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Brad Rogers said, 

> That archive is about 250 weeks old, Dave.  IOW, it was uploaded some 4 and
> a half years ago.  The author may well have moved in that time, since he
> was at university when he uploaded that program.  There's a distinct
> possibility that the money you sent never got to him.

> This doesn't help with your problem, I know, but the author isn't fully to
> blame here, I suspect.  Mind you, he /should/ have updated the archive to
> show new addresses, etc.

He may well have moved on from the Amiga before moving on from
university. The safe option is to always mail before sending money.

A safer option is to use Eurocheques wherever possible.


Neil
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Brad Rogers (fake@pianosa.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:
> On 22-Oct-99 00:57:21, Dave Beames wrote something about Shareware?	Phooey :-( to All,

> This doesn't help with your problem, I know, but the author isn't fully to
> blame here, I suspect.

Yeah, I realise it has been around for a long time, but what I'm cross
about is that, having posted this stuff, he should then walk away without
leaving a forwarding address.

> Mind you, he /should/ have updated the archive to
> show new addresses, etc.

Exactly so :-)

I repeat, it doesn't encourage honesty next time.

DaveB

Brad Rogers (fake@pianosa.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:
> On 23-Oct-99 23:10:14, Neil Bothwick wrote something about Re: Shareware?   Phooey :-( to All,

> >university. The safe option is to always mail before sending money.
> >A safer option is to use Eurocheques wherever possible.
>
> Yeah, I know.	 I just felt that saying that was a bit like rubbing salt
> into Dave's wounds.  Not what he needed to hear at the time.....

Thank you, Brad.  What a thoughtful chap :-)

It's not even the money, so much as that I really like the dam' program.
I wonder how he does the ten-minute timer .... nah, can't be bothered.

DaveB

Dave Beames said, 

> Brad Rogers (fake@pianosa.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:

>> This doesn't help with your problem, I know, but the author isn't fully to
>> blame here, I suspect.

> Yeah, I realise it has been around for a long time, but what I'm cross
> about is that, having posted this stuff, he should then walk away without
> leaving a forwarding address.

Who's to say he didn't. It was over four hears ago, who knows how many
occupants that address has had since then.


Neil
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Brad Rogers (fake@pianosa.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:
> On 23-Oct-99 23:17:02, Dave Beames wrote something about Re: Shareware?   Phooey :-( to All,

> >I repeat, it doesn't encourage honesty next time.
>
> I understand how you feel, but;
>
> That's hardly fair, IMO.  I mean, just because you got shafted by (say) one
> retailer, that doesn't mean they're all bad.  You simply can't tar *all*
> shareware authors with the same brush.

I know, I know, and it's the first bad experience I've had in quite a lot.
Shan't *really* try to rip others off in the future :-)

DaveB

Neil Bothwick (postmaster@wirenet.co.uk) wrote:
> Dave Beames said,
> > about is that, having posted this stuff, he should then walk away without
> > leaving a forwarding address.
>
> Who's to say he didn't. It was over four hears ago, who knows how many
> occupants that address has had since then.

I'm to say he didn't :-)
I'm not talking about his email address, but about the fact that he
couldn't be bothered to change the contact address(es) given in his
wossname on Aminet.

DaveB

Dave Beames said, 

> Neil Bothwick (postmaster@wirenet.co.uk) wrote:
>> Dave Beames said,
>> > about is that, having posted this stuff, he should then walk away without
>> > leaving a forwarding address.
>>
>> Who's to say he didn't. It was over four hears ago, who knows how many
>> occupants that address has had since then.

> I'm to say he didn't :-)
> I'm not talking about his email address,

His email address is irrelevant, since you didn't use it before sending
the money :(

I was talking about his snail mail address.

> but about the fact that he
> couldn't be bothered to change the contact address(es) given in his
> wossname on Aminet.

If he'd left the Amiga, especially if no more registrations were coming
through to remind him of it, he may well have forgotten all about it.

It doesn't help you, and I can understand you feeling annoyed about it,
but shit happens. It's easy to see with hindsight, but I'd never send
cash to an old address without checking it out first.

Like much of life, it's a learning experience. I hope this one wasn't
too expensive for you.


Neil
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Neil Bothwick (postmaster@wirenet.co.uk) wrote:
> Dave Beames said,

Sorry if I've messed up the attributions, but we know who said what :-)

> His email address is irrelevant, since you didn't use it before sending
> the money :(

I didn't even *find* it before sending the money.  It was not in an
obvious place.	But you're right, of course.

> I was talking about his snail mail address.

So was I.

> If he'd left the Amiga, especially if no more registrations were coming
> through to remind him of it, he may well have forgotten all about it.

So he may, but what I'm saying is that he dam' well shouldn't have, and
that in doing so he has forfeited any right to "normal" treatment.

> Like much of life, it's a learning experience. I hope this one wasn't
> too expensive for you.

<grin> I can afford it.	 Like I said, the main annoyance is not being
able to get a full version of the wretched program.

Ne' mind, eh?   I'll know better in future.  Probably.

DaveB

Brad Rogers (fake@pianosa.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:
> On 25-Oct-99 23:24:23, Dave Beames wrote something about Re: Shareware?   Phooey :-( to All,

> >Thank you, Brad.  What a thoughtful chap :-)
>
> Don't knoock, dave.  My wife tells me it's rare for me to be thoughtful.  
> :-)

<G> But Brad, I haven't knoocked in years.

At my advanced age, the opportunity for knoocking doesn't arise.
Nor, except under the most extreme provocation, does anything else :-(
Perhaps it's just as well ....

Hell's teeth, I became a bloody grandfather last week :-(((((

Question:  does anyone know whether early 4000 motherboards were larger
than the later ones?
I've just towered my old one, and it doesn't actually fit properly.
Maybe it's just the ATEO kit -- I'm not hugely impressed with its quality.

DaveB