ISOTUNED Suspension aka drakethomas (threads merged)

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  1. silverbike

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    one minor edit

    I got one thing on the timeline slightly wrong. I told him on monday I was going to take more concrete steps to get my forks back if I didn't hear from him by today and got real specific about what I was going to do yesterday.

    Doesn't change anything, but figured I should be as accurate as possible.
     
  2. minimusprime

    minimusprime Did I just taste purple?

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    I sent drake a pm asking him what's up and to come scope out this thread... hopefully there is some resolution.
     
  3. silverbike

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    Thanks.
     
  4. silverbike

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    unfortunately drake never got back to me. see the merged Drakethoms (isotuned) thread for my sad sad story.
     
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    I'm stopping by there after work Ill shout out for my peeps.
     
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    thanks man. If you see him let him know Isaac would really like his forks so that he can ride his bike again.
     
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    minimusprime Did I just taste purple?

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    btw when i said pm i meant txt message...
     
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    Drake if your viewing this thread I'm 2hours out driving in LA traffic.
     
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    El Rolo its just ahead

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    I was thinking about contacting him for a suspension overhall

    then I read this post and the others on mtbr. THanks. I will take my business elsewhere. At least if I pay push's prices I will get my sh!t back.
     
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    A suggestion to the Moderator
    The negative comment by Silverbike should be it's own thread. I noticed this merged thread getting comments and decided to read it. The first 4 pages are nothing but praise for ISO so I actually thought about sending in my fork. Thankfully I read Silberbike's comment in another thread and found the above description of his bad experience with ISO. I think many readers will never make it 5-pages into this thread to discover a post that is clearly a different direction than the previous posts.
     
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    Fewinhibitions Always be a moving target

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    own thread v. merged

    I have to admit I was annoyed when my thread got merged but I understand the reasons for doing so.

    It definitely does "bury" the negative comments which are in fact most relevant to folks considering Drake's services currently. On the other hand it is important for people to see that my experience isn't necessarily representative. They may luck out or they may end up hosed like me.

    Perhaps review threads like this one should be structured differently with the most recent "reviews" on the first page and a place to see discussion of each review afterward?
     
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    Thats pretty much the same as making a new thread for each review :/ .
     
  14. silverbike

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    Maybe, but perhaps i didn't explain myself clearly. What I envision is that there would be two different kinds of "posts" for reviews of shops or services.

    You could either "Review" the shop, and this would be displayed most recent review first, or you could "comment" on the review and these comments would be branches off of that particular review.

    That way when you clicked on any merged shop review thread you'd see the most recent reviews and if you were interested in more detail for any of the reviews you could click there and see the comments/discussion re the review.

    Might not be implementable but, if used properly, I do think it would serve the functions of providing easy access to recent and reviews while keeping everything in one place.
     
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    any update? Looking for my bike....
     
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    No way are we having multiple threads on an individual shop review. People need to take the good with the bad. Everyone has the option to see the newest threads first. It's under user cp, edit options.
     
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    I appreciate the clarification (and if you read my next post I think I make it clear I basically agree with you having all reviews in the same place). Anyway, I didn't realize there was an option to see newest posts first.

    Perhaps there is a way to switch the default for review pages?
     
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    No update. I'll be sure to write if/when I hear from Drake, and if not I'll relate what additional actions I take.

    Does this mean Drake has something of yours as well?
     
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    NipomoGuy Tink's first sponsor

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    very, VERY uncharacteristic of Drake, somthing for sure isn't right...

    Drake... don't let him down!!! You told me that you intend on keeping your highly polished reputation, and i've been referring people to you since my amazingly good experiance with ya. Please don't pull a Toyota!

    BTW, he hasn't been on STR since the 11th
     
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    i just called the shop again... inbox is (still) full... somthing is DEFFINATLY not right...

    Jamisjake, you know him, right? Ask him whats up!
     
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