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TPB:
Saint,
As mentioned above :
I don't think it reflects well on your supposed position of independence, as the forum owner and moderator, to be taking partisan positions. :dunno
Are you prepared to personally financially reimburse the pre-order folks, if they end up "high & dry" without their money ?? ... this is not likely to happen, as David has (to his great credit) previously honoured commitments to provide refunds ... but, by his own admission, he's currently in a legal dispute with a business partner, and has lost control of his website as a result ... in these circumstances, anything can eventuate.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: txtworld on January 22, 2008, 07:17:09 pm ---Saint,
As mentioned above :
I don't think it reflects well on your supposed position of independence, as the forum owner and moderator, to be taking partisan positions. :dunno
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He just wants to to stop repeating the same thing over and over. We know it already.
You're so full of how other people should behave. Maybe you should look at your own conduct first.
saint:
--- Quote from: txtworld on January 22, 2008, 06:36:10 pm ---MaximRecoil,
Another matter ... Saint, I don't think it reflects well on your supposed position of independence, as the forum owner and moderator, to be taking partisan positions.
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I'm fully entitled to an opinion and I'll post it when I feel the need, thank you. If that disappoints you I'll have to live with it.
--- Quote ---Saint, are you prepared to personally financially reimburse the pre-order folks, if they end up "high & dry" without their money ?? ... this is not likely to happen, as David has (to his great credit) previously honoured commitments to provide refunds ... but, by his own admission, he's currently in a legal dispute with a business partner, and has lost control of his website as a result ... in these circumstances, anything can eventuate.
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Uh... *boggle* ? This question is so goofy I don't know where to start to answer it...
--- Quote ---Now, of course I'll get flamed by all and sundry for making these comments (heaven forbid, to dare to voice an opinion in disagreement with the forum owner and moderator).
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Now this is the only thing that pisses me off. People disagree with me all the time -- the only thing that is guaranteed to piss me off is to insinuate that disagreeing with me gets you punished somehow. I bend over bloody backwards to not let that happen, taking abuse I frankly don't deserve.
markrvp:
I'm a member of a couple of other forums for another of my hobbies. On those boards I've seen guys get banned for being far less of an ---uvula--- than txtworld. I think he needs a timeout as he has shown both in this thread and the SlikStik thread that his sole M.O. is to rabble rouse. Take that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- somewhere else.
Saint has shown remarkable restraint. I think he is well within his rights to give txtworld a swift "E-kick" in the ass.
markrvp:
A couple of years ago a very well respected member of this community planned to offer a specialized Joystick that nobody else offered. He took pre-orders for the items for no other reason than to insure that he just wasn't jerking off by making these joysticks. I pre-ordered two of them.
Long story short, he kept having problems finding someone to machine the parts he needed. He asked me several times over the course of a year if I wanted a refund. I repeatedly told him no, that I would prefer to have the joysticks if he could ever get the project done (I think I paid him $120 or so). Finally after a year, he gave up on the project through no fault of his own and refunded my money. No hard feelings.
The point is, nobody is going to get rich making stuff for this hobby, so we agree to be patient with others who are willing to create specialty parts for us. It may turn out that these yokes never get made, but I pretty sure the 12 people who have prepaid would rather wait awhile in the hopes the get a yoke, than just be ---uvulas--- and berate the maker.