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Posted on 03-Mar-2003 03:17 GMT by Atheist234 comments
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There are two sources of hardware to the continuation of the Amiga legacy. Neither side trusts each other, and accusations are flying in both directions. Both companies are in danger of folding, and I am worried... ...worried that, mischief makers on both sides are going to sabotage the other.

Spreading rumors/lies is one thing. If a prospective buyer reads information found all over the internet and asks people their opinions, this will cause minimal damage, and at least they will hopefully buy one of the two systems.

I strongly feel that, in the face of this animosity, it will not be past some users to purchase a system from the side they dislike, damage the board and return it, requesting a refund, having never intended to own it in the first place. I think both sides should agree that any purchaser of either product, sign a form waiving their right to return a board and get a refund. They could use the same form, just it would only have their companies name on it. This must waive actions through the credit card company also, if so purchased.

I am being totally neutral in that it IS in BOTH companies best interests.

We are all grown ups. We KNOW what each product represents. Make a choice, and stick with it, or don't buy one.

This is a most unusal action to be taken, but this is a unique situation, is it not? Again I stress, neither company can afford even 1 person harassing them in such a manner. It costs money and time, bottom line, malicious damage. How can a customer be sued on such a basis?

I have no problem signing such a form as I have chosen a side and am an adult, make choices, and stand by them.

Thierry Predavec, Vancouver, Canada

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Trust? : Comment 12 of 34ANN.lu
Posted by Daniel Miller on 03-Mar-2003 10:19 GMT
IMO you are being unrealistic in thinking that some hater is going to buy a
board from "the other camp" just to intentionally damage and return it. There
are some losers out there making a long term hobby of anonymous attack posts
in public discussion forums like ANN, but these are the kind of twits who
can't raise $25 to go out on a date, much less the money required to invest in
a new computer system. I don't think any consumer should waive his rights by
signing a special "I agree not to return this under any circumstances" form.

Now, trust. When I bought my Pegasos a year ago (an early Betatester 1) I was
not able to use it with my rather old monitors (I think this was actually a
Radeon 7000 issue as opposed to a Pegasos issue). We didn't know exactly what
the problem was, and Genesi sent me a second hard-drive with new MorphOS
installation. They didn't demand that I return anything first; they just tried
to get me up and running. So this built trust. I generally have found that
Genesi does what they say they will do, and they demonstrate their commitment
to the community by going to all the user conventions.

I am not going to waste a lot of time criticizing the "other camp" but the
coupon/T-shirt promotion speaks for itself, as did the "on schedule and
rockin'" promotion, and I would even go so far as to say that when Alan
Redhouse of Eyetech was hawking Amiga Ones before Christmas by saying OS4
would be out before Christmas or "early next year at the latest" he knew
darn well the odds were against that.

But now I am intruding on your rant with my own. ;) See ya!
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