Not really. A couple people suggested that dissenting opinions are not tolerated and one woman said they are. Neither constitutes proof.
Here's proof:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...k-folks-bad-service-hater-lovers-welcome.html
If you read through that thread and still think that Drew does not tolerate dissenting opinions on his forum, you and I have a dissenting opinion on what constitutes a dissenting opinion.
No. He didn't answer the question. I wasn't looking for his answer anyway though I would have been interested in any insight he might have given me. If this quandry really existed, he could have PM'ed me. The personal contact likely would have made me into a customer.
I posted my question because I searched for and found a thread where people were discussing the Lung Juices. I didn't even notice it was a 'paid for' thread. I hoped for input from experienced users of these specific products.
Regarding competitive products; we're not talking about a car or boat here where the purchase of one negates the purchase of another. Most of us have a collection of juices. If someone who sounded knowledgable had suggested I buy each of the Lung flavors and the Health juice too so as not to get bored, I would have done so. This would have cost less than a carton of analogs.
What he did do was to make my question vague and nebulous enough that no one answered it. His action left me with the (unsubstantiated) feeling that his was possibly a copy of the Chinese juice and that he didn't want others to know about the original. Mostly though; if you go to the thread, there's my forum name and avatar and
I'm shown saying something I didn't say and he even removed the option of editing my own (altered) post. This is offensive.[/quote]
I'm sorry you're offended. Perhaps you should ask Drew to remove the question?
I think it is safe to say that Drew either has not or would not publish a comparison of his liquids to those of his competitors. I think he left the question open and vague to allow 3rd parties to answer if they have compared Drew's Lung Juice to other juices...so far noone who has read your question over the past week has compared Drew's juices to other juices.
Even though the above paragraph is obviously bogus, see how it makes you feel when I misquote you?
In this case, my feelings aren't hurt to be honest. It wouldn't be accurate to describe Drew as a friend of mine since our interactions with each other have been fairly limited. He is a colleague of mine at CASAA, and based on my first and secondhand experience with him, I think I would consider it an honor to call Drew & Angie my friend if it were so.
What you're describing is a store, on-line or otherwise. The place where I posted didn't look like a store. It looked like a forum thread. Even in a brick and mortar store, customers bring up the subject of other people's products without offending the retailer.
A store is where goods are kept or sold. Like the Nhaler forum, the Nhaler store is hosted by a 3rd party that Nhaler subscribes to. Apparently you either didn't notice the heading "Supporting Suppliers" or realize that "supporting suppliers" is a nice way of saying "Suppliers who pay to be here"
Nhaler could have simply used a freeforums.org to create a communication forum for his customers. However, like many other suppliers that have their forum here at ECF, he saw value in putting his forum here where there is an established community and he does not need to duplicate efforts to give people a place to discuss matters not directly related to Nhaler's business but are likely to be important to his customers.
