Hengst thread - why locked???????

jeremy · Unread post by **jeremy** » 19 Nov 2006, 15:40

What have I missed? There is a serious suggestion that an otherwise respectable manufacturer and supplier may have been hijacked by counterfieters and the thread is locked?? Can't see many race, creed, sex or oher problems with that? Not very exciting I'll grant you but I have a remote personal interest having 2 of their oil filters sitting on my shelf to be fitted soon!

So why is a thread as boring as this locked? Tedium has never before been a reason for locking threads.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 19 Nov 2006, 16:20

As the topic starter I too would like to know.

Thanks to Anders, I do believe the ones I have are fakes and I will be in touch with the distributor I purchased them from and Hengst tomorrow.

f00lzz · Unread post by **f00lzz** » 19 Nov 2006, 16:22

Yes.. An explanation would be courteous.

AndersDK · Unread post by **AndersDK** » 19 Nov 2006, 23:36

Thread now unlocked.
http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/v ... hp?t=20768

Bananaman · Unread post by **Bananaman** » 20 Nov 2006, 16:12

Reading between the lines I think Anders was worried about the possibility of litigation from the proper company bassed on someone off the site saying their products were defective - however the thread is at least now running its course and the filter looks to be a shonky copy.

Personally I dont feel we have anything to hide by exposing poor workmanship publically (this from a man who once parked his car on the dealers forcourt with a huge sign in the windscreen listing its faults) At least in this case it would appear the goods are poor quality copies rather than the proper artical suddenly going downhil.

Huzahh for free speech.

Unread post by **alan s** » 20 Nov 2006, 20:04

Guys, don't start burning your bras......

As there was some concern by the moderating team as to where this thread was going, it was locked as a precaution and I was contacted.
One of the problems we have here of course is that I sleep whilst you play (or should that be work?)

so there was a time factor involved.
When I received the PM, I read through its contents and was of the opinion that if anything, it presented both sides of an argument in a fair minded manner, presented facts based on experience and praised the genuine product whilst highlighting the possibility of the existence of possible non genuine cheaper items being on the market.
As a result, it was decided to unlock it and let it run.
Well done for bringing it to our attention, but remember, whenever a thread is locked, it's usuallly done for very good reasons and often after at times long winded discussions between us.

Alan S

Unread post by **philhoward** » 20 Nov 2006, 21:14

Thanks for the explanation, Alan...Looks like Hengst were ahead of us (looking at the following posts), although something like "locked for possible legal reasons" would have been appreciated if that was possible. Our minds tend to add 2 and 2 and make 34!! I was one of those (as you can tell from my post) who was following this one late that night then found the "Why locked" post - i was a little confused!

I agree with your (collective) reasons for locking it - i've seen posts in the past go a long way past this one in terms of possible slander etc..!

Unread post by **alan s** » 21 Nov 2006, 00:40

Commonly referred to as "A stitch in time"

Alan S