- Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:09 am
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hahahah! I managed to see it too. Tell them it was a picture of a cute bunny with a hat on. I dunno it's the best I could come up with.
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chas wrote:@ master_of_robotsI wish phalanx had left it. I thought it was comedy gold!
I saw your ASCII text before they removed it. Tears are still in my eyes from laughing so hard. I've had three people come to my cubicle and ask what was so funny. How can I explain this?
phalanx wrote:Hey don't get me wrong - I'm not bitter at all and am going forward with my purchase anyways (minus one item). I just think it is silly to lock a thread becasuse some people are being childish. If they were disturbing other threads, then absolutely...but this *is* a thread about free day and their complaints, while frivilous, are still relevant to the thread. Anyone in marketting will tell you that there is no bad information from a customer... which isn't the same thing as saying the customer is always right.sirscott71 wrote:why? because sparkfun doesn't want to hear negative opinions of their customers?No, the people who use this forum in a constructive manner don't want to be bothered by the complaints from people who didn't get through.
-Bill
master_of_robots wrote:I wish phalanx had left it. I thought it was comedy gold!There are some decency standards here and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't resort to calling me names via PM.
sirscott71 wrote:I just think it is silly to lock a thread becasuse some people are being childish.You'll notice I haven't locked anything yet.
phalanx wrote:Technically, I didn't call you anything. I was only making an analogy using a metaphor:master_of_robots wrote:I wish phalanx had left it. I thought it was comedy gold!There are some decency standards here and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't resort to calling me names via PM.
-Bill
sirscott71 wrote:Yeah but there is such an thing as constructive comments.phalanx wrote:Hey don't get me wrong - I'm not bitter at all and am going forward with my purchase anyways (minus one item). I just think it is silly to lock a thread becasuse some people are being childish. If they were disturbing other threads, then absolutely...but this *is* a thread about free day and their complaints, while frivilous, are still relevant to the thread. Anyone in marketting will tell you that there is no bad information from a customer... which isn't the same thing as saying the customer is always right.sirscott71 wrote:why? because sparkfun doesn't want to hear negative opinions of their customers?No, the people who use this forum in a constructive manner don't want to be bothered by the complaints from people who didn't get through.
-Bill
master_of_robots wrote:Stop it! You're making me laugh out loud again!phalanx wrote:Technically, I didn't call you anything. I was only making an analogy using a metaphor:master_of_robots wrote:I wish phalanx had left it. I thought it was comedy gold!There are some decency standards here and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't resort to calling me names via PM.
-Bill
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Regex wrote:See, I'm a new customer and I only heard of SF through some blog. The person mentioned Free Day and that's what caught my attention. I'm not so upset that I didn't get anything, but I am:For what it is worth - it really is a great site, particularly for breakout boards (without peer really). Their interface and website is great and they ship/deliver quickly. They just got in over their head today. Wait till the server stops smoking and have a look around.
-Frustrated about my first experience with the site
-Baffled that it wasn't better executed
-Upset that all the hype I had for the site was crushed
smedoz wrote:i doubt that the majority of people that got through are not going to use the products but repost them.I fully intend to use both the soldering station and Arduino kit I put together to entertaining use, if it makes you feel any better.
master_of_robots wrote:Thanks MOR I will have to look at that picture.brusmith wrote:Obviously, you haven't seen the posts on their headquarters. Nice building!jaimegmr wrote: <s> Yea, because IT and Customer Service are one and the same. </s>For all we know this is in someones basement!!