(Engineer) A fine line between spamming & supporting?

LOL other way around, PlugMeIn2 Joanna thought I had accused her for the spam, then I had to double-back and look at my PM's to see who had really sent it, and fix my reply about a day later.

Then asked Danny to clean it up. Of course by then, most of you had read it. I only found out later Jack had been banned, and immediately asked why/bring him back. Haven't heard back from Danny yet. Maybe he'll just post here about it.

FWIW, I had never asked Jack for info, nor was I going to anytime soon. I'm on a 4 year lease with TMC, nobody except TMC touches it.

I'm waiting until next year, when out of my lease and officially bought my Prius G2, to make a PHEV upgrade.

The *best* system will win my money - and it's looking a lot like Enginer.us right now, because of it's price. Also because I do low mileage, most other PHEV's are overkill for my use.
(EV-8 would get me to my office)

Time will tell. Till then, bash all you like, ya big guard dog, coming to a damsel's distress like you did.

Suggestion: Make a POLL asking for Jack back. I sure as heck won't start it

 

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(repost from above)

EDIT2: Jack ended up getting banned, which pretty much everyone agrees was too strong a measure, so he cannot "clear things up". This makes for a very one-sided argument. Myself included, asked Danny to allow him back.

EDIT3: Surely some reasons so many "new" people arrived on PC just to talk about this PHEV system, it's low price and a $500 price reduction in exchange for being "beta" (though beta term was never used) testers or "test pilots".

It's easy to take this one step further, that Jack asked them to be vocal about it on the Internet. However, this is pure conjecture on my part, and this view is shared by others on PC.

Advice for the new Enginer PHEV owners - quit bitching - be happy for your purchase and DOCUMENT everything online here on PC, and support will grow naturally.

Some have been doing that and have received THANKS which is the best reputation system, better than the total number of posts.

 

Proof that Jack is reading / getting some of this info - his website was recently updated - typo's have been fixed - and he's doing a DEMO at Long Beach Hybrid Expo. :cheer2: (not Long Island - my typo)


To Jack Chen: Sorry for the ruckus - however the saying: all publicity is good publicity, is true. I think *everyone* knows about your product now! Full disclosure to PC (PriusChat) and some $$$ support in the form of a banner campaign means PC remains alive, something we all want.

To Jack Chen 2: Get an installer on the East Coast by next year, so I can drive down from Montreal in one day, versus SIX days to get to LA.

I also emailed him on his site.

 

Fixed it (my post). I'm looking forward to Jack's reply to my private email.

 

Thanks, glad this is resolved, sorry (again) for the mishap. I've since contacted Jack Chen independently, and we've come to an agreement.

I will translate into French his Wiki site, there are quite a few Prius here in Quebec.

Besides myself, at least one other person is interested in PHEV next year.

Mark, you should have PM'd us all and apologized for your over reaction and the misinterpretation that led to all this.
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It's funny how hard it was, at the time, to determine who are the mods. Even now, rather difficult to find a sticky with the Mod list.


Last point, it would help if people were more transparent with their relationship with the Enginer.us PHEV, how much they paid -vs- the rebate they got to be "test pilots". It would explain the sudden influx of "new" posters on PC that came out of the blue.

Full disclosure = better trust, and after all, you are the 'lucky' ones.
IMO the 500$ rebate is extremly generous! Had that been clear from the start, honestly, I would not have reacted the way I did.

I will be paying full price for my system, next year, even though I will have translated his site, because I can and I want to.

Had I been able to do it right now, and would have put in my Signature the "Test Pilot For PHEV Enginer.us" quite proudly, with a link back to a photo album or thread started by me.

PlugMeIn2 - Joanna - sorry especially to you, who got so involved, when it had nothing to do with you, just confusion.

Jack, welcome back.

Mods, well, life is tough Sorry to you guys too.