Thread: Timbercon show prices ?

man verb (t) (manned, manning)
17. to furnish with personnel, as for service or defence.
18. to take one's place at for service, as a gun, post, etc.

I bought an 8" grinder from Timbecon at the Brisbane WWW show this year and was quite happy with the service from the guy I dealt with. I thought he knew his stuff. Same with MIK. I bought a new tool rest for my lathe last year. The post for it was unavilable at the time but I paid for it and it arrived about 3 days later.

By the look of it, there's been far more negative interractions with Timbecon than positive and it begs the question - why don't they pay more attention to the abilities of the 'rent a crowd' rather than simply bums on seats? Its an unfortunate fact that there are those that will crap on about something they know absolutely nothing about and the comments in this thread by disgruntled customers would no doubt add up to quite a few $ in a year. Maybe some people just never learn.

Dingo did that get the splinter out of your paw. (but I do agree with you)

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

Okay so Im trying to understand you here Sprog...
So your saying that if someone has a problem with them or another store its more likely that persons fault than the store management sales people whatever?
And if they have a problem with them its because they (the customer) were rude or discourteous disrespectful to managements staff or whatever?
So if this is right your saying In other words if one has a problem with them they should shut up and say nothing cause if they have a problem its their own fault not that of the store or its staff?

I went back and actually re-read my original post and nowhere can I find any relevance to this rubbish you are attributing to my post.
Where did I say any of that?

Just get over your 'bad experience', move on. The more you pick at it the worse it will get.

Originally Posted by keith53

By the look of it, there's been far more negative interractions with Timbecon than positive and it begs the question - why don't they pay more attention

It is usually the negative comments that get posted, the satisfied customers often do not post and just get on with it.

In my comments to you sprog I was referring particularily to this comment:

I think if you treat people with courtesy and respect it is usually returned and with beneficial results.

The implication being from those words of yours is that the customer in this case the starter of the thread and or anyone else with a bad customer experience with this company or any other were in the wrong and didnt treat their staff with courtesy and respect and therefore bought their problems on themselves.

As to the comments in my last post as you would have READ if you had actually READ it I was referring to all companies and the need for training the staff they use at shows as well as their stores no particular reference was made to Timbecon or my views of that company which in this instance of my comments were irrelevent to the post I was making... but as a generalization of the lack of training that is given the rent a staff mob at the shows... In fact I purposely left my views of Timbecon which are already well known and therefore unnessessay to rehash out of the post by inclusion of this comment I thought that was rather clear?

"Anyway staff training was at fault in large part... a better question would be is there a way that Timbecon or other companies like them for that matter could have casual staff given at least basic knowledge PRIOR to the show (they prepare months in advance for these shows this should simply be another facet of that preparation) rather than just grabbing some chickybabe of the street and tossing her in without a clue? that should be a more pertenant and relelvent issue than trying to blame either Timbecon or the customer for fault"

... and made my comments to include all companies at these shows who hire cheep quick labor people to fill slots without bothering to give them even the most basic of training of even the specials at the show

I have personally "moved on" as you so contemptuously put it... quite simply I dont care about the company... And if you had bothered to notice I no longer say very much regarding the company at all and that is how I intend to keep it however the views Ive expressed with my last two posts are as valid as your own many comments are... as to comments from the opposing veiw there will ALWAYS be comments that will be positive to the company and thats a good thing and I think there should be more people who have good great or even mediocre experiences with ANY company putting up their views and experiences good or bad it all goes to giving each of us a more balanced veiw... by people putting up their comments on such boards as this the companies who bother to look and read them will learn if theyre on the right track if theyre doin a good job if their staff are up to scratch if their training is good enough and a whole raft of other things that could in fact HELP their business... without doing so both the good and the bad the company learns nothing and nor do the forumites.

Don't forget the Xmas sale next Saturday, another excuse to visit them!!

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

In my comments to you sprog I was referring particularily to this comment:

I think if you treat people with courtesy and respect it is usually returned and with beneficial results.

The implication being from those words of yours is that the customer in this case the starter of the thread and or anyone else with a bad customer experience with this company or any other were in the wrong and didn't treat their staff with courtesy and respect and therefore bought their problems on themselves.

I think if you treat people with courtesy and respect it is usually returned and with beneficial results.

Just read it, it says what it means nothing more, nothing less. If you wish to put your own interpritatation on it, then so be it.

As to the comments in my last post as you would have READ if you had actually READ it

Sorry, no, didn't read it, short attention span

Originally Posted by Sprog

[I]Sorry, no, didn't read it, short attention span

short attention span of a sprog eh? sorta like the attention span of a gnat eh?

Simmer down boys.

You went out of character for a while there, Dingo, I could almost understand you.

aaahh tis all good there ol son ... me an the young sprogo were just havin a bit of a good humoured go at each other... mind you Id sorta forgotten about his attention span problem but I will memba for next time no worries But its all good mate

Sorry silent mate I shall try bedderah

We're cool .

We forget that when you write something it may be open to differing interpretations.

Dingo, maybe the attention span of a goldfish, about three seconds I think, that is why they don't mind being in a glass bowl. Each revolution is a new experience.

The "young Sprogo" hehe, I wish

Come on Sprog and Dingo, don't kiss and make up now, it was just starting to get good.