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Originally Posted by rowantree Hey Cali, I think you'd be the one to know this - my belief is that the media can't touch the EasyStraight disaster until the class action lawsuit is filed. Then once it's filed, the media can report on it. What do you think? And how long does it take to file something like this anyway?
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Hi there, Rowantree... here's the answer I got:
The media can report on the story. They just have to choose their words carefully as not to make any unproven negative statements. Personal experiences do NOT count as expert opinions (even when they are obvious). [in order to play it safe, I am sure the media doesn't want to chance incriminating itself]
Once there has been expert testimony, it is much easier and more interesting for the media to report. They like flashy headlines with other peoples words quoted. Sometimes they do human interest pieces and that's when they focus a little more on the personal experiences.
As for how long it takes to file a thing like this, it depends and varies greatly. That would be best answered by whomever is handling the case.
See you soon,
Calisaurus
Thanks!
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Hi there, Rowantree... here's the answer I got:
The media can report on the story. They just have to choose their words carefully as not to make any unproven negative statements. Personal experiences do NOT count as expert opinions (even when they are obvious). [in order to play it safe, I am sure the media doesn't want to chance incriminating itself]
Once there has been expert testimony, it is much easier and more interesting for the media to report. They like flashy headlines with other peoples words quoted. Sometimes they do human interest pieces and that's when they focus a little more on the personal experiences.
As for how long it takes to file a thing like this, it depends and varies greatly. That would be best answered by whomever is handling the case.
See you soon,Calisaurus
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Aw thanks to YOU!!! (and you too Shoes!)
The only good thing about hitting rock bottom is that there's nowhere to go but up! I am glad that you've discovered a way to find solace. That is strength. I think strength is a close relative to love.
Cheers for now,
Cali
Originally Posted by Rouge047 Cali - this is so sweet, just how did you get so smart!!
I especially liked your 3rd point. Since I have returned these past few years to my faith/church - my problems seem to be less of a burden. Even this ES burden, a few years ago I may have already hit rock bottom.
Thanks again for the kind words.
The only good thing about hitting rock bottom is that there's nowhere to go but up! I am glad that you've discovered a way to find solace. That is strength. I think strength is a close relative to love.
Cali
Originally Posted by Rouge047 Cali - this is so sweet, just how did you get so smart!!
I especially liked your 3rd point. Since I have returned these past few years to my faith/church - my problems seem to be less of a burden. Even this ES burden, a few years ago I may have already hit rock bottom.
Thanks again for the kind words.
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Hope your feeling better Rowantree
. I saw the message on that NYC site too, I really would love to know how many women have had to go through what we have because of easystraight, how many women has this happened to that maybe don't have internet access? Just know that we are here for ya OK?
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Thanks, Harleymom. You brought up a good point about women not having internet access. I colored my hair & gave it a deep conditioning treatment. The dark color hides the damage better so yay on that end, on the other hand, it is really, really dark, so boo on that. I know it's not as dark as I think it is, but it's still pretty dark so when I look in the mirror I see a 40 yr old goth hag, roflmao. Right now it's taking everything in me to not start chopping my hair off myself!
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Originally Posted by snafuish Worse yet, there are people without phones at home. Now how do these ES people think that those w/o phones at home can call their 800 number?
The coloring really does help cover up the breakage a lot. Gives your hair more shine too. Rowantree, the color will fade a bit as the days go by. We are all our worse critic so it's probably not as dark as you think. Hang in there!
No internet and no phone? How do these people SURVIVE?? LOL
Thanks Snafuish!
The coloring really does help cover up the breakage a lot. Gives your hair more shine too. Rowantree, the color will fade a bit as the days go by. We are all our worse critic so it's probably not as dark as you think. Hang in there!
No internet and no phone? How do these people SURVIVE?? LOL
Thanks Snafuish!
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Originally Posted by snafuish Worse yet, there are people without phones at home. Now how do these ES people think that those w/o phones at home can call their 800 number?
