Guys I'm a person, just because there's an Admin under my name doesn't mean I'm not allowed to have my opinion, even on vendors that join the forum.
I am not the be all end all, take my opinion and use it or discard it but in the end I'm not going to hold my tongue with my viewpoint just because I"m an admin and they're a vendor. I've always been the guy to open his mouth and share my opinion. If I feel a vendor is taking advantage of you guys I will then put on my admin hat but if I disagree or dispute statements I will do so and it's not bashing, it's stating my viewpoint/opinion.
Make sure you read what I say and don't read into it. I am making technical statements and evaluations of things not you're a bad company or you suck, those words aren't coming out of my mouth.
I put this in another post but just in case you didn't see it concerning my company being a vendor on this forum:
One more thing, concerning the whole "vendor" thing, all of the money I'm making from my parts business is going right back into R&D for more custom parts for you guys. I'm not pulling money out of that business. It's all so I can make all these parts you guys are asking for, hopefully one day I'll be able to make some $$ and pull it out but right now it's feeding itself for cooler parts. Last round has been for hot pipes for the truck as well as downpipes. I'm also working on a fuel solution for the truck. It's all about making super cool parts for the cars. If I were able to start ever making some profits the only thing that would change for me is my wife would work from home for the parts company. I've been working my tail off to try and find a way for her to stay at home since she was diagnosed with Leukemia but I can't afford to pay for the families health care and lose her income both.
Also I'm working with a friend for him to take over the vendor posts to separate myself as admin from that vendor, this might take a bit but it will happen.
Concerning the forum, vendor dues etc. I have created a separate paypal account for the forum. Money from vendors that comes in will be put into that account and money for hosting, pro service etc will come out of that account. It will tie to my business account and if I need to put money in to pay for things to keep the forum going that will be the way it is funded. I decided to start taking vendor dues due to the increased costs of hosting (I keep upgrading when the site gets slow), pro services for forum work and some graphic arts things. Long term I want to be able to offer shirts to you guys as well, just need to get final licensing from Ford to allow for that to happen.
Thanks for taking a second to read this.
If you have any questions, please PM me and I'll give you my cell. If you think you see an intent other than growing this forum and the platform and parts then that is not the case. I will never make good money off a parts company or this forum, I just want them to be self sufficient (I think of them like my kiddies that need to walk on their own and pay their own way instead of Daddy constantly putting funds in the bank account).
Mike