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M37R01D:
FWIW, my panel arrived today. WoW I'm amazed. It looks better then I thought it would. After installing a few extra's to the panel I slapped it in, loaded up the software, and tested it out. So far everything is working great. Just have to finish configuring a few controls but other then that it rocks.
Here are a few shots as promised








As asked befor, After receiving this panel, if I had to, and could deal with Chris (not SS) I would order another from him. Its sad to see them stopped being produced as it is a true piece of art.

BTW new marquee is in the process of being designed :)
Comp1demon:
WOW JUST WOW.......

Read every post from beginning to end - this plays out like a soap opera.

Each character is well designed (Christian - Slikstik, Scott - Mameroom, Customers - 2 or 3 main ones, The Forum Trolls (i mean this nicely) that are hated by main Character 1 - we know who they are - and last but not least the GUEST STARS - mamemarquees, Happs, ect...)

I think I could adopt this thread into a screenplay, seriously.....

Anyways.........

We all know that Slikstik has a bad reputation.  We know the workers there suck and we know that it is out of business (supposedly)
I think the website needs to come down.
I think anyone with an outstanding order should be on slikstiks ass.

Christian is acting like a baby....  DUDE GROW UP - sticks and stone break my bone and my business but names can never hurt me.  There are about 35 individual users here.  10 are past or present customers.  3-5 are people like mameroom, mamemarquees, happs.   The rest are opinionated people.  Even if 100 annon users read this thread, whats only about 120 people that probably wont deal with slikstik - out of those 120 (according to Scott) 15% are BYOAC CUSTOMERS - So what did slikstik loose? maybe 20 orders? - oh wait slikstik is out of business - they lost nothing.......

I'm sure Christian will start a new arcade business - I'm sure his reputation will take him far.  Though there is probably a chance he will give his new LLC a new FACE - and he will be the man behind the curtan - so even xtian haters might do business with him.

As for Scott a Mameroom - He has rambled quite a bit and been on both sides of the fence - even though i don't think he realizes he put him self there.  And while some people blame Scott, curse at him, boycott him - whatever - he has a great business and MAMEROOM is 100% top notch.  There really isn't an alternative to MAMEROOM unless you want a fully designed cabnet from someone like dreamauthentics or someone like that - or if you BYO.  Even with all the damage I think Scott did to HIS reputation here at BYOAC - and i disagree with allot of what he had to say, actually more than allot off what he had to say - I would deal with him ANY TIME OF THE WEEK.  MAMEROOM is topps.  Scott as a EMPLOYEE of mameroom is TOPPS.  Yes I understand that what you do in your personal life can effect your business life.  I know you are not supposed to go out drinking with your company logo shirt on - but allot of us DO IT.  Also of us use who we work for, or what business we run to enhance our perspective from others.  It can come back to bite you in the ass, but even if Scott lost 100 customers - I'm sure he gained 200 more, just from search hits and word of mouth.  AM i mad he still does business with xtian - nope NONE OF MY BUSINESS.  Does it suck that he does? Yes it does - but that's my opinion and who am i to judge - (i know it sounds hypocricial - and probably is).


Bottom line....

Christian needs to grow up, grow a pair and learn how to be responsible and DO THE RIGHT THING.  Remember ENRON?

Scott - disappear from this thread, I'll say it again you do yourself no favors here in THIS THREAD.  Are people giving you a hard time? Yea they are but you kind of invite it.

SCREWED OVER CUSTOMERS - call Xtian and see what you can work out.  If he was just an "employee" and cares to take personal responsibility and fill a order, good for him - if he don't - then it sounds like he is in a position to do so, harsh reality or not - yes he might be thief, untied legally from SS - whatever the case my be - if you decide to make people happy from the disaster of a chapter 7 business that SS became - then more power to you - but don;t pick and choose, it's like the teacher used to say in school "if your gonna chew gum - bring enough for the whole class"  - if there are 20 customers without panels and you fill just 1 of them then you should fill them all - regardless of what people say about you. 

Finally - to all you out there with SS control panels, I have one too, they are great products.  Treat them well, cause if they break or need to be replaced - you will have to deal with Xtian again or find a sup par alternative, or DO THE WORK YOURSELF - which is what BYOAC is all about.

Nite
MTwitty:

--- Quote from: Mameroom on January 10, 2008, 07:48:10 pm ---The problem with "free speech" is that it can sometimes hurt people, who does everyone think got hurt in this one?

--- End quote ---

I almost replied to this with the message below:

"Let's see...the people Christian, and Christian alone, knowingly decided to rip off?"

