Author: Tom Likens
Date: 10:25:49 06/05/04
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On June 05, 2004 at 08:56:28, William Penn wrote: >On June 05, 2004 at 02:23:48, George Sobala wrote: > >>Is he ill? Is he dead? Or is the 2004 version of his website actually a >>"hijacking" by someone else, after his "disappearance"! >> >>It seems very odd to me: >> >>- on his "return" in 2004 all the new work seems to have been on website design >>and newsletters and not on updating Scid itself (i.e. window-dressing) >>- no real update to Scid itself (other than using a different compiler and >>different installation process) >>- unrealistic promises of the development schedule of Scid given the recent very >>slow timescale >>- new requests for money via PayPal, people who have sent money for CDs have not >>had them honoured >>- sudden closure of the public scid forums just as the money flows in and the >>CDs don't flow out >> >>It all may have a perfectly innocent (or indeed very sad) explanation, but I >>cannot help but smell a rat. >> >>Does anyone know better? > >It's not a reliable operation, and your guess is as good as mine as to the >cause. I requested and received a refund for my CD. His PayPal account was >suspended for awhile because of my official complaint to PayPal, but was >restored after he sent me the refund by Western Union. I'll just note that >PayPal only honors complaints if made within 30 days of the payment date, and I >waited exactly 30 days before lodging mine. One more day and I wouldn't have had >any recourse!? >WP Sad to say, but I've waited more than 30 days without receiving a CD. I'll still give Shane the benefit of the doubt, but frankly I don't ever expect to see either the CD or my $20. regards, --tom
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