Hi UfoRia,

LOL...

No, I'm not a reviewer of BMT products.  I'm not a reviewer of any products except for two manufacturers of meters designed for technicians in the telephone industry.  I'm just a simple business man from Alabama.  ROLL TIDE.

Yes, BMT has messed up.  However, does beating them over the head actually "solve" anything?  Seriously... Does it?  BMT, messed up and trust me... they KNOW they messed up; period.  But all of this disrespectful tone does not build business relationships.  It only breaks them down.  It only potentially damages future business.  If some wish to write them off, discontinue mining and speak ill of them knowing they will never do business with them again, so be it.  Does that type of behavior potentially harm possible amends in a business relationship with BMT for the rest of us in the future?  YES, IT DOES!  And I don't appreciate it!

I'm a business man.  I own my own business training telephone technicians.  If a manufacturer of a meter messed up with the shipment of a meter to a customer of mine and the meter was full of software bugs [This actually happened twice with two different companies]; the meters were also shipped late on top of that; this disappointed me.  This didn't wear well on my reputation with the telephone companies when I told them what meter I would buy personally.  Instead of cursing out the manufacturer and potentially end the relationship we had FOR BOTH OF US TO MAKE MONEY, I simply told them the software bugs that needed to be fixed and they gave the telephone companies a discount off of the order as well as a discount off a future order of the same quantity with no expiration date.

I'm all about making money and building business relationships.  That's just me.  Would you want someone to curse you out and try to make a public mockery of your name if you had messed up?  OR  Would you want them to be patient, respectful and potentially help you get out of the mess up you created.  Basically, try to be the better person in all dealings with people and/or with businesses.  You gain more respect and it encourages partnerships that can last.  There has been too much tearing down lately.  I want to see some lifting up.

If I'm to be ridiculed or disrespected because of my "opinion," so be it.  I'm not saying you are being this way because you are not.  I just know how I do business and handle business cause I've learned from doing business since 1997.  If someone wants to say, "you're just kissing ass."  So be it, that's their opinion.  However, I think it's dishonorable and shameful if someone were to say that.  

I look at this as a business and I'm all about making money.  It's that simple.  I just don't think it's profitable to either party for one to ridicule the other publicly.  It's that simple.  If there are complaints and one wants to display the complaint to inform others, I think they can do so without the public humiliation.  It just doesn't solve anything.  It does not build business relationships and it certainly does not profit either party.

Again, all of this was my opinion.  Anyone can take it how they like.  People can write me off if they don't like my opinion.  [It's a shame if they do.]  Why?  Because it discourages reasoning among one another in an effort to build relationships that benefit both parties.

Cheers,

David