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Arcades R Fun:
I feel that it's time to make a few comments.
As you all have seen I'm not a big poster on these forums. It's not that I do not want to get involved, it's just that there's so many knowledgable people giving great answers to problems that I usually just sit back , read and learn.
It's well documented that Slikstik was one of the first companies to offer panels to the BYOAC/world several years a go. Yes, they made a great product and it looks like Christian is now doing so as well.
But, "First to Market" does not guarantee long term success.
Other panel makers have surfaced and are producing better quality and better looking panels at a lower price than SlikStik or Christian have ever produced.
This is not rocket science. The classic arcade game cabinet/panel shapes have been around for 20+ years and it's very straighforward to create a control panel or cabinet from scratch.
This hobby has evolved and in the process has passed SS/Christian by!
Kneivel, Timoe, Arcade In A Box, JJ's Arcade etc. all make great panels. There are also others too numerous to mention that produce great looking panels. :applaud:
Plus, I have to mention that many, many BYOAC members have shown their great DIY talents and have blown away anything SS/Christian has or will ever produce. :notworthy:
Now with Groovy Game Gear producing so many cool things that you can fill a panel with, there's no reason to be forced to buy from SS/Christian ever again.
I understand many people were screwed over by Slikstik and I hope that people continue to fight for their money back and the "Word" continues to be put out about their bad business.
We can show our disdain for SS/Christian by supporting the vendors listed above who would be more than happy to make a panel for you, and probably at a lower price. :applaud:
Once this all settles down I hope you all consider MAMERoom on your vendor list as well.
I believe that you should not boycott Scott/MAMERoom for his words on this forum. His customer service track record over the past many years should be taken into consideration when judging him.
Ok, rant mode off (Hopping off the SoapBox)
Side Note:
Due to the demise of SS we experienced a flood of orders last November/December.
We were unable to handle the sudden increase in orders ( I have a regular day job).
Only now are we working on the last few panels the next 2 Weekends. Then we will finally be caught up.
I wanted to take the time to say publicly how sorry I am for taking longer than expected to build/ship your panel orders. I did my best.
Many of you wanted to have your orders in time for the holidays and I let you down.
I have learned from this experience and have taken steps so that this does not happen again.
Jack
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Mameroom on January 11, 2008, 09:04:08 am ---Chris called out Fozzy...why not leave it at that? Why does there need to be more.
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He can call me out as much as he likes..... It doesn't get away from the fact that he's the one who's taken multiple peoples money and STILL to date, failed to provide the goods. End of story!!
There's nothing else to be said about him except that true to form, exactly as predicted, he's failed yet again to provide the goods to people who handed him hard earned legitimate money.
He wants to call me out, then that's fine he can feel free to have the Cahones to do it in person on here. Not through some third party that's out to make a quick buck off the demise of his company.
Edit by saint - Pretty please? Edit by Fozzy- OOOPS! Yes Saint... Sorry shouldn't lower myself to his level like that.. :cheers: anybody got any mashmallows to toast instead??
He's lied about his responsibilities, he's lied about his suppliers, he's lied about and to his customers. He's still not provided the goods he's taken money for. As I said.... He's committed what would appear to be wire fraud, he's committed what would appear to be common fraud, and because I stand up and call a spade a spade, after four or five years of watching him fork people over for what amounts to thousands of dollars. It must be my fault in the main and other long standing members on here's fault as well, that he's still not delivered the goods, and is still bucking his moral obligations.
All of that is fact and truth!! Which is precisely why he doesn't like it.
Nothing else to be said about him.... The hobby is better off without a slimeball like that.
Now.... lets take a little look at why he's really decided that it's my fault shall we.....