The coloring really does help cover up the breakage a lot. Gives your hair more shine too. Rowantree, the color will fade a bit as the days go by. We are all our worse critic so it's probably not as dark as you think. Hang in there!
I guess after all this I have been terrified to color my hair. I don't know if ES did this to anyone else's hair, but my hair was a lot lighter afterwards - like it took color (natural) out of my hair. Not only was it dry as straw but just about took on the color of straw too!
I was wondering, since my hair seems to be so porous after this fiasco would it take on too much color and then loose it more quickly?I know in the past when I have colored my hair (it's been a while - because it is so hard to find the correct red) that it does seem more shiny and healthy afterwards.
The coloring really does help cover up the breakage a lot. Gives your hair more shine too. Rowantree, the color will fade a bit as the days go by. We are all our worse critic so it's probably not as dark as you think. Hang in there!
I guess after all this I have been terrified to color my hair. I don't know if ES did this to anyone else's hair, but my hair was a lot lighter afterwards - like it took color (natural) out of my hair. Not only was it dry as straw but just about took on the color of straw too!
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I'd also like to add to the list of what we're going to do to Haime Munoz - after we put the EasyStraight on him, I want to color his hair - whatever is left, of course!
Cali has added to this post as follows:
Ok,
Lets start a List of things, hypothetical of course, that we're going to do to Haime Munoz. Copy this list and add to it ...
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1. A free Easy Straight Treatment by professionals, Rowantree and Harley. Added bonus: a rainbow dye treatment for all hair on body.
Cali has added to this post as follows:
Ok,
Lets start a List of things, hypothetical of course, that we're going to do to Haime Munoz. Copy this list and add to it ...
List
1. A free Easy Straight Treatment by professionals, Rowantree and Harley. Added bonus: a rainbow dye treatment for all hair on body.
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Complicated instructions? Maybe for some, but not for us. We followed them correctly. There is a message board for people who have had success with EasyStraight recently. We used ES in the past, before the instructions (and time left on hair) changed.
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Ok, I admit I'm not a very patient person, so I emailed the law firm to ask what was the status of the lawsuit & here's their reply: We are working very hard on this case and are about to file suit. As more information has come in from additional women who contact us on this case, we have been refining the complaint against Easy Straight. We will contact you when the summons and complaint is actually filed. Also, we are in the process of creating a webpage which you will be able to visit to check on the progress and status of the case. Sincerely, Jesse Schwartz Shafran & Mosley, P.C.
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Originally Posted by rowantree Ok, I admit I'm not a very patient person, so I emailed the law firm to ask what was the status of the lawsuit & here's their reply: We are working very hard on this case and are about to file suit. As more information has come in from additional women who contact us on this case, we have been refining the complaint against Easy Straight. We will contact you when the summons and complaint is actually filed. Also, we are in the process of creating a webpage which you will be able to visit to check on the progress and status of the case. Sincerely, Jesse Schwartz Shafran & Mosley, P.C. Thanks for the update Rowantree, I've been meaning to write the law firm myself but seems like every time I sit down on the computer lately I remember that there is something I need to get done or somewhere I need to be, my brain has just been going a million miles an hour lately. I was hoping they would find a way to keep us informed with whats going on so I hope they do get a web page started.
Welcome to MakeupTalk Angels, We share your grief with Easystraight. As you can see by the size of this thread, so to many others
Anyhow, welcome to our little paradise!
Originally Posted by AngelsFury
I just used Easystraight on my hair 3 weeks ago. For the first few days it was awesome, until I started losing my hair. The amount of hair loss increased within these 3 weeks. I mean massive hair loss. I have to clean my brush 3 times in one brushing and I have to sweep the floor after because of all the extra hair falling to the ground. I was planning on going to find a website about the problem. Today as I was brushing my hair, I noticed that the top of my head felt like it had a really short buzz cut. As I looked in the mirror better at the top and asked my husband to look, I'm goin bald now because my hair is all breaking off very close to my scalp. I also did not overprocess my hair and used a shorter amount of time as was instructed because I was always a lil nervous of perm chemicals and such, so this is DEFINATELY not due to over processing.I am extreemly upset about this and depressed as someone has mentioned about my hair. I have natural auburn hair that took me years to grow just past my waist line and now I'm going bald.
