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On 3 Sep 1996 03:19:27 GMT, soundy@nextlevel.com (Matt Ion) wrote:

>Mark's been a regular in these parts for well over a year now.  He's got
>numerous axes to grind with anyone or anything that looks at him the
>wrong way.  My guess is, he was snubbed by a rude salesdroid with
>someone else's fatter wallet in his sights, and took it upon himself to
>go after burying the entire chain.

Gee Matt, it was so nice NOT hearing from you for a couple of months
now... Let's hope its another few months before we hear from you
again.

As for numerous axes to grind with anyone who looks at me the wrong
way... well if that was true, I'd be vocal about Safeway, countless
number of drivers on Vancouver's roads, my upstairs neighbour, and a
few other people, but I'm not.

As usual Matt, you poke your nose in long after the conversation has
taken place, the events have taken place, etc.

Truth be told, just to let you know since you obviously missed it, I
posted a story about 6 WEEKS back called "Future Shop Purchasing
Triumph!", in which I detailed how I got a printer below sale at FS. A
lot of people commented on it (it was one of the longest threads in
this ng in a while) and many lamented on there not being a Future Shop
page like the old ID sucks page, or the various AOL sucks pages.  So,
with time to kill, I decided to put one up... just for the hell of it
Matt.... sorry... I didn't realize I needed your approval before doing
so.

Learn to read before you flame, you ID toady!

>Past experience suggests that Mark will shout from the rooftops against
>a company that crosses him, telling everyone else in town to take their
>business elsewhere, but not actually doing so himself, especially if he
>can still get the best price from that company.  Case in point: his big
>Internet Direct tirade last year, in which he spent several months and
>many megabytes of bandwidth deriding them and encouraging others to go
>elsewhere, while continuing to post from his @direct.ca account...

Funny thing is Matt, literally hundreds of people felt the same way I
did, and many of them voiced their opinions as well. In fact, only
about 4-5 non-ID employed people took exception with that "campaign".
You were one of them, but then again, you WERE friends with various ID
principles.

And, look at ID today... a lot less complaints, a CS person who really
cares (Marc Krushelniski (sp?) and Dave's gone.  Over all, a lot of
people feel ID is much better now, and that's thanks in no small part
to my "campaign".  I've been told privately by some ID principles that
they "learned a lot" from my actions... and if it benefited current ID
subscribers, as well as ID itself in the long run, was it bad?

No, only your toady reactions were....

Mark
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