I think this somewhat misrepresents what I said:
Originally Posted by
Fearo
I still think it is way too harsh and black/white to be glad a company goes bankrupt because YOU had bad experiences with them. This confuses me even more because the latter part of your post shows you are not only concerned with yourself.
I did not say I was "GLAD" they were going bankrupt, I said I did not feel sorry for them. To me, at least, there is a wide gap between feeling glad and not feeling sorry.
At 66 years of age, I am not part of the "Me, Me, Me" generation and did not intend to convey that I felt that I was the only person who received a product not as described. Admittedly, I mentioned a motor I bought, but I do not believe my experience is unique in getting a product that was misrepresented. I seriously doubt they made just one motor with a small bearing to sell to me and all the others were as described in their literature.
That said, it may well be I am the only one who noticed the issue for two reasons: 1) Not many people take apart new motors to look inside, 2) I don't expect they sold all that many of these to begin with.
Also I did not intend to convey that only MY Slash had bigger wheel bearings - ALL Slashes have bigger wheel bearings than the output shaft bearing in that motor. Saying "My Slash" was a figure of speech.
While I later related a less than satisfactory interaction with their customer service, I did not think that was unique to me. I remember from another forum (HobbyTalk) some years ago many people complaining about LRP's customer service. I know it is true that it is the people with unsatisfactory experiences are the ones that post most often, but I did not see the same level of complaints regarding Novak's customer service. Novak's products were more widely used in than time frame than LRP's. The opposite in fact: People tended to praise Novak's customer service at that same time that others were complaining about LRP's. So I do not think it is just "me" that had this unsatisfactory experience.
Originally Posted by
Fearo
As for the 'level of sympathy' part, while I completely agree with the things you wrote about having sympathy for the lesser priviliged in this world, I think it is completely beside the point. It's all about perspective. An RC company going bankrupt is not the end of the world, but that doesn't mean you can't feel some sympathy. If it really does all burn down, I'm sure they'll all find new jobs but will it be with an RC company? Last time I checked this industry isn't exactly littered with jobs (especially in Europe), so I'm sure a few people will be devastated if LRP shuts down.
I applaud you for thinking about the bigger picture in life and in this world, I just think we should be comparing apples to apples and oranges to oranges.
Regarding the LRP employees getting jobs, I would not expect them to focus only on the [small] RC industry. I do not expect that any of their employees got education only in RC Engineering - I doubt there is such a training course or degree. They probably all have some training and skills that could be applied to other businesses.
That said, I wold NOT suggest their customer service reps get other customer service job without some retraining. Nor would I suggest that the engineer who speced a 5X10 bearing for the output shaft of that motor get a job designing any critical infrastructure or transportation vehicles.
You may have felt it was not an apples to apples comparison, but my point was there are far more important things to have sympathy for than a toy company (and a relatively small one, judging by their product prevalence) going bankrupt.