The Mellotron Group

On 5/26/08, lsf5275@aol.com <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:
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> Martin,
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> I understand your position, but please understand mine. I have tried to
> understand what is going on with production, but I cannot when I am
> uninformed. I took offense when you announced that The Kooks had a machine.
> I am confident that I placed my order before they did. When I asked you
> about that off list why The Kooks had one before I did, this is what I was
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> ME: Who are the Kooks, and why do they have a M4000 before I do?
> You: They had No.2 although they borrowed an M400 to make the album.
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> That was it. I could care less if they had a number two. Were they there at
> the beginning? I think you would be better off taking care of the rest of us
> before worrying about publicity and additional orders.
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> I remember back last summer when you told me that it would be here in
> September. I sold 1562 to come up with the balance. Money was extremely
> tight for me at that time and I was afraid I would otherwise be unable to
> pay the balance.
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> In September you told me I would have a great Christmas because it would be
> here by then.
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> In December, you told me that it would be here most probably in February. In
> late January you told me that I would have it definitely by the third week
> in June for NEARfest.
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> In late April you informed me that you could not meet that date.
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> Then you post about the Kooks. And now you tell us about someone getting one
> to score a movie. What about the rest of us?
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> What really disappoints me is that there is so little information coming to
> those of us who have supported Streetly from the beginning. Or maybe I'm
> wrong. Maybe others who have purchased one know more than I.
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> I think good faith has to be based on trust and that goes both ways. I trust
> Streetly enough to send you a lot of money. I would like to be trusted
> enough to be kept in the loop. I also would like to know that these machines
> will be received in the order in which they were purchased.
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> To be honest, I'm glad one will be used in a movie score. What are they
> going to do though, put that information up on the big screen? I'm going to
> think it very unfair if I have to wait even longer while you fill that
> order. I'm sure that film wasn't even in preproduction when I sent my
> deposit.
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> I told you that arguably the biggest selling and most prestigious keyboard
> magazine out there want's to review the M-4000. They want to come here and
> do that. That made no difference. That will get you far more publicity and
> orders than the movie score.
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> I don't want to hear that others are jumping the line to get their machines
> before I do. I don't even want to think that that is what is going on.
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> I have been emailed off list that I run the risk off pissing you off. It
> seems like a number of folks on this list are afraid of doing that. Well,
> I'm not trying to piss you off. I am concerned that the order I placed years
> ago will only be filled when every rock band who wants one has had their
> order filled.
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> I think it would be in Streetly's interest to come clean to those of us who
> have placed orders and waited patiently. Tell us where we are in the
> process. Tell us truthfully when we can expect our orders to be filled. If
> you want that information kept private, so be it. But I think you owe more
> than short shrift to me and to the others who have faithfully placed orders.
> I also think that you should fill orders as they were received. Period.
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> Frank
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