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Re: Let's complain to Roland en masse! (was Re: Boss RC50 delay issues)
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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/t