙂
I'm glad I don't ride at trail centres very often, I am well below 13 stone though.
SFB, I aspire to be as doity as you 8)
No offence to anyone but most mountain bikers esp at trail centres (except for those who look like builders) were probably bullied at school.Let face it - most of you are probably sub-13stone, weedy and nervous around ladies.....bingo!
That easily wins the prize for the most stupid and ridiculous statement I have ever read on this forum, and that is saying something. I presume that you're a real man of steel Hora and an instant hit with the ladies, or should that be laddies?
Grown men bullied on an internet forum, how do these people cope in the real world?
Well, when I had it at school, I let it lie as long as I could, them flipped my lid and it ended in blood and tears for one bully. I find they tend to stop if you do that.
But you can't do that on the intenet, so the same thing goes unchecked, especially if the mods happen to think it's funny......
SFB, I aspire to be as doity as you
no chance fat boy!
I presume that you're a real man of steel Hora
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
i spilt my coffee............
Ouch, I've struck a nerve with one! 😆
I'm not a man of iron. At school I was neither the nerd or the hard ones- I was one of the inbetweenies 😀
On a serious note though. I saw some of the posts and I also witnessed what 'Fruit' did. I've also seen a photo of him. I put 2 + 2 together. Some folks invective was thrown his way due to his stature/build. They knew that he'd never corner them and ask them why they said what they did or beat them up.
If the lad was 6f2/16stone and had Tony Ellsworths personality I dont think they'd risk saying as much 😉
It was inverted-bullying.
Ouch, I've struck a nerve with one!
Not in the sense you probably mean! I just wonder how people come up with that sort of 'opinion' when it is clearly a load of bollax. Most people who ride at trail centres were probably bullied at school?? What?
Most people who ride at trail centres were probably bullied at school?
Calm down. You missed out the word 'especially'.
"Surely he was banned for that kind of underhand behaviour?"
Tricky for the STW boys. He was an advertiser paying toward upkeep of the site, but then he abuses it. I suspect they had a quiet word...