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Subject: WSFT and other rants
Original Message 1/26 12-Nov-02 @ 02:07 AM - WSFT and other rants
Walked past this music shop the other day and remembered how they f*cked me over years ago, I went in to buy an midi converter for my PC. Trusting the guy I bought an Opcode one, on the way out one of the younger sales guys said "Yeah but is he using Win98 or Win95", the senior guy responded with "His using Windows 95" and gave him a shutup look. It costed me a bit of dough and then 6 months later guess what, I upgraded to Win98 and found that Opcode weren't writing drivers for Win98. In short I was suckered and I was angry and hurt and felt disenchanted till I found this site.
Anyway point being a little advice early on can save some kids alot of hard earned dough.
Message 2/26 12-Nov-02 @ 05:53 AM - RE: WSFT and other rants
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Message 3/26 12-Nov-02 @ 07:45 AM Edit: 12-Nov-02 | 07:47 AM - RE: WSFT and other rants
Too many times I see people giving shit just because a question has been answered before. People don't always do a search when they come to a new forum. Welcome to the internet. Those people aren't assholes, sometimes they're 55-year-old fathers trying to get their kid's Casio talking to his copy of "Rock Along with Aerosmith." Just try to think of your dad trying to get his head around a soft-synth host and you'll see what I mean. Be considerate is all I'm saying...
psylichon
Message 4/26 12-Nov-02 @ 11:49 AM - RE: WSFT and other rants
but that's how we learn how shitty, corrupt and evil humans really are so it's good. well it would be if people didn't decide to be shitty, corrupt and evil too when they discover thsi.
btw a friend of mine (really!) uses that opcode now, with w98.. it works, but the driver have to be reinstalled if you mess with the system at all/look at it sideways
Message 5/26 12-Nov-02 @ 02:33 PM - RE: WSFT and other rants
Message 6/26 12-Nov-02 @ 03:36 PM - RE: WSFT and other rants
9.15 am Saturday morning(me with bad hangover)
Customer appears at counter
"I want a scratchplate screw for a 1962 strat"
"Here you are that will be two new pence please"
"Hold on let me look at it are you sure this is a genuine 1962 screw?"
"Forgive me I have erred that is in fact a 1958 screw hold on and I'll pop downstairs and dig out a genuine 1962 screw for you"
2 mins later
"Here you are"(exact same screw in hand)
"Could I have 3 more?"
(supressing a sigh)"Certainly"
2mins later
"Here you go that'll be 8 pence please"
"Those ones look different"
"I assure you that they're exactly the same"
"Are you sure?"
"As sure as I can be without actually having manufactured them myself"
"Are you trying to be funny?"
"No I'm trying to sell you 8 pence worth of screws"
"I want to speak to the manager"
"I am the manager what do you want to speak to me about"
"I want to speak to the owner"
"He's not here"
"This isn't the end of this you know!"
Storms off in a filthy mood.
I actually had this conversation with a customer this same guy later wrote to Guitarist magazine and castigated the staff of the shop all over 8 fucking pence.I found it very difficult at the time not to leap over the counter and beat him to death with a bass guitar.These sorts of incidents happen fairly frequently when working in music shops(in my own experience of course).
Message 7/26 12-Nov-02 @ 05:59 PM - RE: WSFT and other rants
Music store people = used car salesmen. For the most part. And most of 'em wouldn't know their asses from their elbows.
-Craig
Message 8/26 12-Nov-02 @ 06:06 PM - RE: WSFT and other rants
Message 9/26 12-Nov-02 @ 06:39 PM - RE: WSFT and other rants
Once I was buying an EFX processor at guitar center and I had to hook it up to the synth to try it out. The guy in Keyboard/pro audio didn't know how to run the audio to a processor. Just an example.
And guys, it's your own fault if a music shop takes advantage of you. Never rely on the advice of the person who stands to make a profit from you... do your own research on gear!
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