Bad Consumer Reviews Could Have Bad Results

vienna · 04-06-17, 05:56 AM

The next time you feel you need to vent about your frustration about some web connected product or service, this result might need to taken into account:

http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/garad...eview-bricked/

All I know is, if I am ever given a "smart" heart pacemaker, I'm going to be inclined to give the manufacturer a really good review, no matter what...

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Catfish · 04-06-17, 06:09 AM

Sometimes i am happy that those WLAN devices can still be turned off with one click, by me.

Jimbuna · 04-06-17, 06:36 AM

Am currently in the process of having a wireless home security system installed which can be controlled via an app on my iPhone.

Best be careful, would hate to be denied access to my own home

vienna · 04-06-17, 06:47 AM

I would have thought that would only happen if you transgressed against the missus...

...or is the rolling pin still in style?...

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Jimbuna · 04-06-17, 06:56 AM

^ Aye most fearsome and efficient security device ever known to man

Platapus · 04-06-17, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Am currently in the process of having a wireless home security system installed which can be controlled via an app on my iPhone.

I have never understood the attraction of such a system. From a practical viewpoint, how many times does one need access to the security system while not at the home?

They make keypads that will let selected people in only at specific times.

The problem I have with wireless systems is that the easier you make it accessible to the "good guys" the easier it is accessible by the "bad guys".

Onkel Neal · 04-06-17, 01:32 PM

I can see where the business owner is coming from. Too often people go from 0 to total flaming jerk. At least give the business a chance to make good.

Fubar2Niner · 04-06-17, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

^ Aye most fearsome and efficient security device ever known to man

Never argue with thisun

Jeff-Groves · 04-06-17, 03:36 PM

How I wish my 2nd ex-wife used a rolling pin!

She used this!

A rolling pin would have been foreplay!

August · 04-06-17, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I can see where the business owner is coming from. Too often people go from 0 to total flaming jerk. At least give the business a chance to make good.

I have to agree. No matter what you do or how much you try there is just no pleasing some customers. We have a couple where I wish we could just go in with a cash refund, throw it down on their counter, rip out our equipment and say see ya later.

fireftr18 · 04-06-17, 09:02 PM

The story didn't say he didn't try to get help. He may have tried and couldn't get the help he needed. In frustration, he lashed out. The owner in turn, instead of trying to make it right, shut him down, and then made excuses.

STEED · 04-07-17, 05:35 AM

The Shop motto of the past..

The customer is always right even if they are wrong.

Seems there is a new motto now..

The customer is a nitwit and we have the right to sell rubbish to that nitwit.

Platapus · 04-07-17, 08:02 AM

I think there is one indisputable undeniable fact here.

We don't know the whole story from both sides.

Maybe both sides are right?

Jimbuna · 04-08-17, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

I have never understood the attraction of such a system. From a practical viewpoint, how many times does one need access to the security system while not at the home?

They make keypads that will let selected people in only at specific times.

The problem I have with wireless systems is that the easier you make it accessible to the "good guys" the easier it is accessible by the "bad guys".

I've only gone wireless because the previous system obviously wasn't and about five year ago when I had a new wooden floor laid, I noticed the next day the passive sensors weren't working and didn't have the heart to ask the floor layer to come and rip his work up for what was probably a 'pinched' wire/cable.

vienna · 04-08-17, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I've only gone wireless because the previous system obviously wasn't and about five year ago when I had a new wooden floor laid, I noticed the next day the passive sensors weren't working and didn't have the heart to ask the floor layer to come and rip his work up for what was probably a 'pinched' wire/cable.

Jim, you're becoming a softie in you dotage...

Then, again, if you had called him back to deal with the 'pinch', he might have adopted an 'American' stance and ripped up your floor because you had an issue with the way it affected your system...

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04-06-17, 05:56 AM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Bad Consumer Reviews Could Have Bad Results The next time you feel you need to vent about your frustration about some web connected product or service, this result might need to taken into account: http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/garad...eview-bricked/ All I know is, if I am ever given a "smart" heart pacemaker, I'm going to be inclined to give the manufacturer a really good review, no matter what... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Sometimes i am happy that those WLAN devices can still be turned off with one click, by me. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Am currently in the process of having a wireless home security system installed which can be controlled via an app on my iPhone. Best be careful, would hate to be denied access to my own home __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-06-17, 06:47 AM	#4
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I would have thought that would only happen if you transgressed against the missus... ...or is the rolling pin still in style?... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	^ Aye most fearsome and efficient security device ever known to man __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I can see where the business owner is coming from. Too often people go from 0 to total flaming jerk. At least give the business a chance to make good. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	How I wish my 2nd ex-wife used a rolling pin! She used this! A rolling pin would have been foreplay!

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fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	The story didn't say he didn't try to get help. He may have tried and couldn't get the help he needed. In frustration, he lashed out. The owner in turn, instead of trying to make it right, shut him down, and then made excuses. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

04-07-17, 05:35 AM	#12
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	The Shop motto of the past.. The customer is always right even if they are wrong. Seems there is a new motto now.. The customer is a nitwit and we have the right to sell rubbish to that nitwit. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-07-17, 08:02 AM	#13
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I think there is one indisputable undeniable fact here. We don't know the whole story from both sides. Maybe both sides are right? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.