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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / July 2009

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Copy of letter to Amsoil

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Tom J - 25 Mar 2009 01:21 GMT
If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
*******************************************
AMSOIL Corporate Headquarters
Customer Relations
925 Tower Ave.
Superior, WI 54880

Steve Spence
Independent AMSOIL Dealer 1690163
AMSOIL - The "Once A Year" Oil Change
Unemployed Car Guy - Trying To Earn A Living
35 Years of G.M. Parts Experience
URL: http://synthetic-oil-tech.com/1690163
Email: amsoil1@XXXXXXX

This guy is not helping your cause by continuing to spam
alt.trucks.ford newsgroup and others. He doesn't just use the above
tag line sig, he gets in confrontational discussions!!

Sincerely,
Steve - 25 Mar 2009 01:53 GMT
| If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
| just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
|
| Sincerely,

Tom:
I've never been confrontational.  I have forwarded all of the
conversations attached to this thread to my email so I have a
permanent record of every post made in this newsgroup on this topic.

Making accusations of being confrontational border on slanderous.
Signature

Steve Spence
Independent AMSOIL Dealer
AMSOIL - The "Once A Year" Oil Change
Unemployed Car Guy - Trying To Earn A Living
35 Years of G.M. Parts Experience
URL: http://synthetic-oil-tech.com/1690163
Email: amsoil1@charter.net

tomcas - 25 Mar 2009 02:55 GMT
> | If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter
> I
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>
> Making accusations of being confrontational border on slanderous.
Slander is spoken, libel is in print. Either one does not exist when
done without damage.
Hairy - 25 Mar 2009 04:58 GMT
> | If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter
> I
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>
> Making accusations of being confrontational border on slanderous.

Continuing to spam this newsgroup after being asked not to, on numerous
occasions, is in itself, being confrontational.
david - 25 Mar 2009 02:21 GMT
> If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
> just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
> Sincerely,

I would not necessarily call spewing the same crap that Spamsoil dealers
have been spewing for years, "confrontational".   Perhaps Steve will
eventually learn that we've heard it all before.  The Spamsoil believers
will always believe that theirs is a superior product, even if they refuse
to provide proof to back up their sometimes ridiculous claims.

But, we again ask Steve to stop promoting his spam on this newsgroup.
Maybe Spamsoil will take action, somehow, I doubt it.
Jeff Strickland - 25 Mar 2009 18:35 GMT
Personally, I don't care.

I do not believe in Amsoil products, or Lucas Oil products for that matter.
(Lucas and Amsoil are competitors in the same market space, if you don't
know.)

When a post comes up, my oil is difficult to find at the Ford Dealership,
then I see absolutely no problem with Lucas or Amsoil jumping in to say, we
have oil for your application. The context here is that the OP specifically
asked about a source for an oil product, and Lucas and Amsoil are a source
so they can and should reply to such a post.

What I object to is when distributors come on with a completely uninvited
sales pitch. That's spam. A sales pitch in response to a direct question is
not spam, even if I do not think the product is worth the trip to the store.

I think it is a reasonable debate that aftermarket oil products actually
address the issues raised -- can Amsoil be used in Mercon or Mercon V
applications? In the case of the recent discussion about the guy that could
not find the equivalent to the Ford Spec. printed in the manual, it is not
spam when the Amsoil distributor says, I have what you need. His product
might be pure sh.t for all I know, or pure gold. That is a reasonable debate
to have here.

I don't know anything about Amsoil, or Lucas, but I do know that I am
predisposed to reject the claims that their oil does any of the magical
stuff that is claimed on the bottle. I have no evidence that it does not
work, I just do not use it and do not engage in discussion about its
relative qualities or the lack thereof.

You guys can paper the walls of the corporate offices with e-mails if you
want, but I have to disagree that the practice you are railing against is
spam on a newsgroup. You are railing against commercial posts on a
newsgroup, but in my humble opinion, the commercial post is valid given the
nature of the question that it is trying to address.