I had a run in with Stango about two years back in which he used exactly the words he's been using here when he said "who the hell are you.. You haven't even bought anything from SlickStik" This was while he was having a go at Randy Turner (Groovy Game Gear) and I was pulling him to pieces for publicly and completely unjustifiably attacking his competitor in a public forum. Unfortunately for him he lost that one, and looked a complete jerk. He's been trying to gun me down ever since, in some twisted sick psychotic and sociopathic vendeta the cretin has going on in his own twisted little head.
Looks from the current state of the thread like that's entirely backfired on him. Exactly as predicted by at least five people on here, It's quite clear that he never intended anybody to actually get their missing goods, except of course for the high profile ones that are currently leading to a case with The Attorney General's office. It's just more lies, excuses and delay tactics.
Like I said, I'll give him a break the day he actually either provides ALL of the goods that he's taken money for and not provided. OR the day he returns ALL of the money he's taken without providing the goods. He wants to be seen as a Hero!! HA!!! :laugh2: What a joke that is. Then do one of the above two things Stango! without bullshitting and carping about it.
Until then I'll continue to name and shame him, and all thieving scum like him, so that they have as little opportunity as possible to rip more people off, the way he has for at least the last FIVE YEARS!!!!
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
mr.Curmudgeon:
I'm interested in (potentially) recommending Mameroom to some friends of mine (ie: as customers), and I have a question for Scott:
I'm concerned that, based on your support of the actions of this other gentlemen at SlikStik, is there any potential that you might get so upset by things posted on this forum that you may decide not to fulfill your customers orders?
mrC
TPB:
[ Saint ... we're all thinking of your blood pressure.
But when people get scammed of their money, it's hard to find lullabies to sing about it.
Sometimes, discussion of the details, warts and all, is necessary. ]
--- Quote from: MTwitty on January 09, 2008, 08:40:34 pm ---A lot of people have run businesses, some incorporated and many not. I've run a business myself. If Christian ran Slickstick, then Christian = Slikstik. Play semantic games all you want, nothing will ever change that.
Christian will ship product to people Christian wants to ship product to.
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Nothing could be more true.
Read it from the Meister himself :
--- Quote from: M37R01D on January 10, 2008, 02:27:49 pm ---
[email from Christian]
Oh and BTW, you have been nothing but nice to me, and thats why you have your new unit on its way
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For folks like Mike Ahearn, parting with your hard earned cash, and waiting for almost a year thereafter, will not be enough to sway Christian.
Nay, our "Hero" wants you to get down on your hands and knees, and GROVEL.
--- Quote from: Mike Ahearn on January 10, 2008, 10:17:19 am ---I placed my order in March of 2007 and never received my panel. For those of you that have recently received your panels, did Christian contact you out of the blue and tell you he was going to get it out? If he contacted you, what method did he use: telephone, letter, email? If you contacted him, how was it that you made contact with him? If you telephoned him, what number did you call? If you emailed him, what address did you use? My last contact with SlikStik was on October 2, 2007. My story was posted much earlier in this thread. I was calling almost everyday and emailing with no repsonse.
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TPB:
[ Effort being made to demonstrate maximum etiquette, whilst still addressing the crux of these matters. ]
--- Quote from: Mameroom on January 11, 2008, 09:04:08 am ---Chris called out Fozzy...why not leave it at that?
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Because Fozzy's a man of INTEGRITY, and while YOU might be happy for Christian to single him out, we're not.
We're a community who believes in ethics and fair play, and we stand as one with Fozzy.
--- Quote from: Mameroom on January 11, 2008, 09:04:08 am ---It really sucks that poeple got screwed out of their money.
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Screwed by your BUSINESS PARTNER, right ??
--- Quote from: Mameroom on January 11, 2008, 09:04:08 am ---By any account it looks like Chris just saved himself about 20K
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20K of WHOSE MONEY ??
If Christian can't be bothered making all of the panels for which SlikStik has pocketed people's cash, then here's a thought ...
How about getting out his chequebook and issuing some REFUNDS ??
Not much effort involved in that ... all it would require is a bit of moral fortitude.