Marianne,

You bring a good point to this discussed subject, one that may not have 
been brought up before.  Many vendors have put out on the net that they
are intimidated to messaging privately to questions because of bashing
from the Histology Techs.
It seems, at least in your circumstance, that vendors bash each other, at
least privately.

Guess the ole almighty dollar is at work here, eh?

Don


                                              
                                             
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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 Mbbiocare@aol.com wrote:

> I wish to thank every one who ha responded in such a positive way to Vendors 
> on Histonet. I was new to Histonet and replying to questions, as an employee 
> of Biocare Medical. I had quoted a price on an antibody, and received a nasty 
> e-mail from another company, stating vendors were not supposed to use 
> Histonet to promote products. I might be working for a company, however I 
> felt I was being of service by responding to a question about the 
> availability of a particular antibody, or the price of  books in our 
> bookstore. I am glad we no longer have to answer mail privately.
> Marianne
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