Well, if this is true, then one should see an equal number of DVD's not being received by the subscriber. It seems like the complaints - at least in this person's case - only go one way: the return direction.
Sorry dude - but many audiophiles prefer belt drive. And there are super expensive belt drives out there. Do a google search and you'll see.
(And I do own a pair of Technics MK2's).
I find that the user feedback system could be vastly improved:
(1) Information about the particular item that the feedback is referring to is deleted after a few months. So - you then have no idea whether the item was $5 or $1000, unless you contact the other party. So at the very least, ebay should also store the price of the item (can't be much more room in their database can it?). A description of the item would be an additional plus.
(2) You can't search/sort for positive/negative feedback. Sometimes you have these guys with 10000 or more feedbacks, with a few hundred negatives. You have to go page by page to find the negative ones. Extremely tedious.
As other posters have said - ebay is being extremely short-sighted in their pursuit of volume by allowing scam-artists to rack up large volumes of sales. At this point in time, ebay is like a 3rd world nation. No real "legal system" in place.
I would love to start my own auction site and do it right. But ebay would probably start stealing all my ideas if my site even remotely became something of a competitive threat.
Originally posted by Amis Deacon, I don't think the story casts you in a negative light at all, and it certainly was not meant to. As you know, I play this game a lot too. I think the response of the community so far, all of these congratulatory posts, demonstrates that far from being a "negative" portrayal, it tries to show how much you mean to this community and how much this community means to you. I hope you come to see it that way.
your friend, amis
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Seth, you wrote so many lies in that article that I had to put on hip waders to get through it all. Literally everything you put in there about my real life was taken out of context.
"Blue collar side of Madison"? "Adult bookstores"? Excuse me, while there's nothing wrong with blue collar type work, since when did you learn so much about the city of Madison to know what side of town is blue collar? And why was there a pressing need to mention that there is an adult bookstore FIVE MILES from my home?
Look at everything you wrote. You see how it all has a downward slant to it?
A journalist with integrity would have written something like
"Despite hardship, the Stenlunds maintain a loving marriage and Richard extends his warm and friendly personality to the gameworld of Anarchy Online, where he spends a considerable portion of his time helping and coaching new players become acclimated to such a complex social heirarchy".
That's complimentary.
Instead, you take a comment that my wife said and take it out of context. "You are a pervert." Now what she REALLY said was "You're a pervert." Then she put a hand on my shoulder and said "No, I'm just kidding, he's really a good guy."
So you took the negative and cut the positive. Look at the comments my mother made. She talked to you about my background as an actor, an entertainer and how moving to Las Vegas would help getme started once more in the field of entertainment. What parts did you use? The parts that made me look like a social reject.
Since your writing skills are amatuer at best, perhaps you would like another example of how to write a complimentary article?
"The Stenlunds reside in a nicely decorated two bedroom apartment on Madison's east side, where they own and operate a small computer repair business. When business is slow, Richard passes the time posting humorous or insightful comments on the Anarchy Online message board or logs into the game to assist his guild, Storm, with raids or player versus player combat, the latter of which he has established a name for himself in. But what may be surprising to some, is that he is able to separate his online persona from his work life and does not let the game distract him from his job functions."
And then you could have included comments I made about releasing the ID. Instead, you misquote me as saying that I hate people, etc.
Even my goal of moving to Las Vegas was taken out of context. As I told you many many times, we're moving to Vegas not only for the job opportunities, but also for a new form of entertainment, to actually get away from inactive hobbies like video games and television and really enjoy life firsthand.
As you saw when you were here Amis, we don't sit around the house when there's something to do. Sarah and I were the ones dragging you places and actually wore *you* out. After you retired to the Hotel room, we were out at the Karaoke bar and dancing the night away in a club, while you could talk about nothing but playing AO and how you missed AO.
As for the amount of time that I spend online, you had told me specifically that that would not be the focus of the article, yet there it is at the top.
Let me explain again, as you may have forgotten, that I don't watch television.....at all. Anarchy Online is my television and the time I spend in ao rivals the time that the average american watches television. Yet the way you paint it makes it appear that I'm 'escaping society'.