This is not a bad dye job or some dryness that can be fixed. The only thing I can think of doing for my hair so I don't have huge bald spots is to shave my head completely so that it looks like I meant to have my hair that way.
My honest oppinion... somehow we all need to get together somehow and pull a HUGE lawsuit on this company. They have to do testing on their products before they can sell it and I'm sure they came acrossed this problem and yet still chose to put it on the shelf and make profit off of making our lives completely miserable.
Please please, email me if you have any suggestions or comments or ideas for this problem. It is happening to WAY to many people. They shouldn't only remove it from the shelves, but they should compensate what we are all going thru.
Bye bye long hair
Anyhow, welcome to our little paradise!
Originally Posted by AngelsFury
I just used Easystraight on my hair 3 weeks ago. For the first few days it was awesome, until I started losing my hair. The amount of hair loss increased within these 3 weeks. I mean massive hair loss. I have to clean my brush 3 times in one brushing and I have to sweep the floor after because of all the extra hair falling to the ground. I was planning on going to find a website about the problem. Today as I was brushing my hair, I noticed that the top of my head felt like it had a really short buzz cut. As I looked in the mirror better at the top and asked my husband to look, I'm goin bald now because my hair is all breaking off very close to my scalp. I also did not overprocess my hair and used a shorter amount of time as was instructed because I was always a lil nervous of perm chemicals and such, so this is DEFINATELY not due to over processing.I am extreemly upset about this and depressed as someone has mentioned about my hair. I have natural auburn hair that took me years to grow just past my waist line and now I'm going bald.
This is not a bad dye job or some dryness that can be fixed. The only thing I can think of doing for my hair so I don't have huge bald spots is to shave my head completely so that it looks like I meant to have my hair that way.
My honest oppinion... somehow we all need to get together somehow and pull a HUGE lawsuit on this company. They have to do testing on their products before they can sell it and I'm sure they came acrossed this problem and yet still chose to put it on the shelf and make profit off of making our lives completely miserable.
Please please, email me if you have any suggestions or comments or ideas for this problem. It is happening to WAY to many people. They shouldn't only remove it from the shelves, but they should compensate what we are all going thru.
Bye bye long hair
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Welcome to MUT AngelsFury.
I'm sorry you had to go through this, as well as everyone else who's posted here. It truly is a sad issue. I really hope ES will pay for all the damage and grief they've caused you all.
I'm sorry you had to go through this, as well as everyone else who's posted here. It truly is a sad issue. I really hope ES will pay for all the damage and grief they've caused you all.
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Hi Angel, I am so sorry that you have also had your hair damaged by easystraight, I found Makeuptalk.com last May after I used the garbage and it totally fried my hair, this site has helped me so much, the folks here are wonderful and they have allowed us to use this site has sort of a meet up place where we can come together and share our expierences with easystraight and any other information we may have to help others. Since then I have met a lot of other ladies who had the same terrible expierence with easystraight that I had. There is a law firm that is working on filing a class action and I have enclosed the information below. Feel free to email me if you have any questions, and I'm sure everyone here will try to be of help to you too in any way they can.
ATTENTION ANY AND ALL USERS OF EASY STRAIGHT HAIR STRAIGHTENING SYSTEM:
You may be eligible to participate in a class action law suit against the maker of Easy Straight hair straightener.
This firm represents a client who used Easy Straight on her then healthy hair. She alleges that product severely damaged her hair.
We have information which leads us to believe that there are many, many other women who have had similar experiences with Easy Straight. Rest assured that your injuries are not without recourse. This firm is currently in the process of putting together a class action against Easy Straight and it's maker. In many situations, dangerously designed and manufactured products injure consumers, but due to the limited nature of their injuries these consumers do not find it economical or efficient to sue individually. A class action is a mechanism whereby a large number of injured parties may sue for common injuries and obtain a recovery for their injuries and loss, at very little or no up-front cost to the individuals.
