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Slik Stik - Any Word
tkachuk7:
hi, everyone. i'm one of the lurkers that's been reading this thread for a week or so, and i have to say i'm very glad i did. i've been saving my "play money" for over a year to buy the CO2 controller. last week, when i went on slikstik's website to finally place my order, the site was down. a google search brought me to this forum and saved me from becoming another victim of unfulfilled orders. i was very, very happy to see scott was selling the CO2 on mameroom.com.
now i see that's not an option anymore. (i can't blame you, scott.)
my question for all of you is this: in your opinion, what's the controller that's most similar to the CO2? (i like the dual joystick controls.)
i'm very new at MAME and appreciate any and all opinions i can get from all of you.
thanks again in advance for any suggestions and for saving me from making what most likely would have been a huge mistake.
shari
Justin Z:
I would contact Jack at arcadesrfun.com. He does custom work for free, so I don't think it would be difficult for him to add joysticks for you in similar places to where they would go on a CO2.
Additionally, I have ordered both a panel from him and a CO2 from Slikstik, and I can say from experience that the quality of his work is superior.
RayB:
I'm impressed with a couple of the recent posts by "lurkers" and low post count members. Wish more people had such reasoned thought processes. But "txtworld", man, you need to sit back and just read rather than spouting crap (like the TM stuff you've already been corrected on). Quit with the "50K of funds (in retail terms)". You have NO idea what his profit margin is, so this is absolute made-up nonsense. The world of custom-made niche products is not like Walmart.
PS: Sounds like there's a nice market gap left open for *someone* to step in and fill... ;D
FrizzleFried:
I will be removing my little SS/MR banner. Thank you Scott for (finally) taking the high road when it comes to SS and their dealings.
TPB:
--- Quote from: RayB on January 17, 2008, 03:27:50 pm ---spouting crap (like the TM stuff you've already been corrected on).
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I'm not a trademark lawyer.
I made no claims to the contrary.
And I was happy to stand corrected by Patent Doc (thanks). :notworthy:
However, I did discover the SlikStik trademark was abandoned on May 10, 2007 (**), and the fact remains, it would seem unusual for a business that is a going concern, to just let the registration of their trademark "slip away".
Patent Doc mentioned they could have maintained this registration, by simply presenting a sales receipt :
--- Quote from: Patent Doc on January 16, 2008, 10:39:53 pm ---Here, oddly enough, the application for registration was never granted because they filed under an intent to use statute and never submitted evidence of use. I say this is odd, because any sales receipt would have been sufficient ... guess they were to "busy" to bother.
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(**) RayB, I look forward to you similarly contributing some tangible information to this discussion, or at least demonstrating some level of courtesy towards fellow posters.
OK, I've had harsh words for SlikStik, but they've been warranted, and have helped contribute towards saving newbies (like shari) from a lot of grief :
--- Quote from: tkachuk7 (shari) on January 17, 2008, 01:22:36 pm ---hi, everyone. i'm one of the lurkers that's been reading this thread for a week or so, and i have to say i'm very glad i did. i've been saving my "play money" for over a year to buy the CO2 controller. last week, when i went on slikstik's website to finally place my order, the site was down. a google search brought me to this forum and saved me from becoming another victim of unfulfilled orders.
... thanks again in advance for any suggestions and for saving me from making what most likely would have been a huge mistake.
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Regarding your other (rudely stated) piece of advice :
--- Quote from: RayB on January 17, 2008, 03:27:50 pm ---Quit with the "50K of funds (in retail terms)". You have NO idea what his profit margin is
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I made it plain this was an estimate, I never quoted that as a precise figure.
People has been assuming that SlikStik were sitting on 20K of cash from orders.
Someone had summised, that because Christian said he'd need to spend "over 20K out of my own pocket" to produce the unfulfilled orders, that it meant there must be 20K in order funds outstanding.
My point was, the order funds outstanding (on a retail basis) must be a larger amount.
The MARGINAL (UNIT) COST to produce, on a WHOLESALE basis, does not equal the RETAIL funds received.
The retail funds received must be a larger amount, as it must include a PROFIT MARGIN (the owners of the business need to make a return on investment), and must also include an OVERHEAD COST component.
RayB ... your naivety aside, please accept that ALL businesses, if they wish to remain in business, need to include these components in their pricing ... not just WalMart. ;)
Your remarks make no sense anyway ... Niche businesses need to include a larger margin in their pricing. WalMart can afford to have a very slim margin indeed (on a "per unit sold" basis), because they can recoup their overhead costs (and make a profit) over millions of units of product sold.