Author: Pedro Gomes
Date: 13:19:14 11/19/04
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On November 19, 2004 at 15:08:07, Peter Skinner wrote: >On November 19, 2004 at 14:53:32, Olivier Deville wrote: > >>On November 19, 2004 at 14:11:56, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>>Well I believe that I have annoyed Christopher Conkie (admin at Arena website), >>>as I seem to get rejected to have an account with them to down a _free_ >>>interface, and _free_ user sumbitted books. >>> >>>I have tried to sign up various times with emails from my domains, to my own >>>personal email and each time I am rejected. >>> >>>Is anyone else having this bizarre yet funny experience over there? >>> >>>Since when do you have to give your address, country, phone number, postal/zip >>>code just to download _free_ files? >>> >>>Does anyone else find that odd besides me? >>> >>>Peter >> >>Hi Peter >> >>I filled the registration form with my true data. Anyway I am a chess organizer >>and my data are available at several places (TWIC, ChessBase calendar, etc) so >>it doesn't bother me to give them. But I think it's very odd to ask such data >>without stating that they will not be used in a commercial way or shared. Or >>maybe this is stated somewhere, but as you know, I can't read :) >> >>I received the following message : >> >>"You or someone else has used your email account (here is my e-mail address) to >>register an account at Arena >> >>Your Application is being processed >> >> Thank you for your request for registration. Our Administrators are dealing >>with your request which can in some instances take upto 1 week. In the meantime >>please feel free to use the resources on this site." >> >>We'll see if I am given this password... >> >>Olivier > >Hi Olivier, > >Apparently I have to apologize before I will be granted an account. > >And well I have nothing to apologize for, so that much mean I won't be getting >one. > >And I quote: >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Christpoher Conkie: > >Hello Peter, > >Getting out of your pram is not the way to solve what you wrote in the CCC. >Generally it's an apology that is required. So I'm just ordinary guy and you I >hope also. > >Try being nice for a change, and send a reasonable mail, one all the >Administrators here can see (hint), it might help. > >You are not singled out anyway. Moreover, we all decide together. I am 1 of 4. >Lots of people have signed up, lots and lots of people. > >Like I said, be a little bit more cordial, go on, you can do it. > >Kind Regards > >Christopher > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >My reply: > >Well Christopher, > >What is it that I have to apologize about? > >I asked a simple question as to why such personal information was required on >the new site. All I got was the run around. Is it such a hard thing to do as to >inform the users why all this information is required? > >Also when haven't I been nice? > >Peter >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >As you can see Christopher thinks I have done him some sort of wrong by asking >what my information is required/used for. > >I am about to wipe my hands with the situation and have a formal inquiry done by >several agencies as to what the information is required/going to be used for. > >Peter I´ve heard about strage things happening in Arena forum in last few weeks, and also, there are people suspecting that this guy, Christopher, is not a real person. I would never give my real personal informations to false personalities. Yes, Arena is good, but better is preserving our privacy. It is my opinion. PG
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