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FrizzleFried:

...just a bump  to keep this on the front page to help prevent people from getting screwed!

PS: Hi Christian!

 :cheers:

mikeyman:

hi everyone.  i'm new to the forum, but i've been reading the posts for about 3 or 4  weeks now.  of course the reason i started looking here was because i had a similar story to the many i've seen posted here.  i will give a high level account of my story because most of it will just repeat what others have said.  my purpose here is to hopefully give people who still haven't received their CP's yet some ray of hope.  i know i felt a little more at ease when i saw that Chris from Canada received his CP.  it at least gave me some hope that SS didn't just up and leave with my money.  well, here goes.

I ordered the Quad unit from SS on June 11 and asked for an upgrade a few weeks later.  the next part of my story is the same as everyone else so i'm going to skip it.  i will say, however, that i was pretty angry that it was taking so long to get my unit. 

I finally got someone on the phone about 3 weeks ago and found out it was Christian.  I spoke to him for a while about my order and he told me it would be ready the following week.  He also gave me his cell # so i could keep in contact with him and set up a date to pick it up (luckily i live in NJ and I'm only a half hour away).  The next time i spoke to him (11/13) he said it would be ready on 11/16.  I drove out an met him on 11/16 and my CP was ready to go.  Everything looked great.  I hooked it up last weekend and it works fine. 

Before I go into my next part, I want to say that this was the first time I ever met Christian.  I am not a relative of his nor one of his drinking buddies. 

I spoke with Christian for about an hour the day i picked up my unit and he was very apologetic about the delay.  I have to say he is a really nice guy when you speak with him.  He realizes that his customer service needs some work and i really think he wants to get the CP's out to everyone that has placed an order.  I saw about 5 or 6 CP's there that were waiting for trackballs.  I'm not taking anyone's side on why the trackballs aren't there, but for whatever reason, they are not.  I'm definitely not trying to make excuses for what is going on - I'm simply sharing my experience with everyone.  I really hope that everyone gets their CP's soon.  I did suggest to Christian that maybe he could put something on the SS main page about any delays that are going on so people who are looking to place an order will know that there are some kind of delays and if they order, they know the CP will take a bit longer than they would expect.  Now that my ordeal is over and after speaking with Christian, I wish him good luck in trying to re-establish his reputation. 

anyway, my main reason for posting here is to let everyone know that CP's still seem like they are being worked on and being sent out when they are completed.  I also wanted to post a picture of my entire unit now that it is finally finished (if i can figure out how to do it). 

Now that i have my arcade running, i wanted to see if anyone could help me.  I'm having problems running the different game systems using the CP.  MAME works great - no problems.  But when i try to run any of the consoles like Nintendo or Atari, etc. I can't get the CP buttons and joysticks to work with the games.  The games run, they just don't seem to recognize the CP.  Any advice?  I really appreciate it.





Jdurg:

I had e-mailed SlikStik about a week ago asking about their cabinet kits that were mentioned in the Project Arcade book.  (I REALLY want to build my own cabinet, but I do not have any room at all to build one, nor do I have the tools, nor do I really have the talents to do this on my own.  Therefore, I need to buy a kit or a pre-built cabinet).  So I was hoping to be able to pick up the cabinet kit that was mentioned because the overall design is what I was looking for.  I have not yet heard anything.

Meanwhile, last night I read about J&J's Arcade by reading this thread and e-mailed him with my thoughts.  Within about half an hour I got a response from Mark stating "We can customize any cabinet design that you want."  I'm just looking for a cabinet shell and don't want to spend a ton of money, and Mark said that they'd be able to customize the cabinet to my needs.  Therefore, for around $1600, including shipping, I should be able to get my cabinet shell without the monitor, computer or control panel.  Those are items that I can purchase slowly over time. 

While i know that building my own would probably be much cheaper, I don't own a truck or a vehicle to pick up a cabinet or the materials to build one, and I don't have a garage to build one in.  So this is really my only choice.  I've been very pleased with the response time so far, especially during the Thanksgiving holiday.  Once pay-day comes and I have the money to afford it, I'll be puchasing the cabinet shell and then later on getting my monitor from him. 

pmanili:

So, according to your statement, it took 5 months to build it and you had to go pick it up. 

Totally unacceptible in my book.  It's really a joke actually and I just reversed my CC charges, so it doesn't matter for me anymore.  I'm going to find one from a company who values their customers.


--- Quote from: mikeyman on November 22, 2007, 02:07:41 pm ---hi everyone.  i'm new to the forum, but i've been reading the posts for about 3 or 4  weeks now.  of course the reason i started looking here was because i had a similar story to the many i've seen posted here.  i will give a high level account of my story because most of it will just repeat what others have said.  my purpose here is to hopefully give people who still haven't received their CP's yet some ray of hope.  i know i felt a little more at ease when i saw that Chris from Canada received his CP.  it at least gave me some hope that SS didn't just up and leave with my money.  well, here goes.

I ordered the Quad unit from SS on June 11 and asked for an upgrade a few weeks later.  the next part of my story is the same as everyone else so i'm going to skip it.  i will say, however, that i was pretty angry that it was taking so long to get my unit. 

I finally got someone on the phone about 3 weeks ago and found out it was Christian.  I spoke to him for a while about my order and he told me it would be ready the following week.  He also gave me his cell # so i could keep in contact with him and set up a date to pick it up (luckily i live in NJ and I'm only a half hour away).  The next time i spoke to him (11/13) he said it would be ready on 11/16.  I drove out an met him on 11/16 and my CP was ready to go.  Everything looked great.  I hooked it up last weekend and it works fine. 

Before I go into my next part, I want to say that this was the first time I ever met Christian.  I am not a relative of his nor one of his drinking buddies. 

I spoke with Christian for about an hour the day i picked up my unit and he was very apologetic about the delay.  I have to say he is a really nice guy when you speak with him.  He realizes that his customer service needs some work and i really think he wants to get the CP's out to everyone that has placed an order.  I saw about 5 or 6 CP's there that were waiting for trackballs.  I'm not taking anyone's side on why the trackballs aren't there, but for whatever reason, they are not.  I'm definitely not trying to make excuses for what is going on - I'm simply sharing my experience with everyone.  I really hope that everyone gets their CP's soon.  I did suggest to Christian that maybe he could put something on the SS main page about any delays that are going on so people who are looking to place an order will know that there are some kind of delays and if they order, they know the CP will take a bit longer than they would expect.  Now that my ordeal is over and after speaking with Christian, I wish him good luck in trying to re-establish his reputation. 

anyway, my main reason for posting here is to let everyone know that CP's still seem like they are being worked on and being sent out when they are completed.  I also wanted to post a picture of my entire unit now that it is finally finished (if i can figure out how to do it). 

Now that i have my arcade running, i wanted to see if anyone could help me.  I'm having problems running the different game systems using the CP.  MAME works great - no problems.  But when i try to run any of the consoles like Nintendo or Atari, etc. I can't get the CP buttons and joysticks to work with the games.  The games run, they just don't seem to recognize the CP.  Any advice?  I really appreciate it.





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Icer:

Mikeyman,

Would you be willing to reveal that phone number to me off line?

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