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-Chad Chad Harrison www.macupdate.com www.mupromo.com On Mar 16, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Ray Barber wrote: > > We've experienced the same BS, and all of it was exactly that, pure BS (and > flat out lies). > > If you continue to reply to his crap, all he's doing is baiting you for more > ammunition which he'll just turn around and use against you. > > The best thing to do is ignore this jerk. > > If it's possible, you might get the purveyors (I assume MacUpdate?) to > remove his crap, because that is all it is and only serves to detract from > the real, bonafied comments. > > Just more right along and do exactly what you do best. Create cool apps and > keep your customers happy as always. :-) > > My two cents. > > /r > > > >> I've received what is, for me, a first: a shakedown from a download site >> troll. >> >> There's a user on one of the download sites who clearly isn't a fan of >> my stuff, but goes far beyond the usual complaints: he writes long, >> detailed reviews that mix some useful technical comments along with >> attacks on my character (I'm greedy, my stuff is overpriced, etc.). >> >> I've made the mistake of responding to a few of his comments, but they >> keep coming, and now he's e-mailed me personally with what I guess he >> thinks is an offer I can't refuse: if I lower the price of my stuff to >> $5 and consult with him on the design of my future products, he'll >> refrain from further attacks. If I don't work with him, he'll actually >> start competing with me, releasing free and cheap competitors to my >> stuff, in an effort to put me out of business. >> >> I'm tempted to laugh. I have no intention of working with him. He >> actually admitted that he's never written a GUI program before, but >> since he says it should take no more than an hour to do, I'm not going >> to hold my breath waiting for him to release anything. (He seems to be a >> command-line whiz and takes offense that my apps, many of which wrap >> command-line tools, don't expose all the power and expressiveness of the >> command line.) I'm also not afraid of competition, free or not--all my >> programs have competitors. >> >> I'm thinking the best thing to do is simply ignore this guy from now on, >> both in the download sites and in personal correspondence. Any other >> advice? Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? >> >> --Kevin > > Ray Barber > CEO / Director of Operations > MacScripter, LLC | macscripter.net > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 > Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: > http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
