Senior Member Hoping Posted May 15, 2007 Senior Member Share Posted May 15, 2007 For relaxation I have read more of his posts. Here is a quote from one of them which I think is the gist of his argument: "I am educating everyone to the fact that Pat gets paid to promote doctors and says he is a "patient advocate". It is a conflict of interest in the worst way, and is probably illegal." The problem with the illogical arument by Perfectfew is that just because somebody makes a fee for giving advice does not necessarily mean their advice is not the best possible. Brokers make money being paid a fee for giving advice, as to life insurance salesmen, lawyers, even doctors who may or may not recommend a certain medical procedure, not to mention the sears appliance salesman and that guy at Circuit City. How perfectfew could conclude being paid to give advice is illegal is beyond me, but he obviously is not a very astute guy. The point is that people through their integrity and hard work develope certain reputations. Pat has been here a long time and I think deserves the reputation he has developed. Perfectfew simply could not understand that there is nothing inherently wrong with earning a fee to give advice. People certainly are free to give advice, as many do here, without giving advice, but everybody is entitled to earn a living. Its doubtful anybody would put the time and effort Pat does into researching the HT industry unless he could make a living at it. Anyway, I guess I am just offended by the lack of logic in Perfectfew's posts. I almost feel bad he can't respond to me to try to defend himself. Maybe he will respond on his board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Hoping Posted May 15, 2007 Author Senior Member Share Posted May 15, 2007 For relaxation I have read more of his posts. Here is a quote from one of them which I think is the gist of his argument: "I am educating everyone to the fact that Pat gets paid to promote doctors and says he is a "patient advocate". It is a conflict of interest in the worst way, and is probably illegal." The problem with the illogical arument by Perfectfew is that just because somebody makes a fee for giving advice does not necessarily mean their advice is not the best possible. Brokers make money being paid a fee for giving advice, as to life insurance salesmen, lawyers, even doctors who may or may not recommend a certain medical procedure, not to mention the sears appliance salesman and that guy at Circuit City. How perfectfew could conclude being paid to give advice is illegal is beyond me, but he obviously is not a very astute guy. The point is that people through their integrity and hard work develope certain reputations. Pat has been here a long time and I think deserves the reputation he has developed. Perfectfew simply could not understand that there is nothing inherently wrong with earning a fee to give advice. People certainly are free to give advice, as many do here, without giving advice, but everybody is entitled to earn a living. Its doubtful anybody would put the time and effort Pat does into researching the HT industry unless he could make a living at it. Anyway, I guess I am just offended by the lack of logic in Perfectfew's posts. I almost feel bad he can't respond to me to try to defend himself. Maybe he will respond on his board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Hoping, Well said. I do suggest, however, you post this message on this thread here: http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/showthread.php?t=144622. We are trying to condense the "PerfectFew" discussion into a few threads rather than expand it further. I hope you understand. P.S. His board is gone Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MrJobi Posted May 16, 2007 Senior Member Share Posted May 16, 2007 Hi Hoping.. Finally a person who see's the light.. I explained to Perfect over 10 times what you said but he didn't get it. He was irrational and abusive so he had to go .. No great loss JOBI 1417 FUT - Dr. True 1476 FUT - Dr. True 2124 FUT - Dr. True 604 FUE - Dr. True My views are based on my personal experiences, research and objective observations. I am not a doctor. Total - 5621 FU's uncut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairbank Posted May 16, 2007 Senior Member Share Posted May 16, 2007 Good points, Hoping! The same hold's true for HT consultants.............just because they are paid for the advice they give about HT's, is the advice somehow tainted? Unless you work for a not-for-profit company, what person wouldn't get compensated for the advice they give on behalf of a service provided or for performing that particular service?? I don't know that I feel bad for Perfect Few. If anything, he's learned a valuable lesson in life. If he hasn't learned anything from his experience in this situation, then I do feel sorry for him as life will keep throwing him curveballs, sliders, sinkers......whatever, and he'll miss'em all! Hairbank 1st HT 1-18-05 - 1200 FUT's 2nd HT 2-15-06 - 3886 FUT's Dr. Wong 3rd HT 4-24-08 - 2415 FUT's Dr. Wong GRAND TOTAL: 7501 GRAFTS current regimen: 1.25mg finasteride every other day My Hair Loss Weblog Disclaimer: I'm not a Doctor (and have never played one on TV ) and have no medical training. Any information I share here is in an effort to help those who don't like hair loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member YoungGuy Posted May 18, 2007 Senior Member Share Posted May 18, 2007 To me, the bottom line is that Pat provides a standard in a virtually unregulated industry. Paid or not, that's a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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