Strat-O-Matic Getting Sensitive

"We as a group of customers made a lot of noise and to a certain extant it has been heard"

And if you venture to the "Wish List/ Suggestion" section of the boards, most of it has ONLY been heard.

Aren't they supposed to be a poorly run company?

Not to be ghoulish but somebody who knows what they are doing will buy the assets of Strat after people are, you know, not around anymore.

I agree that the future might be grim. I played as a kid and came back for the online game. I wouldn't watch a baseball game unless I were paid to. Maybe they can get lucky and come up with something for soccer. If not, I just don't see board game sales increasing. They better move fast getting football and hockey online.

Despite all that, I actually think SOM is quite good. The fact that HAL makes a bizarre move a few times a season doesn't detract from that.

Suspect it is common for companies to delete negative posts on their social media sites. That is one reason you have to take reviews and comments on any public internet site with a grain of salt.

Along these lines I recently booked a hotel through hotels.com. The place I stayed had a beverage vending machine that was out of order and taking people's money. Coin slot was jammed. Told the people at the main desk but no out of order sign ever showed up. And when the hair dryer in the room was turned on it started smoking. Apparently it had a short in it. So when I was asked by hotels.com to review it I mentioned those two items. They responded my review was not acceptable because it was negative and invited me to submit a new one.

Now if you go to hotels.com and read a review of that place you will read positive review after positive review. Clearly it is a great place to stay. Or is it?

Used to work for a company that was having a downward turn on it's stocks. Went to a forum where people discuss stocks and investments. I swear there was this one poster that said nothing but positive things about our company. Not only positive but almost quotes from the CEO of the company. We used to sit around on breaks, read the posts and guess which ones were anonymously made by our CEO.

Bottom line it is probably a waste of time to visit the social media sites of any company except for whatever coupons or other price break benefits it may offer. Take the coupons, discounts, etc and ignore anything you read.