What the heck, I'll put my nose in where it doesn't belong: <br> <br>To Serge L.: It was totally unacceptable to vent your critique of Doug on this forum, as far as I am concerned. The only proper forum for your beef with Doug is a court of law - whereby our Government would try to protect the rights of both parties. Personally, none of your posts have convinced me in the least as to how Doug is responsible for any of the problems that you ascribe to him. It seems to me that if the trucking company accepted the mast in whatever condition it was packed, that they have the responsibility to make sure it arrives at its destination in the same shape it left in. By your later admission, the trucking company did not follow your instructions that you alone should sign for the freight (which they don't even need to be instructed to do - only the authorized receiver can sign for freight), so the only obvious person at fault is the trucking company. Your entire argument seems to be based on the notion that "the customer is always right" mentality. Generally it is in a company's best interest to have such a policy, particularly if they are a large concern where the positive commerce derived from such a policy outweighs the number of times that such a policy will be used against them by people of questionable moral intent. A smaller business doesn't have the luxury of such a policy and must be guided by who is in fact "right" in the situation. What the heck, I think you are wrong in "fact", which is crucial to a slander lawsuit defense. <br> <br>To Doug: I suggest you cut a deal with Serge and let him off the hook on this slander thing - a short apology by Serge indicating that he went a little far there by posting his beef on the forum perhaps. I'd see if you could include Rick White in the deal if you could get him to pull this whole thread off the board to keep the thing from re-proliferating. I looked at most of Serge's other posts plus went to his web-page and he sure seems like a decent guy otherwise to me who got a little upset and went too far with this whole forum posting thing. I think you have a case, but I'm not sure how you can prove actual damages - other than punitive, but perhaps you could. I don't blame you for being pissed, but maybe there is still a high road you can take here. <br> <br>And now that I've settle that...let me take aim back at Wouter's anti-American sentiment...JUST KIDDING WOUTER...relax. <br> <br>ScaredyCat<br><br>
