I think Chris and Alex have every right to feel the way they do about the way Sorbo and his cronies have treated them. The petition was an early attempt to reach out to him in after he refused to speak w/ them. That failed so on to the next step - replace his product w/ their own! I for one am happy they have refused to let the good ol" boy network keep them down. Way to go WCR and I’m behind you 100%.
Sour Grapes definition: Sour grapes is an expression originating from the Aesop Fable The Fox and the Grapes, meaning to deny desire for something one cannot attain.
Its not sour grapes… We could easily attain his products if we wanted them… we have had offers from 4 different other distributors to sell us his products for re distribution. But we wont out of principle.
And as long as anyone asks we will tell them the truth about it, its not like we brought it up… we never do.
The petition was started about 8 months ago, things have changed with us sense then… we will keep it up there forever though for people to see. It stays up for the the below image. That is a google search from 2 minutes ago. Every time someone searches for his products they see us first.
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I was thinking the same thing myself. If you do not want their products, then why the petition.
See the above post… The petition was started 8 months ago when we did want the products. We wont take it down now because we rank higher on google then him for his own name.
Good for you Chris. I agree with you it is just principle now.
I wish I would have read the rest of the posts before I went through the trouble of filling out the petition. :rolleyes: Nevertheless, kudos for attempting to overthrow the sorbo overlord. I’ll be interested in seeing the new squeegees.
No im glad you signed it! Thanks!
The longer its up the more people will sign it, and the more people that sign it the longer it will be up.
I agree with this. I personally prefer Sorbo channels, but their rubber is far inferior to Ettore Soren rubber.
This is why I am anxious to try trhe Slayer!
I feel a bit naive now for what I said on the petition…
But I am excited about your future WCR products ! Cant wait!
With Google you can be up one day and down the next and then back up the following day, it just depends on who is searching for what and a bunch of other factors I wont bother getting into.
[QUOTE=Chris;37829][B]it hasnt turned into that… it is what is… someone asks about his products… I will tell them why we wont recommend them.
Not true… Ettore super channel is near identical.
Basically if we were a larger industry his treatment of us would be considered illegal. The industry as a whole is just to small for anyone to care.
A nice analogy here would be fur coats…
Many people wont buy fur because of the treatment of those cute fuzzy little animals.
Now there are many many people that wont buy Sorbo products because of his treatment of us. Im glad, and I hope it significantly hurts his bottom line.
Other than his channels and handles his products suck.
Quadropod, tricket tool, leaf cart… all ridiculous.
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I think the whole Sorbo blackballing WCR is very weird and stupid on behalf of Sorbo. But because they are not allowing you to make more money turns this entire forum into a political bias.
I totally understand your resentment, but I am not in line with this boycott.
The Super channel is not a Sorbo and most of us know that. They are not the same.
This is the only thing I don’t care for when it comes to WCR. You guys should be bigger than that… in my opinion
Just so everyone knows I am looking forward very much to trying the SLAYER.
If WCR transforms a dedicated Sorbo maniac like me it must be something special… we’ll see.
The name is cool as hell 
I agree 100%.
Chris didn’t say they were the same just “near identical”. I prefer the Ettore after using it. I never used it before because I loved the and he hadn’t shown himself to less than ethical, far less.
If someone attacked your business and took the time to get others to do the same how would you react? I have great respect for you Paul, don’t get me wrong. I would probably go on the offensive as well, just as WCR has done. Wouldn’t you?
I like a lot but there is a very real possibility that I will not be buying products anymore because of WCR. Not because of all the drama, but because I wish to purchase my stuff from WCR. Convenience, pricing, support, lightning fast shipping, all combine for a great shopping experience.
That leaves me buying elsewhere and that just doesn’t make good business sense when I can consolidate vendors. After I have to place two orders, write two checks, receive two packages, verify two shipments, enter two line items in Quickbooks, the benefits of Sorbo products are greatly diminished in my eyes. They are good, but they are not the Holy Grail of WC tools.
Oooh - that should go on the petition
Karlos, I wrote a personal letter to, when this all started asking him to let WCR sell his products for customer convenience. I got no response and the rest is well…
I actually got an automated email from Ettore UK when I tagged it ‘read receipt’. It returned an email with “Deleted without being read.”
I think The US is more service related than the sh*t we deal with here. If our governments were businesses they would be bankrupt & closed down by now - with jail time.
You’re my hero, Chris.
Seriously.
Not because I hate, but because you’re willing to state the truth and stand by it.
Kudos, man.