If you have been damaged or injured as a result of the use of Easy Straight Hair Straightening System and are interested in participating in a class action lawsuit, please contact this firm, as listed below:
SHAFRAN & MOSLEY, P.C.
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2310
Empire State Building
New York, New York 10018
Phone: (212) 631-7000
Fax
212) 239-6900
Or by email at [email protected]
We are looking to proceed with this lawsuit shortly, and the earlier that you contact this firm, the more likely the chances that we will be able to obtain a recovery on your behalf.
Thank you for your time and interest.
Very truly yours,
Shafran & Mosley, P.C.
ATTENTION ANY AND ALL USERS OF EASY STRAIGHT HAIR STRAIGHTENING SYSTEM:
You may be eligible to participate in a class action law suit against the maker of Easy Straight hair straightener.
This firm represents a client who used Easy Straight on her then healthy hair. She alleges that product severely damaged her hair.
We have information which leads us to believe that there are many, many other women who have had similar experiences with Easy Straight. Rest assured that your injuries are not without recourse. This firm is currently in the process of putting together a class action against Easy Straight and it's maker. In many situations, dangerously designed and manufactured products injure consumers, but due to the limited nature of their injuries these consumers do not find it economical or efficient to sue individually. A class action is a mechanism whereby a large number of injured parties may sue for common injuries and obtain a recovery for their injuries and loss, at very little or no up-front cost to the individuals.
If you have been damaged or injured as a result of the use of Easy Straight Hair Straightening System and are interested in participating in a class action lawsuit, please contact this firm, as listed below:
SHAFRAN & MOSLEY, P.C.
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2310
Empire State Building
New York, New York 10018
Phone: (212) 631-7000
Fax
Or by email at [email protected]
We are looking to proceed with this lawsuit shortly, and the earlier that you contact this firm, the more likely the chances that we will be able to obtain a recovery on your behalf.
Thank you for your time and interest.
Very truly yours,
Shafran & Mosley, P.C.
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The bad news is that your hair is damaged and that cannot be undone with a quick fix. The good news is that you have a spectacular face and beautiful, porceline skin- that's a good recipe for being able to wear any hairstyle, no matter how short. I am sorry that you feel so rotten. I can't blame any of you for being pissed off.
The best rememdy for that anger is to get proactive about it like Harley and Rowantree. This way, Mr. Munoz will be accountable. He is especially liable if there are sores on some of the women who have followed directions ... and I know they're out there. I just read about one on this board today. Keep up your self-esteem if you can. You will need strength to do battle against Munoz, not against yourself!!
Haime -->
<--Snafuish
Sincerely,
Cali
Originally Posted by snafuish AngelFury, sorry this has happened to you as well. It hasn't been an easy process but various hair forums have been my support. Yesterday was my 6 month anniversary of my EasyStraight nightmare.
Your hair WILL grow back. I've got a little over 3 inches of new growth and over 40% of my hair broke off already. I'm not brave enough to cut it all off but I can't wait til the day that I can be free of this chemical damage.
If you look through this thread, you will find some very helpful tips and products to help prevent premature breakage in your hair. I probably would have lost more hair if I didn't search through the web for help.
It's gonna be a frustrating process but we're all here if you need to vent or have questions about anything.
The best rememdy for that anger is to get proactive about it like Harley and Rowantree. This way, Mr. Munoz will be accountable. He is especially liable if there are sores on some of the women who have followed directions ... and I know they're out there. I just read about one on this board today. Keep up your self-esteem if you can. You will need strength to do battle against Munoz, not against yourself!!
Haime -->
<--SnafuishSincerely,
Cali
Originally Posted by snafuish AngelFury, sorry this has happened to you as well. It hasn't been an easy process but various hair forums have been my support. Yesterday was my 6 month anniversary of my EasyStraight nightmare.
