Author Topic: boycotting Christian and/or Randy (Read 3770 times)

RobotronNut · « **on:** February 28, 2006, 11:01:11 pm »

i'm concerned about so many people saying they'll never buy from christian and/or randy because of their recent posts in this forum.

these guys run small businesses serving a very limited market, and they're both making a great contribution. i couldn't be more pleased with the custom panel slikstik made to my specifications, and christian was easy to work with throughout the half-dozen-or-so phone conversations i had with him. i haven't yet bought anything from ggg, but i can tell from reading byoac that randy is also doing a great job. (i also think he has the superior technical argument in this "discussion" and hope his spinner lives up to its billing.) i hope both of them stay in business for a long time.

you're all entitled to make your buying decisions any way you like, but i'd encourage everyone to pay more attention to the merits of the products and services offered than to the "colorful" personalities. that is the best way to advance the state of the art.

Fuzi · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2006, 11:08:20 pm »

Well said.

We all exist in a sphere like it or not.

PoDunkMoFo · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2006, 11:26:25 pm »

Honestly I think it's a bunch of steam blowing. I believe most of the people who said they would never buy from so and so again probably were not planning on it anyway.

It seems that all of the Manufacturer/Sellers in this forum have strong opinions and are not afraid to lay it out there. This could be one part of there personalities that make them successful.

It is an individuals right to decide not to buy from someone for whatever reason. If I was one of these sellers I don't think I would concern myself with the I will never buy from you again crowd. If they continue to make a quality product that fits the bill and the budget they will continue to make sales (the beauty of capitalism).

*PoDunk jumps off his soapbox

Kremmit · « **Reply #3 on:** March 01, 2006, 12:29:05 am »

Don't sweat it. There are a lot of these kinds of threads in BYOAC history, with both of these guys, and neither one of them has gone out of business because of it.

The best thing to do when these pop up, is to let them blow over, and drop into history. More posts on the subject just prolong the unpleasantness.

mahuti · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2006, 08:42:17 am »

*yawhn*

Lilwolf · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2006, 08:48:36 am »

Its not even a real fight until Andy shows up for a round or two

Havok · « **Reply #6 on:** March 01, 2006, 09:49:26 am »

I think they should both get representative hot chicks in bikinis to mud wrestle, with the winner deciding who keeps making a spinner.

screaming · « **Reply #7 on:** March 01, 2006, 12:01:38 pm »

I'll be Blue's stand-in.

GadgetGeek · « **Reply #8 on:** March 01, 2006, 12:44:20 pm »

It is not how they react to each other that matters. What matters is how they react to legitimate questions from their customers.

leapinlew · « **Reply #9 on:** March 01, 2006, 12:59:47 pm »

I suggest a face off... a game of warlords/arkanoid/and breakout using their spinners. 2 out of 3 wins....

The loser has to put a link to the competitions website on their page.

markrvp · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2006, 01:06:27 pm »

Quote from: leapinlew on March 01, 2006, 12:59:47 pm

I suggest a face off... a game of warlords/arkanoid/and breakout using their spinners. 2 out of 3 wins....

The loser has to put a link to the competitions website on their page.

That's funny! Good one.

Havok · « **Reply #11 on:** March 01, 2006, 01:51:26 pm »

Quote from: leapinlew on March 01, 2006, 12:59:47 pm

I suggest a face off... a game of warlords/arkanoid/and breakout using their spinners. 2 out of 3 wins....

The loser has to put a link to the competitions website on their page.

With hot chicks in bikinis!

GGKoul · « **Reply #12 on:** March 01, 2006, 03:13:53 pm »

Hey, buy from whomever... SS, GGG, Oscar & Ultimarc. We should be happy we have a choice. As we are a small market and we all should be thankful because if it wasn't for these groups, we'll all be trying to hack a keyboard or create our own encoders or spinners.

markrvp · « **Reply #13 on:** March 01, 2006, 04:10:43 pm »

Quote from: GGKoul on March 01, 2006, 03:13:53 pm

Hey, buy from whomever... SS, GGG, Oscar & Ultimarc. We should be happy we have a choice. As we are a small market and we all should be thankful because if it wasn't for these groups, we'll all be trying to hack a keyboard or create our own encoders or spinners.

