Phillipe FAQ

"not at Adelphia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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This FAQ is in no way authored by Phillipe or any of his 59 other screen
names, unless otherwise expressly noted. I see many questions and posts
repeatedly asking why Phil exists in this group, and thought an "Official
Phillipe FAQ" was in order. I have no association (i.e. never met the troll,
never spoken with the troll) with Phillipe and there is a greater than zero
chance that he will either call me an apologist or chastise me for hurling
childish insults at some point in this thread. My only association with
Phillipe is as newsgroup reader who refuses to let his lies go unchallenged,
and this FAQ serves as a cautionary addendum to his own FAQ.
Everything is correct, but use the
information at your own risk. This FAQ comes not from Phillipe, but
apparently has
useful information Phillipe is upset about being made public, and he will
surely be going out of his way to deflect attention away
from the information contained in this document.


Exactly who is Phillipe?

Phillipe (also known as Robert M. in this thread) is a poster to this group
that prefer that customers and potential customers believe Sprint PCS to be
some kind of rogue corporation that refuses to do anything for its
customers. His reasons why are a murky, semi-secret, here-to-fore not fully
understood doctrine. Phil could save himself a lot of grief by recognizing
that the policies, procedures and promotions he complains so frequently
about are no different than those of any other cellular provider in the
nation. From what I have read in this newsgroup, his ceaseless rants have
proven to be less than honest, and posted with no intent other than to
attempt to lose business for Sprint PCS.

What name does he post under in this group?

Take you pick- at last count, he was approaching 60 different names in this
group alone. Here is a small sampling of the names he is known to use:


A.M.
Al
Alias for Smith
Bernard Sharri
BlueTooth Now
Bob Veldrends
Camile Cardenas
Carl70015
Carlos Z.
CAT0NHAT
Chris McFarland
David
Dennis
DSL GURU
HK
J. Range
James
James Tullin
John S.
Jonathan
Joseph
Leonard
LosAngelessLegal
Loving Moonlight
Matthew Lindeen
Michael
Milton Searlis
Monday Cellphone
P.
P. Reality
PHil_Real
Phill.
Phillipe .
Phillipe2004
Posting Editor
PTT ReadyLink
Reginald
Renaldo
Richard
Ronald
Sanyo Guy
Sarah Morlan
Sergei Kosonov
Sprint Truth
Sprintinator
Sprintposter
Stewart
Sunday Auto
Thomas Aspland
Tim Harrick
Weekend Sunshine
William Bays


One of his favorite tactics is to use multiple names in the same thread, in
an attempt to fake support for his rantings.


With so many names, is there any way to identify one of his posts?

If the post uses the word "apologist", or accuses someone of "hurling
childish insult", the probably is almost 100% that it is from Phillipe.
If the post mentions one of his usual "whiney points" (see below), it is a
Phillipe post. There are experienced readers of this group that easily
recognize his
posting style- keep an eye out for a clue from them.


What are his usual "whiney points"?

Here is a small sample (taken directly from his posts):

"I said their is no Retention Group anymore, and there isn't! Its a
Cancellation Group that handles retention."

"SprintPCS has repeatedly been rated worst in Customer Service."

"SprintPCS has secret warranties - i.e. on Sanyo 4500, and Samsung Black
8500; and for screens on only 4 phone models."

"...like AT&T Wireless lying on its web pages."

"Robert J Vargas, the embarressment of SprintPCS."

Doing a newsgroup search on Google of the keywords in each of these
statements will reveal hundreds of matches for each one


Does he do anything else annoying?

Yes. Among other things, he is prone to:

Starting a new thread on the same subject when he is called on his lies, so
that he can continue to whine without having to explain his lies.
Purposely quoting out of context to avoid answering for his lies.
Purposely demunging email addresses.
Refusing to answer direct and specific questions.

Why does he do this?

A question that has been pondered by some of the greatest mins on Usenet,
without success. The tone of recent posts by him do point to three
different possibilities:

1. He has a small unit.
2. His brain is smaller than his small unit.
3. He has no unit.

What is the best action to take with him?

History has proven that trying to correct him will only result in further
lies and inaccuracies. It will also earn you the dubious title of 'Sprint
Apologist' from him, even if you have no affiliation with Sprint. The
bottom line- TAKE EVERYTHING HE SAYS AND RESEARCH IT THOROUGHLY BEFORE
ACCEPTING IT AS FACT. Most of his posts about anything other than the
phones themselves are usually posted with the purposeful intent of making
people walk away from Sprint as an option, and in many cases, he makes
things up.


Why are his phone posts excluded from the last paragraph?

Because, even being the true definition of a 'troll', Phil has shown a
remarkable understanding of phone functionality. It just proves that even
the most obnoxious have redeeming qualities.


April 1, 2004
This FAQ is based on my experiences and opinions and the reported
experiences of others as posted in this newsgroup. Always go by the
latest dated FAQ and ignore all earlier ones. Phillipe is free to change his
ways at any time, and I make no guarantee as to what will
happen if he does, and cannot be held responsible for the results. I believe
it would serve Phillipe better if he were to stick to
the subjects he knows, and not try to singlehandedly bring down Sprint PCS
with lies and innuendos, and view this posting as helpful to all newcomers
to this group.

I welcome ===constructive=== criticism and additions.

Personal insults addressed to the author will almost always come from
Phillipe.

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Unless I missed something here John S. is not Philly.
You might wanna take him off the list.

Rod

"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Unless I missed something here John S. is not Philly.
> You might wanna take him off the list.
>

The one you are thinking of- yes. Phil has used it in the past. In
fairness to the real John, I'll take the name off in the future.

In article <[email protected]>,
"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Unless I missed something here John S. is not Philly.
> You might wanna take him off the list.

I thought anyone who said anything Smith disagrees with is Phillie.

"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Rod" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Unless I missed something here John S. is not Philly.
> > You might wanna take him off the list.
>
> I thought anyone who said anything Smith disagrees with is Phillie.

I see listing zero that you can find that's incorrect
in the Phillipe FAQ, so thanks for the vote of confidence.

"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Unless I missed something here John S. is not Philly.
> You might wanna take him off the list.
>
> Rod

I'm not. There were two John S. IDs in this newsgroup. One is Phillipe and
the other was legit.

Bob

"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Rod" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Unless I missed something here John S. is not Philly.
> > You might wanna take him off the list.
>
> I thought anyone who said anything Smith disagrees with is Phillie.

Nope. You are so easy to spot Phillipe, it's easy to know who is who when
posting ...

Bob

"Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "not at Adelphia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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One more thing to add Scott. Phillipe can add some good advice on Treos,
but, no one ... and I repeat no one supports him when he's making these
false accusations, save for his alternative ID's ...

Bob

"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "not at Adelphia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> One more thing to add Scott. Phillipe can add some good advice on Treos,
> but, no one ... and I repeat no one supports him when he's making these
> false accusations, save for his alternative ID's ...
>

Good point, Bob- I really meant all of the handset hardware. He has a great
understanding of the functionality, and if he could find a way to stick with
just that, he would be one of the biggest assets to this group. However,
his ceaseless whining and lying about everything he doesn't understand cause
many in this group to question anything he says, including his comments on
the equipment.