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> If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
> just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>
> Sincerely,
Tom J - 25 Mar 2009 23:33 GMT
> Personally, I don't care.

Jeff, if everyone was like you and didn't care, soon this newsgroup
would be nothing but a bunch of commercial ads.  I don't think that is
what the majority of the people that visits this group wants.  BTW,
the Motorcraft oil the original poster was railing about is in stock
at my local Wal-Mart!

Tom J
Jeff Strickland - 26 Mar 2009 00:15 GMT
>> Personally, I don't care.
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Tom J

You need to read the rest of my post.

There was an open question that allowed the Amsoil distributor to respond.
If the Amsoil distributor initiated a post about the stuff he's selling,
then I'd agree with the point that he was engaged in a commercial post. But
the question was, I need something that I can't find, anybody have an answer
for me? I have no problem in that context that for the Amsoil distributor to
try and peddle a couple of quarts of his product.

And, I agree, the product the OP was asking about is a common product at any
auto parts store.
Ashton Crusher - 26 Mar 2009 05:28 GMT
>>> Personally, I don't care.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>And, I agree, the product the OP was asking about is a common product at any
>auto parts store.

I agree with both your posts, I don't think it was spam.
nothermark - 28 Mar 2009 15:04 GMT
>>>> Personally, I don't care.
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>
>I agree with both your posts, I don't think it was spam.

Ditto

I do think it was somebody with an irrational fear we might get
usefull information from a manufacturer's rep.
Scott - 28 Mar 2009 01:34 GMT
> If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
> just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> URL: http://synthetic-oil-tech.com/1690163
> Email: amsoil1@XXXXXXX

I looked at his "contributions" to this group.  He is spamming/whoring
his product, plain and simple.
Actually whoring may be more correct than spamming.
nothermark - 28 Mar 2009 15:05 GMT
>> If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
>> just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>his product, plain and simple.
>Actually whoring may be more correct than spamming.

all salesmen are whores, most whores are salepersons.  It's the nature
of the beast.  ;-)
Ashton Crusher - 29 Mar 2009 06:08 GMT
>> If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
>> just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>his product, plain and simple.
>Actually whoring may be more correct than spamming.

Unless ALL he puts in his messages is the ad then what he's posting is
no different then the many many other posts and replies people place
that contain anywhere from 1% to 99% useful info.  If someone asks if
synthetic oil is worth using what difference does it make if someone
says "yeah, it's great" and Steve says "Yeah, it's great and if you
want to buy what I think is the best I can sell it to you."  he's
entitled to his opinion.  no one has to buy from him.   If he started
answering EVERY message, no matter what the subject, with "That's an
interesting question, sorry I can't help you but if you want to buy
SynOil I can sell you some" then I think people would have a valid
objection that he's spamming.
Scott - 30 Mar 2009 14:10 GMT
>>> If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
>>> just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> SynOil I can sell you some" then I think people would have a valid
> objection that he's spamming.

I am reminded of Three Stooges episodes where Moe one guy would
pipe up with something stupid and Moe would abruptly whap them upside
the head and say "Shaddup"!

Now shaddup.
Ashton Crusher - 31 Mar 2009 02:40 GMT
>>>> If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
>>>> just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
>
>Now shaddup.

Who are you telling to shut up?  If it's me guess where you can shove
it.
None4U - 14 Jul 2009 08:20 GMT
>>>>> If you guys care to help stop this guy, here is a copy of the letter I
>>>>> just dropped in the mail to Amsoil with return address & phone number:
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
> Who are you telling to shut up?  If it's me guess where you can shove
> it.

Not only that , Commercial sales are banned.  Except for personal sales.
And generally are susposed to be posted at for sale groups.    And He doesnt
own Amsoil. its not a personal sale. And he doesnt generate sales at any
groups anyways.  There is no sale.   So he is  not doing this for business.
He clearly is just being a Dickhead a.shole.  Who is too dense to see you
cant  make a busines on a  side  add on for a main business.  On a product
sold cheaper in parts stores.
 
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