Well said.

daywane · « **Reply #14 on:** March 01, 2006, 04:31:22 pm »

Darn it...
PC took a crap... been working on a bunch of Mame PC's
seems loike I missed something.
let me go pop some pop corn, crab a few beers and see what I missed.

as far as Randy goes... I HAVE bought off him and will do so again...
Sure he comes off a bit rash but I have learned to let that slide off my back.
all and all he is a top notch person to deal with.
I even placed a order in just before Xmas ( like on the 19th of Dec and had it before Xmas, Money order at that. From my house and back in under a week!) Yep I call that top notch

RayB · « **Reply #15 on:** March 01, 2006, 05:07:29 pm »

Link?

DrewKaree · « **Reply #16 on:** March 02, 2006, 04:01:01 am »

Quote from: RayB on March 01, 2006, 05:07:29 pm

Link?

To daywayne's taking of a crap? How 'bout a pic?

aumameman · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2006, 04:08:25 am »

Quote from: markrvp on March 01, 2006, 04:10:43 pm

Quote from: GGKoul on March 01, 2006, 03:13:53 pm
Hey, buy from whomever... SS, GGG, Oscar & Ultimarc. We should be happy we have a choice. As we are a small market and we all should be thankful because if it wasn't for these groups, we'll all be trying to hack a keyboard or create our own encoders or spinners.

Well said.

Agreed

Tiger-Heli · « **Reply #18 on:** March 02, 2006, 10:40:16 am »

Quote from: RayB on March 01, 2006, 05:07:29 pm

Link?

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=50641.0

Havok · « **Reply #19 on:** March 02, 2006, 10:50:01 am »

Quote from: DrewKaree on March 02, 2006, 04:01:01 am

Quote from: RayB on March 01, 2006, 05:07:29 pm
Link?

To daywayne's taking of a crap? How 'bout a pic?

MYX · « **Reply #20 on:** March 02, 2006, 10:50:21 am »

Quote from: GGKoul on March 01, 2006, 03:13:53 pm

Hey, buy from whomever... SS, GGG, Oscar & Ultimarc. We should be happy we have a choice. As we are a small market and we all should be thankful because if it wasn't for these groups, we'll all be trying to hack a keyboard or create our own encoders or spinners.

It's funny because back in the day (5 years ago) That is how I made my spinner and CP was hacks. It made for a good story when someone was playing it. Yeah, I took apart a hard drive and...

I just got my 49 ways and encoders from Randy last night. It is solid stuff. The encoder is heavy and well constructed. Andy's stuff is the same way. I have not ordered any SlickStick stuff. Not because I don't like it, I just found offerings more suited to my taste from Randy and Andy.

whammoed · « **Reply #21 on:** March 02, 2006, 11:28:52 am »

I have bought from all the vendors and will continue buy from whomever I feel has the best product for what I'm trying to do. Even if I didn't like one of them, I would still feel the need to use the best product. I don't like to compromise when designing and building.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #22 on:** March 02, 2006, 11:40:00 am »

Quote from: MYX on March 02, 2006, 10:50:21 am

Quote from: GGKoul on March 01, 2006, 03:13:53 pm
Hey, buy from whomever... SS, GGG, Oscar & Ultimarc. We should be happy we have a choice. As we are a small market and we all should be thankful because if it wasn't for these groups, we'll all be trying to hack a keyboard or create our own encoders or spinners.
It's funny because back in the day (5 years ago) That is how I made my spinner and CP was hacks. It made for a good story when someone was playing it. Yeah, I took apart a hard drive and...

