Re: Unhappy with Syndicomm and Tony Diaz

["Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net>]

"nyder" <nyder.23@gmail.com> wrote:

>That's weird bill, because when Reactivemicro was behind on order, you 
>said, and I quote: "FWIW I am glad that I held-off on ordering another 
>Microdrive, this one for my recently aquired GS. I would be pissed too and 
>I might have a hard time remembering that this is only a hobby."

Not that I am being defensive, but I mellow-out when I don't stay-up all 
year programming... and as I have turned my attention more to my commercial 
fishing business this last while and assuming a grandfatherly role I freely 
admit to being less of a sh*thead. I also note that you spelled weird 
correctly which for some reason pleased me immensely when I read your post 
so I suppose I stilll value detail and correctness... once a techy always a 
techie...

Henry is a good fellow, offered incredibly neat stuff and gave me better 
service than I realized at the time,  communicated well and now I am sorry I 
didn't order the turbo GS.

>IMO, if you aren't going to do your business at least somewhat 
>professionally, you shouldn't do it at all.   Starts to sound like a scam 
>when you take orders and are NOT filling them in a timely matter.

I don't disagree with you. Except that I probably would have prefaced 
IMNSHO... Syndicomm to me is absolutely professional and in retrospect it 
seems quite an accomplishment to offer officially blessed Apple II operating 
systems and developers tools at incredibly reasonable prices. When I wanted 
ProDOS and DOS 3.3 disks before I got my Microdrive, they were here in 
Canada at 2 bucks each PDQ... although I again didn't appreciate the service 
until I calmed-down a little later. Sheppy also communicated well.

>How hard is it to email someone?   Not hard at all these days, since they 
>are online orders.   Seems to me if he's not going to dedicate any time to 
>his business, he should shut it down, or give/sell it to someone else.

Again I don't disagree but would like to hear from Tony Diaz... it doesn't 
seem logical that a person of Sheppy's stature would have hived-off 
Syndicomm to anyone of inferior quality. There must be more to this than we 
know.

> It gives sellers of older computer stuff a bad name, makes you think it's 
> all a bunch of scammers trying to get what they can.   Based on what 
> people have said, i would never order anything from Syndicomm.   That is 
> not good business.

I understand. I personally would order from Syndicomm and if I had unlimited 
funds I would order one of everything. Maybe 2 of everything. I would also 
order 2 of everything from Reactive Micro.

As far as sellers of older computer stuff, I have been ripped-off, 
scammed... I have bought junk that didn't work... I have been forced to 
retrieve ebay payments for old stuff that never arrived and on one occasion 
I had the RCMP visit the home a seller in British Columbia who took my money 
and didn't deliver here to Manitoba after 3 months... I got satisfaction 
when my stuff finally arrived.

Some sellers of older computer stuff deserve more than a bad name, but 
generally I agree with you... even though people sell-off their old stuff 
caveat emptor, when it comes to new stuff a person always deserves perfect 
quality and good delivery and clear communication from the vendor...

I am going back to my code now... I've got some really cool Apple II 
Graphics Stuff in Aztec C that I am working-on that I want to finish soon 
and get up on my websites. I hope Tony Diaz offers an explanation and fills 
everyone's orders and Syndicomm stays open for business. I also hope for 
world peace and a great year in 2013 for everyone.

Bill