Well, Arrow, if you'll read my post mentioning "high handed" I referred only to myself, and personal experiences over the last 40+ years, and I stated it as an opinion of the way others would refer to me (and have), because I've made mistakes, just like everyone else. You are right about me being careful with personal information, I've had my identity stolen once, and although I was careful, even before that, to make sure I had the proper "protections" in place, it still cost me a lot of time and trouble, to get things fixed.
There was no "assumption" on my part that the company was being high-handed, that was a personal opinion of anyone who thinks a potential customer owes a company any kind of "duty" to provide them anything other than payment for a sale.
In the case of this company in particular, my only issue was whether or not there was any way for me to get in contact with them other than a telephone, as due to an illness, I was unable to talk for several weeks, but fortunately, we live in an age where communication by e-mail or text is possible, if someone is available to answer the questions. (Although I'd much rather contact someone face-to-face, since I'm actually very comfortable in dealing directly with others.) But what spurred my original post, was simply to ask if anyone knew anything about the company, whether they were one who "closed for the holidays" or if someone just knew who some of their dealers were. If you'll look over the thread again, you can see that the post you quote from was in response to another poster who was suggesting that I would be wrong not to provide a bunch of information just to find out who sold a product that I thought looked interesting. I still disagree with that premise, and may or may not purchase one of their products from a dealer, but that will depend on how my research on the product goes, AND on how the dealer responds. I simply have "options" available, whether it be this product or another that performs similar tasks, and whichever I purchase, if any, will be based on my personal opinion of the product and of the dealer or manufacturer in question. So, as you said it appears that I have "different criteria."
There was no "assumption" on my part that the company was being high-handed, that was a personal opinion of anyone who thinks a potential customer owes a company any kind of "duty" to provide them anything other than payment for a sale.
In the case of this company in particular, my only issue was whether or not there was any way for me to get in contact with them other than a telephone, as due to an illness, I was unable to talk for several weeks, but fortunately, we live in an age where communication by e-mail or text is possible, if someone is available to answer the questions. (Although I'd much rather contact someone face-to-face, since I'm actually very comfortable in dealing directly with others.) But what spurred my original post, was simply to ask if anyone knew anything about the company, whether they were one who "closed for the holidays" or if someone just knew who some of their dealers were. If you'll look over the thread again, you can see that the post you quote from was in response to another poster who was suggesting that I would be wrong not to provide a bunch of information just to find out who sold a product that I thought looked interesting. I still disagree with that premise, and may or may not purchase one of their products from a dealer, but that will depend on how my research on the product goes, AND on how the dealer responds. I simply have "options" available, whether it be this product or another that performs similar tasks, and whichever I purchase, if any, will be based on my personal opinion of the product and of the dealer or manufacturer in question. So, as you said it appears that I have "different criteria."
