Re: Let's complain to Roland en masse! (was Re: Boss RC50 delay issues)

[Chris Sewell <lunamusic@mac.com>]

If you guys want, I could set up a MySpace/disgruntledRC50users page.  
We could then all add our names, link to your videos, and link to any  
pertinent sites.
On Feb 29, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Tom Ritchford wrote:

> Well, of course.  I'm not intending to host the videos myself!
>
> But we need a central page to point people to with the text  
> explanation.
>
> HOWEVER, if sound priority mode really works, I'm a lot less likely to
> want to do the work.  I still haven't had a chance to check it out
> yet...
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Chris Sewell <lunamusic@mac.com>  
> wrote:
>> Why not just use YouTube? Perspective buyers are always searching for
>>  gear on there.
>>
>>
>> On Feb 28, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Tom Ritchford wrote:
>>
>>> I think the website will be really easy to pull off.  I just need to
>>> get a time in front of the camera, or someone else needs to  
>>> deliver a
>>> movie, for the ball to be rolling.
>>>
>>> Making the website itself, registering, hosting, that's like an hour
>>> of my time.
>>>
>>> I have a theory that once we get a few movies, other people will  
>>> chime
>>> in.  Or at least, we'll have a few moves.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Teddy Kumpel <teddybut@mac.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I'm down with this Tom... the RC-50, while my main looper at this
>>>> point, is
>>>> really annoying because of the glitches, midi sync and time
>>>> stretching.
>>>>
>>>> which do you think would be more effective, a class action letter
>>>> from a
>>>> lawyer or the website? or both have to happen?
>>>> The suit is a good idea because, after all, their own marketing
>>>> blurbs tout
>>>> all those features as key reasons why to buy the thing.
>>>>
>>>> teddy k
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Tom Ritchford wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 4:34 AM, doc rossi <docittern@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 26, 2008, at 9:24 AM, Tom Ritchford wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If we make a big fuss, saying, "YOUR UNIT HAS SERIOUS ISSUES AND
>>>>>> YOU
>>>>>
>>>>>> WON'T FIX THEM" then it will be bad PR for them.  at least we get
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> cost them some $$$....  because if people really believe "they  
>>>>>> make
>>>>>> crappy products they won't support" then they won't buy them!
>>>>>
>>>>> I appreciate the idea, but I'm not sure they are worried about  
>>>>> PR -
>>>>
>>>> There isn't a company in the world that sells to consumers that  
>>>> isn't
>>>> worried about PR.  I mean, they care enough to put out their own
>>>> magazine.
>>>>
>>>> Believe you me, this is the sort of conversation that companies are
>>>> terrified of:
>>>>
>>>> "I'm going to get a Roland xxx"
>>>> "Oh, my friend had endless trouble with Roland's yyy -- don't do  
>>>> it."
>>>>
>>>> Whole companies have collapsed based on that sort of thing.
>>>>
>>>> If you read the explanation from tech support, it's really
>>>> dishonest.  They
>>>> don't want to fix their old products because they're busy making  
>>>> new
>>>> products.  In other words, it's a massive con to get your money  
>>>> with
>>>> products that don't work, and they'll never fix.
>>>>
>>>> So.  I'll set up the domain, and make some movies.  My movies
>>>> probably won't
>>>> come for a week, as even though I have a nice camera, it stays near
>>>> the
>>>> gig....  so get on your movies.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm also realizing that it might be fun to sue them in small claims
>>>> court...
>>>> as it isn't very time-consuming for me, and they probably won't
>>>> show up to
>>>> contest it.
>>>>
>>>> I have a particular hatred of being ripped off by large
>>>> corporations because
>>>> you know they're doing it to thousands of others.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> /t
>>>
>>
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