Funny Email From a Publisher re. Reviews

[Morrus]

Someone will figure out who it is eventually I would imagine. I myself am most curious as to which company actually did that.

Oh, you can find out easily enough, Scott. Just look in the right place.

 

[Grazzt]

Oh, you can find out easily enough, Scott. Just look in the right place.

Ha! Well, I'll be damned.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I would love to know, too.

I am curious what the rationale is behind not simply saying who it is. They have obviously chosen to take a stand, I see no reason not to disclose that stand publicly.

Certainly it is "news" for a review site, no matter how you slice it.


Wulf

 

[Khan the Warlord]

Oh, you can find out easily enough, Scott. Just look in the right place.

Bad form, I say!

Not all of us have access to the Moderator forum.

 

[Femerus the Gnecro]

Logically, it would follow that the publishing company in question would be the one with a 3.5 review average and 5 total reviews of their products.

Easy enough.

-F

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I actually have a few guesses now, but I know it'd be bad form to post 'em. Still, I think Wulf's right - such a stance should be public knowledge. If they feel their beef is legitimate, then they would go public. If they felt their beef was not legitimate, then they wouldn't.

 

[Morrus]

Actually, I will tell you all who it is. But first, I'm going to give them a couple of days to clarify their position. I've sent them the URL to this thread.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Well, I did the detective work suggested above, and if it's who I think it is, then I'm surprised. Well, maybe "bemused" is the more proper word.

 

[the Jester]

Wow!

What a load of bullpuckey!

It isn't often that you see such... well.. corporate arrogance from a small company. It's like they think you guys are politicians and they're buying your votes with campaign contributions or something.

Er, not that that kind of thing goes on, of course.

Now I'm often to the reviews section to see which co. to avoid...

 

[Morrus]

This is the email I just sent:

Subj: A chance to clarify/comment?

Mr. XXXXXXX,

Simon Collins has advised me of your recent email exchange with him. I will be explaining in EN World's news in a couple of days why it is that visitors will no longer be able to read staff reviews of XXXXXXXXX's products. However, before I do so, I felt it was fair to give you chance to clarify your position in case of any misunderstanding and to rebuke any intimations of dishonesty which may arise from an initial reading of your email.

I have posted the following thread on my messageboards, and I feel that this would be the ideal place for you to make any comments you feel relevant. The news item will be appearing early in the coming week.

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=418683#post418683

I have copied Simon in on this thread; however, please address future correspondence on this matter to me.

Thanks for your time,

Morrus
EN World
www/enworld.org