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Gatt:

--- Quote from: Havok on February 07, 2010, 09:06:48 pm ---Ratzz, you need to chill bro. I don't buy the cultural divide theory; besides you keep treating Ram Controls like it's a multi-million dollar corporation. He's a small business. In fact, he's a small business within a business; one that is run more out of love of the arcade rather than something to pay the bills. I honestly don't see these things making much if any profit. Of course it's going to be low priority. Dave has screwed up, and has admitted it. No-one is perfect, we all make mistakes. The real worth of a person is how they conduct themselves after making said mistakes. Will Dave make amends? I certainly hope so, and I really think he will.

I won't go into why Dave was late with the yokes after saying they were ready, that's up to him if he wishes to reveal it. I think at this point he doesn't want to keep coming here with excuses, he'd rather just get the yoke done. However, it has to be done right. And with that in mind, in the end, we all benefit from this mentality, even if it means another delay. Personally, I get the feeling he is going to do what was suggested earlier; get a bunch of these out the door and let the recipients do the talking.

We'll just have to see what Wednesday brings us...


--- Quote from: MameMaster! on February 07, 2010, 08:52:34 pm ---just out of curiosity-- how did his contact come about ? on his own accord? or did you reach out?  ???

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He responded to an email I sent the other day. Not only that, I replied and got another response within an hour!

 :o

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I agree.  It's not a question of cultural divide,  or misplaced loyalty,  it's simply a matter of being realistic.  As Havok said,  it's one man trying to manage something very complex,  in his spare time.  It's a niche hobby,  there's going to be some issues.  Like there were with Legacy Engineering,  which turned out fine.  Like there's going to be any delay if one orders a custom-built product from any of the other names in this hobby.
TPB:


--- Quote from: Gatt on February 08, 2010, 04:30:15 am ---
It's a niche hobby,  there's going to be some issues.


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That's true.

Issues will arise, but there's no need for lies.  There was no honest reason for saying Havok's yoke was "on its way right now" when it plainly wasn't.

Still, these are merely small bumps in a long journey.  If Havok gets his yoke on Wednesday, it'll be time to celebrate !!    :applaud:

As much as I'd love my own yoke, I'll remain hesitant about placing an order, until I see a truckload of customers receiving them.  Havok's all set for happiness, but we still don't know whether Dave has assembled any more than ONE unit of inventory.  How long shall it take for Yoke #2 to roll off the assembly line ?  

Hopefully we'll have the answers soon, to give us the confidence to place our orders.    :)

DashRendar:
Over 6200 page views for this thread alone...That can't be good publicity.   :cry:

Hopefully this whole mess will come to a positive (albeit delayed) conclusion.   :applaud:
ChadTower:

It is a little troubling to those of us who have preorders in of other RAM Controls products, too.   :P
Havok:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 08, 2010, 10:00:32 am ---
It is a little troubling to those of us who have preorders in of other RAM Controls products, too.   :P

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I can see this yoke as being the most ambitious of his reproductions to date. Hopefully once this is a done deal, the other projects will complete in short order. I'm waiting on the USB controller for the yoke as well. I have a dual strike to hack in the meantime to tide me over, but I'd rather have that instead.
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