Your hair WILL grow back. I've got a little over 3 inches of new growth and over 40% of my hair broke off already. I'm not brave enough to cut it all off but I can't wait til the day that I can be free of this chemical damage.
If you look through this thread, you will find some very helpful tips and products to help prevent premature breakage in your hair. I probably would have lost more hair if I didn't search through the web for help.
It's gonna be a frustrating process but we're all here if you need to vent or have questions about anything.
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Originally Posted by AngelsFury Thanks Cali! Yer too sweet
I have just emailed the lawyers yesterday about this so if I don't get a reply soon, I'm going to call them. I'm sure they're getting tons of emails. lol. And yea, I am also one who has sores all over the back of my scalp. It's real fun.
BTW... I miss California! I grew up there in San Diego and then Santa Cruz. Miss those beaches, now I live in Cow Town lol.
Oh why, oh why, oh why did you move!! We've got cows here; you didn't need to move out of state to see cows. LOL.tc
Cali
BTW... I miss California! I grew up there in San Diego and then Santa Cruz. Miss those beaches, now I live in Cow Town lol.
Oh why, oh why, oh why did you move!! We've got cows here; you didn't need to move out of state to see cows. LOL.tc
Cali
I just wanted to take the time to WELCOME YOU to MakeupTalk from the admininstrators!
Originally Posted by Laura
I looked at Easy Straight (ES) today at CVS, but didn't buy it because I hadn't done any research on it. I googled ES, and found this board. I have just spent close to 2 hours reading ALL of the post here and feel SO VERY bad for all of you who have had such horrible results from this product. I really hope that Harleymom, Rowen, Angels Fury, and all of you others get all that you deserve - a ton of money for your very real pain and suffering, and the chance to put this !@#$%^&* crap on what's his names hair!
Needless to say, I will NOT be buying this product. I think that I will continue to deal with my wavy/curly hair in the humid summers here in Savannah, and take the extra time to blow dry and iron it in the less humid times of the year if I really want it straight.
And I'd like to add as a very objective bystander that I think that all of the positive posts here aren't from real people who have used the product, but from people from ES - none of them sounded "real", and had too few posts here to be believable. That's just my humble opinion, but I'm entitled to it none the less!
I do wish you ladies the very best of luck with this thing, and again express my sympathy to you.
Laura
Originally Posted by Laura
I looked at Easy Straight (ES) today at CVS, but didn't buy it because I hadn't done any research on it. I googled ES, and found this board. I have just spent close to 2 hours reading ALL of the post here and feel SO VERY bad for all of you who have had such horrible results from this product. I really hope that Harleymom, Rowen, Angels Fury, and all of you others get all that you deserve - a ton of money for your very real pain and suffering, and the chance to put this !@#$%^&* crap on what's his names hair!
Needless to say, I will NOT be buying this product. I think that I will continue to deal with my wavy/curly hair in the humid summers here in Savannah, and take the extra time to blow dry and iron it in the less humid times of the year if I really want it straight.
And I'd like to add as a very objective bystander that I think that all of the positive posts here aren't from real people who have used the product, but from people from ES - none of them sounded "real", and had too few posts here to be believable. That's just my humble opinion, but I'm entitled to it none the less!
I do wish you ladies the very best of luck with this thing, and again express my sympathy to you.
Laura
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Hi Laura, welcome to MUT!!
We have lots in common. Sometime ago I too was about to use ES when I started doing some research I bumped into this board and the rest is history--my life will never be the same LOL
I just hope that these poor girls who weren't as lucky as we were get some kind of compensation for their pain and suffering!
Thanks for your post and looking forward to getting to know you!
Originally Posted by Laura I looked at Easy Straight (ES) today at CVS, but didn't buy it because I hadn't done any research on it. I googled ES, and found this board. I have just spent close to 2 hours reading ALL of the post here and feel SO VERY bad for all of you who have had such horrible results from this product. I really hope that Harleymom, Rowen, Angels Fury, and all of you others get all that you deserve - a ton of money for your very real pain and suffering, and the chance to put this !@#$%^&* crap on what's his names hair!
