Phil Hardy wrote:
...and another thing while we're on the subject.
Q.howcome it's cool for me to write a review of a competitors whistle ie Paul Busmans Blackwood high D...IF..i really like it and say cool things about it...it is still just my opinion and you can take it as you like?
Because it's not self-serving to say favorable things about a competitor.
Phil Hardy wrote:
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Point...I'd just like to be able to voice an opinion as a player,the business side of things takes care of itself and does not benefit from what I say or don't say on these boards.People buy our whistles regardless of what is said.
I don't want to knock Mr S's whistle just to voice a dissapiontment in what could have been something special.
Phil.
Phil, I don't have any way of knowing what your motives are when you post negatively about a competitor and I'm happy to give you the benefit of the doubt that you don't intend to promote your own products when you do so. But, think about it: If it were okay for whistlemakers to come on the board and critique each others work, it would just get ridiculous. As someone else pointed out, it's no coincidence that most whistlemakers don't do this on the board. They understand that it is unseemly and makes them look bad. You've got your defenders on this issue and, as I've been learning lately, the board is now big enough that there's not going to be a single issue on which some folks are going to disagree.
You are obviously a talented and enthusiastic whistle player and under normal circumstances, your impressions of different whistles would be valuable. But you can't possibly be objective. In the case of Davy's whistle, there are, what, three makers of plastic-topped Low D whistles on the planet. You're one of them and Davy's another. You simply have a conflict of interest and it couldn't be any more self-explanatory which is why I've had to spend this time explaining it, I guess.
Phil Hardy wrote:
PS,I have posted an "at length" look at this whole thing on the
www.kerrywhistles.com messageboard.
Well, that's fine. And, of course, everytime you announce here that you've added something to your website (which is, as say on my website, is a VERY fine website) you're making a commercial post. Now, you will, of course, deny this. But kerrywhistles.com is, all it's interesting, educational, and entertaining content, a site on which you promote and sell your products. That's commercial.
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As for Phil, it think he really understands what's it all about, but is trying to play smart and get the best of both world. After a few of his posts, you end up with a url to his website hidden through some information to please the ignorant reader. To me it's very simple, a whistle maker should be allowed to express his opinion on this board if he/she never uses the board for commercial purpose, which means no url to website, never, no mention of "my whistles", etc. Chiff & Fipple is doing whistle makers a BIG favor concerning commercial posts, which doesnt cost anything to them, and there's clearly abuse going on from a few of them.
