Re: [piecepack] Re: Old wounds, apparently...

[Ed Thorn <prophesor@...>]

That would be editorializing by the listowner,
wouldn't it?

Isn't it enough that the list members use the list to
share their experiences?

I think it is.  But then it's not my opinion that
matters.

--- "Leo M. Lalande" <scorpio@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> With so many people experiencing problems ordering
> from Icepack Games,
> I would think the better thing to do would be to
> leave the link
> intact, but put a note in the link description
> stating that service
> from Icepack Games has proven unreliable.
> 
> 
> --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Sullivan"
> <feedle@f...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hey all.  I'm a relative newcomer to Piecepack..
> actually, a friend
> > got me hooked on the idea after seeing games I've
> created using a
> whiteboard and generic
> > pawns.  I'd love to start "playing along", so to
> speak, but I made
> the mistake of ordering 
> > my piecepack set from Icepack Games.
> > 
> > This public message is an appeal to Toren to
> contact me regarding my
> > order I placed a month ago, and to serve as a
> partial warning to
> others about thinking
> > twice before ordering from Icepack.  I've recieved
> exactly ONE
> message from Toren,
> > telling me that pieces for my set were "on
> backorder" and he should
> have them in 7-10
> > days.  That was 30 days ago.  Repeated attempts to
> contact him have
> resulted in no
> > response.
> > 
> > One bad vendor can't necessarily hold the whole
> community in a bad
> > light, but as a newcomer it does leave a bad taste
> in my mouth.  I
> have gone ahead
> > and ordered one of the smaller sets from
> Mesomorph, hoping they at
> least communicate
> > with me.  If by some miracle the Icepack set shows
> up... hey, the
> more the merrier.
> > 
> > That's the frustration (pardon my venting): if
> Toren just
> communicated with me, told me 
> > what was going on, I'd cut him some slack.  I can
> appreciate that
> this is a "small venture", 
> > probably being run by him in spare time.  
> However, he's not even
> responding to my E-
> > mails.  I ordered a $200 game kit from him: I
> think I deserve an
> E-Mail once and a while 
> > (at least replies to my messages).
> > 
> > Anyway, sorry about the rant.  In earlier
> archives, it was mentioned
> that perhaps Icepack 
> > should be removed from the vendor list on the
> Piecepack website.
> Since it would appear 
> > that he's up to the same shennanigans as a year or
> so ago the last
> time this was brought 
> > up, perhaps it's time to pull it.  It looks bad
> for Mesomorph and
> the whole piecepack 
> > community to have a bad vendor on the list of
> sources.
> > 
> > Always research who you're buying from, kids.
> 
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