I stopped myself...until I read this:


--- Quote from: Mameroom on January 10, 2008, 07:50:54 pm ---If people don't want to buy mameroom products for reasons other than quality and customer service.  Don't kid yourself...we didn't have your business to begin with.

--- End quote ---

Don't kid yourself. You've permanently lost my business and that of anyone I have any influence over as a direct result of your self-confessed greed, lack of ethics and your condescending attitude. You won't believe this, I'm sure, but there are people out there for whom these things actually do matter more than profit. I refuse to deal with unscrupulous people (or their LLC proxies), period. Customer service and quality be damned! Not only am I not going to do business with you, I wouldn't even have you as a customer.

Nobody claiming to be honest would condone the actions Chris is committing in full view of everyone here.

For the record, I would tend to trust the motives of people like Fozzy and CheffoJeffo who have no dog in this fight over the motives of someone who finally came out and admitted he's trying to influence the outcome to make money, no matter the cost to others. I admit to being totally baffled as to what your motive for defending Christian so strongly was. Now I know.

I'm happy for those who received their orders, and I feel very sorry for those that Christian ripped off.

This has gotten all too ugly. I'm going to sit the rest of this debacle out.

Good luck, all.
CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Mameroom on January 10, 2008, 07:36:46 pm ---If I am rubbing people the wrong way by saying that pissing chris off will not get other's their panels...then I'm I truely am sorry, but...Given that FACT, that certain people in here could care less about whether or not other received their panels...and the FACT that Chris publicly (even though through a 3rd party) stated that this was the EXACT reason for not doing was I knew would happen.  Let's say I blame them for DELIBERATELY pissing chris off enough to not fullfill his promise to get people's products out...but we ALL know that's what they wanted from the beginning to add fuel to THEIR fire.  Selfish.

--- End quote ---

Scott, it is stuff like this that is what makes me mad at you. While using Xtian as a supplier annoys me, it is a business decision and doesn't make me angry.

And I'm not mad at Xtian -- he is what he is and it is what he always has been. He did a little bit more than I expected him to in getting some panels out, but his behaviour, particularly the kiss-off note, has been 100% consistent with his past actions.

Back to you ... I am SOOOOO ticked off at you at your holier-than-thou attempts to vilify "people here" (you can't even bring yourself to name us) by mischaracterizing our motives and then calling it FACT (just 'coz you post it and use capitals doesn't make it so). 

You even use the phrase "not fulfill his promise" in referring to Xtian.

How the hell is it my fault that Xtian wouldn't fulfill a PROMISE ?

OK, I predicted it, but that doesn't exactly make me Nostradamus.
Mameroom:
Chris called out Fozzy...why not leave it at that?  Why does there need to be more.

I am a vendor...should I not use another vendor because he was involved in a company that filed chapter 7?  It really sucks that poeple got screwed out of their money.  I tried to do whatever I could to help.

Is everyone really outraged by me saying something along the lines of "Chris doesn't want to hear this crap about him...if he does, he won't get anyone's panels out if he has to do so out of his own pocket"?

...being the mouthpiece for Christian...I was looking out fall all of you customers who in involved in this mess...who here do you think has won?  It certainly isn't them.  By any account it looks like Chris just saved himself about 20K (by what was mentioned in here).

While ALL I ever intented to say was.
1) Give Chris the opportunity to make good on his promise
2) Back off unitl after everyone got their panels.

You know what.  I'll prove my point about BLAME. 

Scott Glazer from Mameroom publicly states:
"PEOPLE OF BYOAC...YOU, AND YOU ALONE HAVE A CHOICE ON HOW THIS ENDS.  ALL CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRODUCTS...IF AND ONLY IF YOU REMAIN SILENT AGAINST CHRIS"....

...wow, a bold (but factually accurate) statement...what do you do?

All of the people in here that don't have a vested interest...why should you shut up?  You're not going to walk and egg shells for anyone...It would be too big of a hit to either personal pride (or ego), to not say anything.  You would rather see customers get screwed than be silenced....and you are telling ME (scott/mameroom) that I am somehow at fault here...I thinks that may be called some kind of transference (I'm not a shrink).

I am just as vocal as anyone...as long as I don't personally attack anyone...I'm not overly concerned about my business.  It will stand or fall on it's own merit...not because I made some posts in an arcade forum trying to help people.

Some people are trying to kill the messenger...if you didn't like the message, I'm sorry...I was just doing what I could to help.
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