I just got my 49 ways and encoders from Randy last night. It is solid stuff. The encoder is heavy and well constructed. Andy's stuff is the same way. I have not ordered any SlickStick stuff. Not because I don't like it, I just found offerings more suited to my taste from Randy and Andy.

So far, I have only bought from AndyWarne. GGG did not exist at the time and SS didn't sell encoders. As it is now, SS still don't sell anything I would buy. I am interested in some stuff at GGG that no one else offers.

I will not buy a spinner from anyone. I am very happy with my homemade spinner that was constructed almost entirely from parts that I bought at ACE hardware. I WILL be borrowing some of the design ideas from the various posts to build a DOT spinner.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #23 on:** March 02, 2006, 04:36:15 pm »

I'm upset that you didn't put Randy first in your thread title. Or vice versa, whichever it happens to be at the time someone is reading this. Yeah, that's the ticket. Mad I say. You betcha. I am. Now. Hey look, a shiny button!

RayB · « **Reply #24 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:08:41 pm »

Quote from: DrewKaree on March 02, 2006, 04:36:15 pm

I'm upset that you didn't put Randy first in your thread title. Or vice versa, whichever it happens to be at the time someone is reading this. Yeah, that's the ticket. Mad I say. You betcha. I am. Now. Hey look, a shiny button!

Let's boycot RobotronNut!

mahuti · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:12:03 pm »

I'm upset that there's talk of boycotting Christians. We shouldn't be biased against only one religion. We should be talking about boycotting all religions equally.

mahuti · « **Reply #26 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:14:18 pm »

If RobotronNut is some sort of legume he's probably ok, but if he's packaged in the same factory as a standard peanut, he's probably already being boycotted by a number of school cafeterias. Peanut alergies are dangerous, and if RN is promoting them, then we really should thinking about giving him the icy shun.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #27 on:** March 02, 2006, 10:40:42 pm »

I dunno what the "icy shun" is, but if it's like a figure 4 leglock or a sleeper hold, I'm all for doing that.

Now I'm not sure if I should boycott RayB for his decidedly negative stance on RN, or if I should just let the marketplace decide who I should give the icy shun to. I think there should be some sort of " - off". I've got it! The first one to post a sequence of words that utilize a "q", an "f" in the form of "ph", and two silent "k"s in the same word is the one we don't give the icy shun.

On yer marks, ge.....GO!

LPZ · « **Reply #28 on:** March 02, 2006, 11:10:32 pm »

Quote from: DrewKaree on March 02, 2006, 10:40:42 pm

The first one to post a sequence of words that utilize a "q", an "f" in the form of "ph", and two silent "k"s in the same word is the one we don't give the icy shun.

Phuqkker?

mahuti · « **Reply #29 on:** March 02, 2006, 11:11:53 pm »

The icy shun is a special form of ostracism practiced by the lower Iowan Mennonites as a punishment for religious violations occuring during harvest.

mahuti · « **Reply #30 on:** March 02, 2006, 11:13:12 pm »

*LPZ gets the secular icy shun for his improper understanding of grammatical rules laid down by DK*

LPZ · « **Reply #31 on:** March 02, 2006, 11:16:41 pm »

Secular....my favorite!

LPZ

Arcades R Fun · « **Reply #32 on:** March 03, 2006, 10:31:47 am »

Boycotting, Schmoycotting!
Decide what spinner is best for you and buy it! Don't let personal opinions get in the way.

Rant Mode Off............

DrewKaree · « **Reply #33 on:** March 03, 2006, 12:38:40 pm »

Quote from: Arcades R Fun on March 03, 2006, 10:31:47 am

Boycotting, Schmoycotting!
Decide what spinner is best for you and buy it! Don't let personal opinions get in the way.

Rant Mode Off............

You're now at the top of the list. Randy and Christian will have to settle for having their boycotts postponed while we make up signs for yours


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