i asked a question? becouse they used to say tribute! now they dont say tribute! and the threads about them are getting rarer and rarer with the word tribute! that is what i am stating! i asked a question becouse it entered my mind! oh by the way count how many times the word tribute is in the link you posted! must just get lost in the translation! thats all im asking, what happened to the word?
The word is there on the product page. It is the very first thing that the visitor reads. The word tribute doesn't need to appear a certain number of times. It is quite clear that Mr. Barton is paying tribute to Mr. Flowers and his contribution to case making. What could be any clearer? Not only does he write many paragraphs on the subject, he quotes Mr. Tate from the Palmer collector website, gives links, addresses Mr. Justis' concerns and links to a collection of original Flowers case pictures. How much more obvious does it need to be for you?
It is not incumbent upon the consumer to use the proper title for the products that they own.
The person who started this thread didn't have to mention the brand at all if he so chose to. He could have simply said here is my new case. It is human nature to shorten brand names from their originals. The moniker "Chevy" was used in popular speech long before Chevrolet adopted it as an official trademark.
Again though the tribute in this comes from the naming of the brand. Mr. Barton doesn't even need to use the word tribute anywhere if he chooses not to. The mere fact that the case is so named and the designs so chosen signifies the tribute to Mr. Flowers.
And sir, of course you are stoking the fire. Viktor Frankl, the eminent existentialist psychologist, states that between stimulus and response lies choice. In this situation you were stimulated by the fact that the person bragging about their new acquisition omitted a word you thought should be there. I believe I am correct in saying that you are fully aware of the issues which you and Mr. Justis have had with Mr. Barton concerning this topic. So you deliberately chose to post a question that has really nothing to do with the customer's joy and happiness over his new case, but instead just reignites the debate over the name. In between your hackles being raised and your response was your choice to either let it be, start a new thread on the topic, or muddle with this person's thread where they were just expressing joy at their new purchase.
Would you also be offended if someone chose to point out the similarities between Mr. Justis' work and Mr. Flowers' work each time a person posted a thread bragging about their new Justis case? Or how about each time someone raved about their Action Report DVD and praised you for being pioneers in capturing high class pool then someone else would pipe up and put a damper on their enthusiasm by pointing out that AccuStats are the true pioneers in the business of recording high level pool?
In other words sir don't be a downer and let this gentleman enjoy his new case without any additional drama.
