Re: Unhappy with Syndicomm and Tony Diaz

[nyder <nyder.23@gmail.com>]

Cool, sorry, sometimes i shouldn't be posting when I just wake up, as I come off not like I should.   And I do hope it all works out.



On Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:51:05 AM UTC-8, Bill Buckels wrote:
> "nyder" <nyder.23@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >That's weird bill, because when Reactivemicro was behind on order, you 
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> >said, and I quote: "FWIW I am glad that I held-off on ordering another 
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> >Microdrive, this one for my recently aquired GS. I would be pissed too and 
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> >I might have a hard time remembering that this is only a hobby."
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> Not that I am being defensive, but I mellow-out when I don't stay-up all 
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> year programming... and as I have turned my attention more to my commercial 
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> fishing business this last while and assuming a grandfatherly role I freely 
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> admit to being less of a sh*thead. I also note that you spelled weird 
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> correctly which for some reason pleased me immensely when I read your post 
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> so I suppose I stilll value detail and correctness... once a techy always a 
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> techie...
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> Henry is a good fellow, offered incredibly neat stuff and gave me better 
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> service than I realized at the time,  communicated well and now I am sorry I 
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> didn't order the turbo GS.
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> >IMO, if you aren't going to do your business at least somewhat 
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> >professionally, you shouldn't do it at all.   Starts to sound like a scam 
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> >when you take orders and are NOT filling them in a timely matter.
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> I don't disagree with you. Except that I probably would have prefaced 
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> IMNSHO... Syndicomm to me is absolutely professional and in retrospect it 
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> seems quite an accomplishment to offer officially blessed Apple II operating 
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> systems and developers tools at incredibly reasonable prices. When I wanted 
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> ProDOS and DOS 3.3 disks before I got my Microdrive, they were here in 
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> Canada at 2 bucks each PDQ... although I again didn't appreciate the service 
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> until I calmed-down a little later. Sheppy also communicated well.
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> >How hard is it to email someone?   Not hard at all these days, since they 
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> >are online orders.   Seems to me if he's not going to dedicate any time to 
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> >his business, he should shut it down, or give/sell it to someone else.
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> Again I don't disagree but would like to hear from Tony Diaz... it doesn't 
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> seem logical that a person of Sheppy's stature would have hived-off 
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> Syndicomm to anyone of inferior quality. There must be more to this than we 
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> know.
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> > It gives sellers of older computer stuff a bad name, makes you think it's 
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> > all a bunch of scammers trying to get what they can.   Based on what 
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> > people have said, i would never order anything from Syndicomm.   That is 
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> > not good business.
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> I understand. I personally would order from Syndicomm and if I had unlimited 
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> funds I would order one of everything. Maybe 2 of everything. I would also 
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> order 2 of everything from Reactive Micro.
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> As far as sellers of older computer stuff, I have been ripped-off, 
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> scammed... I have bought junk that didn't work... I have been forced to 
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> retrieve ebay payments for old stuff that never arrived and on one occasion 
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> I had the RCMP visit the home a seller in British Columbia who took my money 
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> and didn't deliver here to Manitoba after 3 months... I got satisfaction 
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> when my stuff finally arrived.
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> Some sellers of older computer stuff deserve more than a bad name, but 
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> generally I agree with you... even though people sell-off their old stuff 
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> caveat emptor, when it comes to new stuff a person always deserves perfect 
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> quality and good delivery and clear communication from the vendor...
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> I am going back to my code now... I've got some really cool Apple II 
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> Graphics Stuff in Aztec C that I am working-on that I want to finish soon 
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> and get up on my websites. I hope Tony Diaz offers an explanation and fills 
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> everyone's orders and Syndicomm stays open for business. I also hope for 
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> world peace and a great year in 2013 for everyone.
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> Bill