Re: Re: Unfair competition

[Guest guest]

,

I have yet to see a response so if you missed it, I did too. I hadn't

realized that you had written the response on the CT site.

- mom to Mackenzie

rmanias wrote:

>

> I was wondering if CT responded to this post and I missed it.

> I am very interested in finding out why my reply on their website to

> the UK mom about Dr. Blecher was deleted. STARband moms messages

> aren't deleted on there - as far as I have noticed.

>

> Dane's mom DOC Grad

>

> > I am new here. I have decided to join this group to tell you about

> > unfair competition practised by producers of DOC-Band. About two

> weeks

> > ago a mother from UK asked a question on Parents Discusion Board

> on

> > Cranial Technologies Web Site. She was looking for a doctor who

> offers

> > helmet therapy in UK. She got the reply with information about dr

> > Blecher - a specialist from Germany who visits regulary London.

> After

> > two days her question together with the reply has been deleted

> from

> > the Parents Discusion Board. Thats awful! Cranial Technologies

> don't

> > offer helmet treatment in UK, but they don't want anybody else to

> do

> > this. It's unfair competition!

> > Very similar story happend to me, when I was looking for help for

> my

> > daughter. We live in Europe (in Poland) and of course we were not

> able

> > to travel to America. I sent a mail to Cranial Technologies and

> asked

> > them for the possibity of similar treatment in Europe, and I got

> the

> > reply from Tim Littlefield from Cranial Technologiech, who stated:

> > " Unfortunatley, I have not heard of any other helmet programs in

> > Europe other than our one program in Spain. " I contacted also that

> > doctor in Spain and he also informed me, that his clinic " is the

> > unique center in Europe " . Now I know that both of them lied. Dr

> > Blecher from Giessen in Germany, whom I finaly managed to contact,

> > knows both of them personally and the doctor in Spain has even

> been

> > trained by dr Blecher!

> > It's unfair what they are doing! They are not doctors, but the

> > reprezentatives of a company of a fully commercial character! My

> > daughter has finaly started treatment in Germany, but we wasted

> three

> > months (we started at the age of 14 months) and we can't hope for

> the

> > full correction. I am frustrated.

> >

> > Joanna

>

> For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

>I was wondering if CT responded to this post and I missed it.

>I am very interested in finding out why my reply on their website to

>the UK mom about Dr. Blecher was deleted.

Hello,

Don't you think maybe we are being a bit unfair to Cranial Tech? After all, CT

is responsibility for the information posted on their website. Should we expect

them to use their website to endorse competing products? Would that be fair

competition? I don't think so.

If you want to tell people about available alternate treatments we can use this

mail list or you can make certain Dr. Blecher is listed at

http://www.plagiocephaly.org/ppcs-name.asp.

Just my 2 cents. I think we are judging Cranial Tech too harshly.

[Guest guest]

wrote:

>I am curious as to why they would be oppossed to a child receiving

>treatment from someone else when their product isn't available in

>that country.

Now you are being too harsh. You know that Cranial Technologies does not oppose

children being treated where DOC bands are not available. As you said earlier,

the CTI board has information posted by STARband parents. I'm sure that CTI is

concerned (just as I would be concerned) about appearing to endorse a treatment

for which they have little knowledge or experience.

[Guest guest]

Dane's mom wrote:

<snip>

I have a

>tendency to ask for things to pointed out when I feel they are

>unfair or don't completely understand.

>

That what you should do. Actually, I'm glad you did. I think we've all

benefited from getting these concerns out in the open.

[Guest guest]

Has anyone actually contacted CT to ask them about the deleted post?

Personally, I've had goofy things happen with my posts right here on this

site, so maybe it was just a cyber snaffoo, and not really a competition

issue after all. I'm just trying to give them the benefit of the doubt

until I know something for sure.

Gail, Sam and Sara's mom, DOC grads

RE: Re: Unfair competition

>

> >I was wondering if CT responded to this post and I missed it.

> >I am very interested in finding out why my reply on their website to

> >the UK mom about Dr. Blecher was deleted.

>

> Hello,

>

> Don't you think maybe we are being a bit unfair to Cranial Tech? After

all, CT

> is responsibility for the information posted on their website. Should we

expect

> them to use their website to endorse competing products? Would that be

fair

> competition? I don't think so.

>

> If you want to tell people about available alternate treatments we can use

this

> mail list or you can make certain Dr. Blecher is listed at

> http://www.plagiocephaly.org/ppcs-name.asp.

>

> Just my 2 cents. I think we are judging Cranial Tech too harshly.

>

>

>

> For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

>

>I'm glad you feel that way because I was feeling a big piece of poop

>for bringing it up!

Don't worry about it. I love this list because it has been so open and so

helpful. We are all friends here.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/19/2002 7:58:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kevin@... writes:

.. I'm sure that CTI is

concerned (just as I would be concerned) about appearing to endorse a treatment

for which they have little knowledge or experience.

,

I'm glad you were able to address this on behalf of CT- I can understand this viewpoint as well considering CT making any recommendation would be considered highly valuable with its reputation as a great company.

>>> I think we've all

benefited from getting these concerns out in the open.<<<<<

I agree with this also- and CT has done far more good than harm, and I am so glad that this discussion was handled so well, we are all friends here and I applaud for having the guts to get to the bottom of this and for clearing up any misunderstanding without it turning ugly (I have seen that with other Boards and its not pretty!).

[Guest guest]

>

>I'm glad you feel that way because I was feeling a big piece of poop

>for bringing it up!

YOU ARE SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! don't worry clarification is good