I like that Tom Woods speaks his mind on stuff, even if it won't necessarily help his own business. From Facebook today:
This is Shawn Wood. You all seem to appreciate it when I speak my mind honestly about things so here is something that needs to be said.
Eddie Oh from Wayalife is an asshole. The off-road community would be better off without him.
Here’s what prompted me to talk about it now: I recently saw that he made a video about his Adams drive shafts being unbalanced and overpriced. Now let’s be clear, Adams is our biggest competitor I should be happy if someone leaves them a bad review. However, I know that they are an excellent company with an excellent reputation. Honesty and integrity are more important to me than sales numbers. It is my belief that a couple things were overlooked and misrepresented in his video. So, I commented. Mistake number 1, don’t comment on youtube videos. The Wayalife troll army was quick to attack. I’ll summarize the youtube discussion. I pointed out that he had modified one of the drive shafts after getting it which will cause vibrations. I also pointed out that his price comparisons were not accounting for the flanges and yokes that he got with his Adams drive shafts, extra parts add extra cost. Everyone then proceeded to call me an idiot.
Full disclosure, I have a reason to dislike Eddie. Years ago he started the “cheap Chinese junk” rumors about us when we declined to advertise on his forum. To this day he never misses an opportunity to slander our products. Perhaps more on that later.
My sense of morality is more upset than my business sense. Eddie has a history of slandering companies. Google “Eddie Oh Jeep”. Anyone who disagrees with him will be censored from his forums and will fall victim of coordinated attacks by him and his followers. You can’t bully your way through life like that. Eddie and his followers have been doing this for years. I won’t stand for it.
Off road companies, be careful who you work with. There are some people who will stab you in the back the first chance they get.
Off road community, please don’t be like Eddie, please don’t encourage him.
Eddie, find another hobby, quit ruining Jeeping.
This is Shawn Wood. You all seem to appreciate it when I speak my mind honestly about things so here is something that needs to be said.
Eddie Oh from Wayalife is an asshole. The off-road community would be better off without him.
Here’s what prompted me to talk about it now: I recently saw that he made a video about his Adams drive shafts being unbalanced and overpriced. Now let’s be clear, Adams is our biggest competitor I should be happy if someone leaves them a bad review. However, I know that they are an excellent company with an excellent reputation. Honesty and integrity are more important to me than sales numbers. It is my belief that a couple things were overlooked and misrepresented in his video. So, I commented. Mistake number 1, don’t comment on youtube videos. The Wayalife troll army was quick to attack. I’ll summarize the youtube discussion. I pointed out that he had modified one of the drive shafts after getting it which will cause vibrations. I also pointed out that his price comparisons were not accounting for the flanges and yokes that he got with his Adams drive shafts, extra parts add extra cost. Everyone then proceeded to call me an idiot.
Full disclosure, I have a reason to dislike Eddie. Years ago he started the “cheap Chinese junk” rumors about us when we declined to advertise on his forum. To this day he never misses an opportunity to slander our products. Perhaps more on that later.
My sense of morality is more upset than my business sense. Eddie has a history of slandering companies. Google “Eddie Oh Jeep”. Anyone who disagrees with him will be censored from his forums and will fall victim of coordinated attacks by him and his followers. You can’t bully your way through life like that. Eddie and his followers have been doing this for years. I won’t stand for it.
Off road companies, be careful who you work with. There are some people who will stab you in the back the first chance they get.
Off road community, please don’t be like Eddie, please don’t encourage him.
Eddie, find another hobby, quit ruining Jeeping.
