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Thanks for the consideration sir. The reason I asked to reopen it is that while it's unfortunate that the OP got a lemon, it's CS' subsequent response, the revelation of their relationship with Coldsteel.de as well as their comment about OP's personality that's more worthy of the GBU.Yes that's possible but I'm hesitant to do that for a variety of reasons. I'll have to think about it but I would much prefer a new thread be started in GBU... I'm going to go ahead and move this thread to GBU so there are no further issues.
Thanks for the consideration sir. The reason I asked to reopen it is that while it's unfortunate that the OP got a lemon, it's CS' subsequent response, the revelation of their relationship with Coldsteel.de as well as their comment about OP's personality that's more worthy of the GBU.
The other reason is the fact that CS is censoring any negative press on public forums, which is a bad precedence. The act of censoring discussions is also worthy of
GBU, which i guess this thread addressed.
You didn’t see the 3rd page where CS replied. Then promptly deleted that thread soon after. You are making a lot of assumptions without the full picture.I don't see a single reply from the maker in that thread. I see the OP posting hearsay from a dealer in Europe about this.
There is zero proof of any bad acts by Cold Steel. The OP showed up at a party and befouled the punch bowl you don't get applause for that; you get shown the door.
The nonsense about having a cadre of lawyers waiting to jump all over anyone who doesn't supply that guy a sufficient birthday present is amusing.
The host of that sub is under no obligation to let people show up and bash them with no proof. Deleting a thread like that is pest control, not censorship.
What became apparent was that CS had produced a whole batch of cheep swords from inferior materials and different alloys, supplied it to their European dealer and hoped to sell them as genuine items. And they still sell them.
The other reason is the fact that CS is censoring any negative press on public forums, which is a bad precedence. The act of censoring discussions is also worthy of GBU, which i guess this thread addressed.
I don't see a single reply from the maker in that thread. I see the OP posting hearsay from a dealer in Europe about this.
There is zero proof of any bad acts by Cold Steel. The OP showed up at a party and befouled the punch bowl you don't get applause for that; you get shown the door.
The nonsense about having a cadre of lawyers waiting to jump all over anyone who doesn't supply that guy a sufficient birthday present is amusing.
The host of that sub is under no obligation to let people show up and bash them with no proof. Deleting a thread like that is pest control, not censorship.
You didn’t see the 3rd page where CS replied. Then promptly deleted that thread soon after. You are making a lot of assumptions without the full picture.
No I just see the first 2 pages. If there is a 3rd one please share that link too.You didn’t see the 3rd page where CS replied. Then promptly deleted that thread soon after. You are making a lot of assumptions without the full picture.
And just to be clear why wasn't this returned for refund? Because it's the principal?
Cold Steel isn't in Europe so they can thumb their nose at most of those regulations while a "lawyer" can get rich quick and maybe buy a new boat.
Seems like the distributor has walked away from this also. This is what we've got; take it or leave it is the normal gig.
true. ive posted negative, at the minimum not positive, things ive run into on the brand and wasn't banned, deleted or threatened, etc.C'mon, that's a gross exaggeration...they deleted one thread, which was murky at best.
I posted the original deleted thread. A summary of it:
1. Cold Steel, through their European website http://cold-steel.de sent a replica Emperor O Tanto sword instead of a genuine one to a dear friend, who unknowingly gave it to me as a birthday present. I was pretty amazed upon inspecting it and decided to inquire further. The sword had brass parts, burred edge and many problems.
please believe me that we are also not lucky with this situation. But as I informed you I have directly forwarded your e-mail to Cold Steel USA. Of course I would have send you replacement for your Tanto, but all the knives we have in stock look like yours. We will do of course do our best possible to solve this problem. Please give us a little bit more time for we will talk again with Cold Steel and see what we can do in this matter. What I can propose you at the moment is that you send the knife back and we will of course credit you the amount.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards,
Dirk Brüggendick
Not true.
You did not buy from Cold Steel, nor from a subsidiary. You purchased from a distributor, AKA, a dealer. You were told that by Cold Steel and you ignored it.
From the web site:
https://www.cold-steel.de/About-us:_:57.html?MODsid6=a9d762f2e47e5644ad78574a22b81308
About us
We are an official Distributor for all Cold Steel
products for Europe and Germany.
Further, you were offered a refund.
You were offered a refund. You refused it. I'm not sure what further recompense you want.
Now, I don't agree with removing threads from public view. However, I'm not certain what I would have done myself if I were in the position of having offered a refund, had the buyer refuse to take it, and had the buyer just sit and whine about it.