malo682008-04-25 17:43:12

Jumping to conclusions is not good for anyone.

I appreciate George posting this response.  I am embarrased by the two members that offended him.  I'm hoping apologies from both will be forthcoming.  Here is the email I just sent to George in reply to his email to me expressing his displeasure.....

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George,
First of all, thank you for bringing this to my attention.  I tried to call you to talk about this, but the number on your account must be your daytime number.
Secondly, I want to apologize on behalf of the members that offended you.  This is actually a VERY rare occasion that one (or more) members upset another member.  I try to make sure that this doesn't happen and I think have one of the most respectful bunch of all the Vette sites out there.
Third, while I am not at all excusing their behavior, please try to look at the facts they had them from their perspective.  I have to admit, I found things suspect as well.... On our forum you are talking about hard times which is why you need to sell the Vette.  On the ebay ad, you say nothing about the hards times and go on to mention other projects that you are going to put money in to.  People that are having hard times typically don't spend their money on classic car projects. I am speaking from experience, by the way.  Things were going really well for me early in the decade and was very close to having enough money to have my Vette painted. Then I got laid off.  I have yet to recover enough from that to pay to have my Vette painted. It is still in desperate need of it.

If you still have them, please forward me any personal emails that were sent to you by our members.  It is against our policy to send harassing emails.

I read your post on the site in response to this issue and very much appreciate you posting that message. It was well thought out, well said and a mature reply to the situation.  I appreciate the second chance and I will contact the offenders in attempt to make things right.    They definitely should have gotten more info before assuming the worst.  Now that you've posted a full explanation, I would think they will feel like jerks.

If you wish to call me, you may do so at 610-XXX-XXXX.  I am in the Eastern Time Zone too. Please try to keep the calls between 9am and 10pm.

Thank you again and I hope this does not sour you on C3VR!

-Adam Wartell
Founder: C3 Vette Registry
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George,

Please seem my response in your original post. I am extremely sorry that you were subjected to the outlandish comments. Best of luck. Let me know if I can help you in any way.

Scott

Thank you detectives for your diligent investigation. From a few paragraphs, you have determined factually that a hard working teacher, who happens to love muscle cars, is a non paying maggot, extorting this site for free advertising space. No doubt, the association with C3VR was a "ploy" to sell his corvette to some unsuspecting, know-nothing wannabe Vette owner.

You two should be ashamed for giving the impression that you actually uncovered some scam. After years of presenting this site as a family atmosphere that strives to welcome all Vette lovers, you two have perhaps wiped that effort out with your outlandish comments.

To malo68, I have been here a few years and have made it a habit to welcome all new members, trial or otherwise. I hope that you understand that the opinions of two members, with obviously to much time on their hands, does not reflect the views of most members. On behalf of myself, you are welcome here and I apologize for the behavior of our two resident investigators.

Scott
ranger32008-04-25 18:13:08

Well put Adam, I'd hate to see anyone turned away from the greatest C3 site on the entire internet because of a few harsh words from other members.  I don't know about the other moderator's but you can contact me anytime if you need someone to talk to or make a comment on the site.

Thank Ranger3, my7T1, cilrah and all the others who wrote encouraging words to me.  Adam wrote to me and I just wanted to post a  what I wrote: malo682008-04-25 18:45:52

Grorge, (Malo68), I evidently went off half corked and assumed (we know how that word sometimes works out the wrong way) everything was a scam. I am very sorry to jump to conclusions that weren't true. I'm guilty at times of being over protective. I thought that you were just using this site as a ploy. When someone is falsely accused of something, they should fight back the accusers, as you did to clear your name and reputation. I offer my sincere apology in the hopes that you can accept it. If you don't I guess I can understand. I hope things work out for you and your family. Hopefully you will get to know that C3VR is a very respectable place. You can sort of see that indication by the major amount of well wishers and consoling that you received initially. Just about everyone at the site tries to help each other. So, please don't judge everyone because of a few. Thanks for your cosideration about this. Take care Larry (corvette440hp) Sorry Adam to put you thru this also!corvette440hp2008-04-25 19:05:51

George, I also want to apologize for the rude comments that were posted. It's unacceptable...C3VR is a great forum, and I hope you will hang around.


Folks, please remember, there are rules...as stated in the C3VR Membership Agreement
C3 Vette Registry Forum Rules:

1) To be free of ridicule and harassment.

    Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. If you don't agree with someone on a topic, that does not give you the right to ridicule or (especially) harass that person. You are more than welcome to disagree with someone, but express your opinion in a way that is not offensive to the other person.

    This rule applies to the forums AND emails sent to a C3VR Member by a C3VR Member.

    If anyone is found to be breaking this rule (1 time), their membership will be terminated! If the offending member is a Gold or Lifetime Member, NO REFUND of membership dues will be offered!

george, i joined this site a little over a year ago and i find this hard to believe as i have never seen anything like this happen here before. there were differences of opinions but never anything to this point. this only goes to show some people the old saying still applies-- "if you have nothing nice to say, you shouldn't say nothing at all".
 
i hope you will still enjoy the site as i have seen people join who were just thinking about buying a corvette. a wise man has posted here many times --c3vr rocks and it usually does.
eddie208752008-04-26 03:51:04