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Well, if this is true, then one should see an equal number of DVD's not being received by the subscriber. It seems like the complaints - at least in this person's case - only go one way: the return direction.
Sorry dude - but many audiophiles prefer belt drive. And there are super expensive belt drives out there. Do a google search and you'll see. (And I do own a pair of Technics MK2's).
(1) Information about the particular item that the feedback is referring to is deleted after a few months. So - you then have no idea whether the item was $5 or $1000, unless you contact the other party. So at the very least, ebay should also store the price of the item (can't be much more room in their database can it?). A description of the item would be an additional plus.
(2) You can't search/sort for positive/negative feedback. Sometimes you have these guys with 10000 or more feedbacks, with a few hundred negatives. You have to go page by page to find the negative ones. Extremely tedious.
As other posters have said - ebay is being extremely short-sighted in their pursuit of volume by allowing scam-artists to rack up large volumes of sales. At this point in time, ebay is like a 3rd world nation. No real "legal system" in place. I would love to start my own auction site and do it right. But ebay would probably start stealing all my ideas if my site even remotely became something of a competitive threat.
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Originally posted by Amis
Deacon, I don't think the story casts you in a negative light at all, and it certainly was not meant to. As you know, I play this game a lot too. I think the response of the community so far, all of these congratulatory posts, demonstrates that far from being a "negative" portrayal, it tries to show how much you mean to this community and how much this community means to you. I hope you come to see it that way.
your friend,
amis
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Seth, you wrote so many lies in that article that I had to put on hip waders to get through it all. Literally everything you put in there about my real life was taken out of context.
"Blue collar side of Madison"? "Adult bookstores"? Excuse me, while there's nothing wrong with blue collar type work, since when did you learn so much about the city of Madison to know what side of town is blue collar? And why was there a pressing need to mention that there is an adult bookstore FIVE MILES from my home?
Look at everything you wrote. You see how it all has a downward slant to it?
A journalist with integrity would have written something like
"Despite hardship, the Stenlunds maintain a loving marriage and Richard extends his warm and friendly personality to the gameworld of Anarchy Online, where he spends a considerable portion of his time helping and coaching new players become acclimated to such a complex social heirarchy".
That's complimentary.
Instead, you take a comment that my wife said and take it out of context. "You are a pervert." Now what she REALLY said was "You're a pervert." Then she put a hand on my shoulder and said "No, I'm just kidding, he's really a good guy."
So you took the negative and cut the positive. Look at the comments my mother made. She talked to you about my background as an actor, an entertainer and how moving to Las Vegas would help getme started once more in the field of entertainment. What parts did you use? The parts that made me look like a social reject.
Since your writing skills are amatuer at best, perhaps you would like another example of how to write a complimentary article?
"The Stenlunds reside in a nicely decorated two bedroom apartment on Madison's east side, where they own and operate a small computer repair business. When business is slow, Richard passes the time posting humorous or insightful comments on the Anarchy Online message board or logs into the game to assist his guild, Storm, with raids or player versus player combat, the latter of which he has established a name for himself in. But what may be surprising to some, is that he is able to separate his online persona from his work life and does not let the game distract him from his job functions."
And then you could have included comments I made about releasing the ID. Instead, you misquote me as saying that I hate people, etc.
Even my goal of moving to Las Vegas was taken out of context. As I told you many many times, we're moving to Vegas not only for the job opportunities, but also for a new form of entertainment, to actually get away from inactive hobbies like video games and television and really enjoy life firsthand.
As you saw when you were here Amis, we don't sit around the house when there's something to do. Sarah and I were the ones dragging you places and actually wore *you* out. After you retired to the Hotel room, we were out at the Karaoke bar and dancing the night away in a club, while you could talk about nothing but playing AO and how you missed AO.
As for the amount of time that I spend online, you had told me specifically that that would not be the focus of the article, yet there it is at the top.
Let me explain again, as you may have forgotten, that I don't watch television.....at all. Anarchy Online is my television and the time I spend in ao rivals the time that the average american watches television. Yet the way you paint it makes it appear that I'm 'escaping society'.
You call m