Needless to say, I will NOT be buying this product. I think that I will continue to deal with my wavy/curly hair in the humid summers here in Savannah, and take the extra time to blow dry and iron it in the less humid times of the year if I really want it straight.
And I'd like to add as a very objective bystander that I think that all of the positive posts here aren't from real people who have used the product, but from people from ES - none of them sounded "real", and had too few posts here to be believable. That's just my humble opinion, but I'm entitled to it none the less!
I do wish you ladies the very best of luck with this thing, and again express my sympathy to you.
Laura
We have lots in common. Sometime ago I too was about to use ES when I started doing some research I bumped into this board and the rest is history--my life will never be the same LOL
I just hope that these poor girls who weren't as lucky as we were get some kind of compensation for their pain and suffering!
Thanks for your post and looking forward to getting to know you!
Originally Posted by Laura I looked at Easy Straight (ES) today at CVS, but didn't buy it because I hadn't done any research on it. I googled ES, and found this board. I have just spent close to 2 hours reading ALL of the post here and feel SO VERY bad for all of you who have had such horrible results from this product. I really hope that Harleymom, Rowen, Angels Fury, and all of you others get all that you deserve - a ton of money for your very real pain and suffering, and the chance to put this !@#$%^&* crap on what's his names hair!
Needless to say, I will NOT be buying this product. I think that I will continue to deal with my wavy/curly hair in the humid summers here in Savannah, and take the extra time to blow dry and iron it in the less humid times of the year if I really want it straight.
And I'd like to add as a very objective bystander that I think that all of the positive posts here aren't from real people who have used the product, but from people from ES - none of them sounded "real", and had too few posts here to be believable. That's just my humble opinion, but I'm entitled to it none the less!
I do wish you ladies the very best of luck with this thing, and again express my sympathy to you.
Laura
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Nice note Laura. I'm impressed. And it helps to remember that most of us are on the same side by virtue of simply wanting justice for those who've had negative experiences.
We at MuT have nothing against honesty so we like to hear both sides of the story. Unfortunately, we've had some questionable things happen that we have not discussed on the boards regarding sketchy posts. No one that I've spoken to mentioned Pixel as being one of the people in question.
Now that all is straightened out, I hope we can move on. Your post is very polite and I am thankful to you for handling yourself articulately and respectfully. Thanks again.
All of us will be sure to watch what we say here since emotions are high and many people are incredibly hurt and angry. We are particularly sensitive to those who've been hurt and welcome honest communication/support between members.
To all EasyStraight Board Contributors:
Any personal attacks or derogatory comments on a person's character, from this point on, will be erased. Negative comments are NOT a problem, however negative comments on a person's character are. This will help MuT to continue being a supportive and fun place to hang out. We appreciate our users!
Originally Posted by Laura Pixel,
When I wrote my post, I had been up (and reading these posts) for about two hours after only getting about three hours of sleep (had insomnia last night). I had no knowledge or opinion of Easy Straight when I started reading the posts, making me (in my opinion) unbiased and objective. The positive posts that I remembered reading (the very short, one paragraph ones) do seem fake to me. When I read your post, I'll be honest - I did feel attacked, and initially thought that just proved my assumption. But I thought that I needed to be fair about this, so I checked out your posting info. Seeing only 6 posts, I thought - yeah - I was right about this. But still wanting to 100% fair about this, I went on to read all of your posts on this BBS. Upon doing so, and in reading your initial post (which was quite lengthy - certainly not just a little one paragraph post), I did remember that you had had good results with the product, were not accusatory in assuming that others got bad results because they had done something wrong, and had expressed sympathy for the horrible results others had gotten from this product.
