[Coco] Oblique Triad: A real straight-shooter!

[Stan Blazejewski]

Hey, you've still been ripped off to about $80  !!

At 5% interest, over 12 years would now be worth $179 !! not to mention the
actual 'value' of that money compared to now.

Are you going to push for the lost interest?
:-^)
(totally tongue in cheek)

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:28:20 -0700, you wrote:

>*(this is a letter which was originally mailed to the Glenside Color
>Computer Club, and is being posted here for COCO-nostalgia's sake)
>
>
>
>Oblique* Triad: A real *straight*-shooter!
>
>
>You're probably wondering why I am sending a $100 donation to the Glenside
>Color Computer Club.
>
>In the previous letter/article entitled, "What did the Color Computer ever
>do for me?", (which was posted on the Maltedmedia list in 2006) I made a
>reference to being ripped off by a Canadian company called Oblique Triad,
>for a product called Studio Works Pro, which was a hardware/software audio
>sampler for the Coco.
>Oblique Triad was a two-man company comprising of Jeff Noyle and David
>Triggerson.
>(I was always impressed with the name, "Oblique Triad")
>
>It all started approximately 12 years ago, when I had purchased Studio Works
>Pro from Oblique Triad. The product worked fairly well, but there was some
>problem with it, which I cannot remember now, which caused me to return it
>for a refund. After many weeks had passed I had not received my refund. So I
>had called Oblique Triad, and left several messages which were also not
>returned. Not knowing how to deal with a fraud case for a Canadian company,
>I had called something of the equivalent to The Better Business Bureau, in
>Canada. For some reasons which I cannot remember now, they could not help me
>with this problem. Over the following months I had tried calling Oblique
>Triad many times, still not having any success. So I gave up on my pursuit
>to get reimbursed, and forgot about it over the years.
>
>After having discovered the GCC's web page, casually following a trail of
>links from it, I came across an email dated 2003, from Distant Systems, the
>company which Jeff Noyle was working for, granting permission to put one of
>their coco games into the public domain.
>
>I had sent an email to the address from Distant Systems, but it was
>returned. By dumb luck, I had then tried substituting Jeff's name then
>adding the domain for Distant Systems. This time the email was not returned,
>but I had not received a reply.
>
>A few days later, I had found an email from Paypal regarding payment from
>Jeff at Distant Systems, accompanied by the following letter.
>
>"Subject: Refund for Studio Works Pro
>
>Hi Tony,
>
>I deeply apologize for how long you've had to wait for this, and I am
>impressed by your perseverance!
>
>I recall getting an email from you about 12 or so years ago and consciously
>ignoring it at the time because i didn't have $100 to my name. I said to
>myself "I'll pay him back some day" and promptly (or conveniently) forgot.
>
>Anyway, here's the $100. I hope paypal works for you. If not, please let me
>know at the <email address removed> address and I'll send a check or
>whatever you'd prefer.
>
>Apologies again
>
>-Jeff (and Dave in absentia) "
>
>
>I was really happy that this problem had finally been resolved. It wasn't so
>much about getting my money back, but just having a confirmation and
>admission of the problem by Oblique Triad.
>
>So I am donating this $100 to the GCC to help with their expenses, since
>because of my involvement with the Coco from their web page, I was able to
>finally get this issue resolved.
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