Thanks for the post Jeff.
It's not that I don't think John is capable of making a good case. In fact, I'm sure he is based on all the satisfied customers he has. It's just that John and I don't exactly agree on many things and I prefer to spend my money in support of someone that shares the same ideas and values as I.
Plus I can't remember seeing too many of his cases with a tube style interior. Most of the samples I have seen have a stitched fabric interior. There was one I found listed that I really liked but if I ever had a problem with it and needed to get a repair I can't see that going well because of our past.
Oh come on. IF you were my customer then I would take care of you just like I do with all my customers. You can ask around and you find that I suck at sending out small items but when it comes to repairing my cases I will spend whatever it takes including making and shipping a brand new case at my expense if that's what has to happen.
Plus, you can easily see on my website that we do tube cases and I am sure you know that I created the Instroke interior.
I know it's probably a shock to you but I have several customers on this forum whose "values" are different from mine. We can argue all day about this or that but they know full well that I stand behind my products 200%.
My only issues with you has to do with what I consider to be a major faux pas on your part which I think you should try to look at from my perspective and the fact that you took a cheap shot at me and Sterling over the J.Flowers brand name.
Otherwise I don't really care about you. As you can see I don't play the kiss-ass game to get business. I am the ONLY case maker who lists my competitors on my website and even features them.
Where is Rusty Melton's website? How about Marc Turcasso's?
Well, until they get one of their own you can find them here in my other case makers gallery
http://jbcases.com/gallery/index.php?g2_itemId=9833
So I am confident of where I stand in life and what I make. For you to say I would deliberately not stand behind my work just because we don't see eye-to-eye on something is ludicrous and is indicative of the perspective differences that are the reason why I have been critical of you.
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I respect your right to vote with your dollars and stand on your principle. But don't try to put such fearmongering speculation out there about how you think I would mix business and pleasure to exact some sort of retribution on you should you own one of my cases.
In fact that would be about the stupidest thing I could possibly do. And I may be a hothead but I am not stupid. What better "marketing" would it be to take care of customers despite disagreements?
A lot of you seem to have this opinion that if someone sells crap on here then they shouldn't be allowed to have any opinions that are against the grain. You seem to think you all know so much about business and that if someone is acting HUMAN and being involved in conversations and not always agreeable then he must be losing business. That's nonsense.
In fact the BEST people to do business with are the people who tell it like it is and don't pander and kiss ass. Those are the people you can count on to get it done and to do it right and who make it right when they need to.
Anyway, again, good luck with your search. Really you should just buy an Instroke because that is the best tube interior next to ours and the price is right. Of course I founded Instroke and even though I haven't been involved with them since 2003 that connection might still be too much for you. ;-)
