Is it always this difficult?

[JayEhl]

3 hours ago, Northmount said:

Your attention is required.

Thanks @Northmount   I got a reply from Techsew .  

[Wizcrafts]

11 hours ago, JLSleather said:

I posted this on THIS site, and that conversation DISAPPEARED within minutes.  Just DELETED (or maybe just 'hidden').  Now, WHY would that happen?

I looked through the Moderation History for this topic and there is nothing about anybody's posts being deleted or hidden. Do you recall what the context was? Could it have been edited? I do see that you edited 2 of you own comments earlier in this thread.

It is remotely possible that your "missing" comment was moved down by other comments that were in the que and is in fact still there.

[Handstitched]

I think I might sit it out from here on , and carry on eating my popcorn ,  buttered.   

HS

[JLSleather]

12 hours ago, Wizcrafts said:

I looked through the Moderation History for this topic and there is nothing about anybody's posts being deleted or hidden. Do you recall what the context was?

No matter. I typed it. Some people replied to it.  Some folks REALLY REALLY didn't like it.  That also is no matter.

Minutes later an entire section of that conversation was NO LONGER THERE.  I asked out loud if people advertising on this site were BUYING A REPUTATION (yeah,  used those words, so that would be the context).  I didn't say anything slanderous or malicious, or anything that wasn't demonstrably true, so wasn't too worried about who liked it or didn't like it.  Johanna popped in to say that nobody is "buying a reputation" (though to believe that would be naïve - of course they are).

I don't know where that conversation went, and I don't care - no worries. 

I say stuff sometimes.  If I KNOW it to be true, I say that. If i THINK IT MIGHT be true, I say THAT.  Or if it's something I heard and haven't verified myself, I say THAT.  Sometimes folks like it. Sometimes not. 

[DrmCa]

14 hours ago, Wizcrafts said:

I looked through the Moderation History for this topic and there is nothing about anybody's posts being deleted or hidden.

This is not the first time that posts and entire topics disappear for no obvious reasons. I had at least 2x within past 12 months.

[Wizcrafts]

1 hour ago, JLSleather said:

Minutes later an entire section of that conversation was NO LONGER THERE.  I asked out loud if people advertising on this site were BUYING A REPUTATION (yeah,  used those words, so that would be the context).  ....  Johanna popped in to say that nobody is "buying a reputation"....

I don't know where that conversation went, and I don't care - no worries.

That's why I didn't see anything in the moderation history.

[TheDavidLeathermanShow]

On 2/22/2022 at 1:28 PM, Rubicon04 said:

I reached out this morning via email to Neel thanks to @TheDavidLeathermanShow post. See what type of response I receive from him. 

Hey rubicon , how was your interaction with Ryan Neel???

[Rubicon04]

15 hours ago, TheDavidLeathermanShow said:

Hey rubicon , how was your interaction with Ryan Neel???

He emailed me back last night with some pricing and quick information. Told me to give him a call and we could really discuss everything. I plan on giving him call soon. If the call goes well, i think i may try to visit his shop to get some hands on knowledge from him. 

[TheDavidLeathermanShow]

Good deal! When I was there last week he had about 30 of each machine in the cowboy line up. There’s more than plenty to get your hands on 

[JLSleather]

On 2/21/2022 at 10:21 AM, chuck123wapati said:

how in the heck can they send you a machine tuned and ready for every single thread needle combo and gadget that you can think of? How do they know what you are sewing?

nobody can "guess" what you MIGHT do SOMEDAY.  I'm pretty sure if you call Bob (Toledo) Kovar about a leather stitcher, among his FIRST questions will be WHAT do you want to sew and WHAT SIZE THREAD do you want to use.  Now, if you don't know, I don't know how it would be possible for somebody else to know.

To continue the analogy of buying a car...

If you need a vehicle, you go to the guy selling vehicles.  You say you don't know what you need.  So the guy is going to ask... some place to START FROM.  Do you want a vehicle that looks shiny 'cruising the strip", or do you need it to GO FAST and don't care about cosmetics, or do you need it to haul dirt and gravel for your landscaping business?  You generally DONT buy a Porsche to go grocery shopping and generally don't use a dump truck to pick up your date (though you theoretically COULD do all of those things).  Point being, it's up to YOU to tell them what you want.  I KNOW Bob K is quite good at helping you match a machine (and accessories..) to your STATED GOAL.  He's also very clear that ONE machine is unlikely to do EVERYTHING YOU EVER want to do.  The dump truck hauls heavy stuff very well, but not much good in the quarter mile.

So, they know what you're sewing because you TELL THEM.  If you tell them you're hauling big rocks, they'll likely quote you a price on the dump truck.  Tell them you want to go fast and sporty, maybe they quote the Porsche. 

But I CERTAINLY WOULD AGREE that if you order one, you can't complain that it wont do the other.