Will this stain Flex Wheeler's reputation forever?

[Anal Iceman Lubeth]

hey, i bought the webcast and i feel i ws ripped off too. 

i look on other boards, and they're all saying the same thing.

will flex wheeler forever be known as the guy who rips off fans?

[corinth]

Flex will always be known as the guy who fights imaginary ninjas and never lived up to his potential...the messed up webcast will just give us one more reason to bring up the former.

[Anal Iceman Lubeth]

yea but many of us were young when the ninja thing happened. all i know about flex is that he looked good at the 93 arnold and he owes me 25 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flex is the new lou ferrigno:

"$25, bitch!"

[kyomu]

Of course. why not.
He showed up here and offering it and go fast.
Cold heart and nothing friendly.
And in addition, bad work.

If he appear more in board and he is friendly(like Lee Priest), still they forgive him.
But, he dont do it.

[Matt C]

My opinion is that you would have to be stupid to not leave any video related things in the hands of anyone other than Wayne Gallasch of GMV.  I don't just say this because I promote his videos, but he IS the best around.  Why screw with a time tested and proven formula?  People need to keep in mind the expression "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/gmv.html

[Old-Skool]

You have to have a reputation to stain.  Anyone been carjacked right before their show by ninjas? LOL

[HERACLES]

It SUCKS...


If it was PPV, id be watching it...many people didnt get it bc it was webcast

[myt1]

As far as I'm concerned, I can forgive the webcast.......unless it is fnucked up tonight too.  Shit happens, and the replay is fine...so far.  If they don't have this crap fixed for the finals though, all the boards are going to be pretty hostile towards Flex's company.  What I am really upset with Flex about, is that he knew about the probs, and still has not gone on any of the boards to apologize and offer any reassurance for tonight's show. If I just didn't see it I apologize to him, but if I'm right.....very low class and unprofessional

[240 is Back]

I have not seen Flex here today.

If it was indeed Embarq's fault, then he should refund customers immeduately and seek legal remedy for them dropping the ball.

If it was just hardbody not buying enough bandwidth, then Embarq should nail hardbody to a wall for publicly blaming them last night on the boards.

Either way, if they have excuses, they need to have refunds.

[gordiano]

Yes it will stain his reputation, most notably with the 'online bodybuilding community'. Certain people like myself will continue to bring it up whenever it is relevant even years from now.

Unless he remedies it by offering refunds, which I doubt, he will forever be known as a rip off artist.

Deservedly may I add.

You know what though..........when ever it comes up, Flex and company will just calls haters, despite the fact that they are in the wrong.

It SUCKS...


If it was PPV, id be watching it...many people didnt get it bc it was webcast

I would be watching as well, if it were on PPV......

[G o a t b o y]

  What I am really upset with Flex about, is that he knew about the probs, and still has not gone on any of the boards to apologize and offer any reassurance for tonight's show.

Maybe he's too busy trying to FIX the problem to have time to come on here and hold your hand?

[G o a t b o y]

all i know about flex is that he looked good at the 93 arnold and he owes me 25 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

classic! 

[myt1]

Maybe he's too busy trying to FIX the problem to have time to come on here and hold your hand?

When did Flex graduate from ITT Tech?

Common sense and good business practices should have at least got him on the boards to fill us in I think.  Maybe I am asking too much?

[240 is Back]

Flex was a good BBer, but he was known as a selfish guy, a liar, and a guy who didn't treat people right, during his career.  I know he found God and admitted all of this later.

A zebra can't change his stripes.  Either you seriously care about people, or you don't.  How many of us, in Flex's shoes, would be writing personal checks for emergency bandwidth, and going on the boards and apologizing for last night, and offering autographed photos by mail for anyone inonvenienced? I know I would. 

BBing.com pays for premium bandwidth and scaleable solutions for unexpected spikes like he had last night.  I do not know why hardbody didn't order this same thing from Embarq.

I watch far too many hours of politics on the news to not predict what's next.  flex and co will downplay the prob, blame others, cash their checks, then disappear.  Flex will take 2 years off business to let his name heal, just writing and trying to avoid 'internet haters', and will likely become a nazi about censorship on the other board.