For that, I do apologize - I should not have lumped your statement in with the rest of (again, this is my opinion) the mindless positive drivel about Easy Straight posted here. What I should have said, and am correcting at this point in time is that "the very short positive ES posts here from people are not believeable to me, nor are they apparently to most of the other people reading this thread."
In short, I believe that you had good results from this product, but feel very badly for those who did not achieve the same. I still do believe that a lot, if not all (there, I totally covered my butt on that one!) of the other positive posts are total fakes. Why don't you try to be 100% fair about this and compare your posts to the mindless positive drivel posts that I'm referring to - they won't be hard to spot, and you know it. And when, and if, you do compare the two, you'll see what I'm talking about. And if you don't, that's okay, because I respect your right to an opinion that may differ from mine.
I hope that my post does not sound harsh or angry to you because it is certainly not intended in that manner. I'm just sharing my thoughts and opinions about a topic that I had an interest in, which is, I believe, the whole purpose of a BBS in the first place.
Tony & Shoediva (love that name!
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Thank you for the warm welcome! I may have accidentally found this sight, but I've found it none the less, and will be sure to check the whole site out for lots of great info! Thanks for all that you to keep this great and very informative site up and running!
Laura
We at MuT have nothing against honesty so we like to hear both sides of the story. Unfortunately, we've had some questionable things happen that we have not discussed on the boards regarding sketchy posts. No one that I've spoken to mentioned Pixel as being one of the people in question.
Now that all is straightened out, I hope we can move on. Your post is very polite and I am thankful to you for handling yourself articulately and respectfully. Thanks again.
All of us will be sure to watch what we say here since emotions are high and many people are incredibly hurt and angry. We are particularly sensitive to those who've been hurt and welcome honest communication/support between members.
To all EasyStraight Board Contributors:
Any personal attacks or derogatory comments on a person's character, from this point on, will be erased. Negative comments are NOT a problem, however negative comments on a person's character are. This will help MuT to continue being a supportive and fun place to hang out. We appreciate our users!
Originally Posted by Laura Pixel,
When I wrote my post, I had been up (and reading these posts) for about two hours after only getting about three hours of sleep (had insomnia last night). I had no knowledge or opinion of Easy Straight when I started reading the posts, making me (in my opinion) unbiased and objective. The positive posts that I remembered reading (the very short, one paragraph ones) do seem fake to me. When I read your post, I'll be honest - I did feel attacked, and initially thought that just proved my assumption. But I thought that I needed to be fair about this, so I checked out your posting info. Seeing only 6 posts, I thought - yeah - I was right about this. But still wanting to 100% fair about this, I went on to read all of your posts on this BBS. Upon doing so, and in reading your initial post (which was quite lengthy - certainly not just a little one paragraph post), I did remember that you had had good results with the product, were not accusatory in assuming that others got bad results because they had done something wrong, and had expressed sympathy for the horrible results others had gotten from this product.
For that, I do apologize - I should not have lumped your statement in with the rest of (again, this is my opinion) the mindless positive drivel about Easy Straight posted here. What I should have said, and am correcting at this point in time is that "the very short positive ES posts here from people are not believeable to me, nor are they apparently to most of the other people reading this thread."
In short, I believe that you had good results from this product, but feel very badly for those who did not achieve the same. I still do believe that a lot, if not all (there, I totally covered my butt on that one!) of the other positive posts are total fakes. Why don't you try to be 100% fair about this and compare your posts to the mindless positive drivel posts that I'm referring to - they won't be hard to spot, and you know it. And when, and if, you do compare the two, you'll see what I'm talking about. And if you don't, that's okay, because I respect your right to an opinion that may differ from mine.
I hope that my post does not sound harsh or angry to you because it is certainly not intended in that manner. I'm just sharing my thoughts and opinions about a topic that I had an interest in, which is, I believe, the whole purpose of a BBS in the first place.
Tony & Shoediva (love that name!
Thank you for the warm welcome! I may have accidentally found this sight, but I've found it none the less, and will be sure to check the whole site out for lots of great info! Thanks for all that you to keep this great and very informative site up and running!
Laura