The other two guys will start a new company without their pics on the home page, HB will 'restructure' with a new name and try to do something else in a few months.  They'll all take the money and run.  That's just my opinion.  I hope it ain't true.  But the silence is telling.

[Purge_WTF]

  Yeah, there are indeed some folks who don't change that much after they become Christians. Shawn Ray, for example.

[tommywishbone]

hey, i bought the webcast and i feel i ws ripped off too. 

i look on other boards, and they're all saying the same thing.

will flex wheeler forever be known as the guy who rips off fans?

25 ninjas are on the way to your house.

[myt1]

Flex was a good BBer, but he was known as a selfish guy, a liar, and a guy who didn't treat people right, during his career.  I know he found God and admitted all of this later.

A zebra can't change his stripes.  Either you seriously care about people, or you don't.  How many of us, in Flex's shoes, would be writing personal checks for emergency bandwidth, and going on the boards and apologizing for last night, and offering autographed photos by mail for anyone inonvenienced? I know I would. 

BBing.com pays for premium bandwidth and scaleable solutions for unexpected spikes like he had last night.  I do not know why hardbody didn't order this same thing from Embarq.

I watch far too many hours of politics on the news to not predict what's next.  flex and co will downplay the prob, blame others, cash their checks, then disappear.  Flex will take 2 years off business to let his name heal, just writing and trying to avoid 'internet haters', and will likely become a nazi about censorship on the other board.

The other two guys will start a new company without their pics on the home page, HB will 'restructure' with a new name and try to do something else in a few months.  They'll all take the money and run.  That's just my opinion.  I hope it ain't true.  But the silence is telling.

Great post, and I agree it is very telling of things to come.  Just want to mention that if I ever purchase something from you, and it goes badly I do believe that you would do that.  However, I would just like to ask that you don't send the autographed pic.  With some of the shit you've posted of yourself, that would be hard to explain to family and friends

[240 is Back]

Great post, and I agree it is very telling of things to come.  Just want to mention that if I ever purchase something from you, and it goes badly I do believe that you would do that.  However, I would just like to ask that you don't send the autographed pic.  With some of the shit you've posted of yourself, that would be hard to explain to family and friends

hahahahaha yeah, i'd also offer a Bella Donna pic for those who would prefer not get a 240 pic.   In a sport this small, you gotta do the right thing, every time. 

[G o a t b o y]

Either you seriously care about people, or you don't.

I don't.

I mean, I certainly don't go out of my way to mess with people, and I at least try to be fair with others, but in the end I really don't give a good fucck about anyone except my family.  Although most won't admit it, when it comes down to it, we're all like that. 

[CQ]

It is simply good business to not piss of tons of people and have your company and services be maligned all over the cyberworld for all to see.

I do not like to make personal attacks, and I hope this is not seen as one but lets face it. Wasn't Shawn Ray begging for money for Flex a while back? Didn't Flex make tons of money in his competitive career?

How does one go from making big dollars to having others beg for money for you?

Poor business sense, as he seems to be displaying now. Maybe he'll man up and fix the problem in some manner - but we'll see.

[cqfd]

BBing.com pays for premium bandwidth and scaleable solutions for unexpected spikes like he had last night.  I do not know why hardbody didn't order this same thing from Embarq.

Yes, free webcasts going well and 25$ one being crappy, WTF seriously...
and we talk about 500k broadcast which can't be considered high quality.
I'm sure it's really possible to buy more bandwidth for tonight to fix the problem.
We'll see how serious they're. It's not like if they will be able to claim they were not aware of the problem.

[kyomu]

The buisiness is not how smart you are,but how sincere you are.

[CQ]

Great post, and I agree it is very telling of things to come.  Just want to mention that if I ever purchase something from you, and it goes badly I do believe that you would do that.  However, I would just like to ask that you don't send the autographed pic.  With some of the shit you've posted of yourself, that would be hard to explain to family and friends

LOL.

I must say in Rob's defence he would not put out a crappy product to begin with and if anything did go wrong he would kill himself to fix the problem and offer restitution.

[240 is Back]

My guess -

It was probably a case of "Yeah, Package B should probably be enough.   package C would be plenty, but we don't want to spend that kinda cash.  A few stalls? We can live with that.  It's just a one-time thing anyway.  Yeah, get us B."

[cqfd]

Package A yesterday, packabe B tonight if you're lucky