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Re: E-MU Newsletter

2001-11-03 by rabrown@kih.net

Just be glad you never bought a K2600X for $5500 when they first came 
out.

> > 
> > I just get the new E-MU Newsletter and discover that E-MU is 
cutting
> > the street price of the Command Stations to $999.00 bucks. 
Bummer. I
> > paid way more for BOTH the Command Stations. Then E-MU offers 
$200.00
> > off any expansions before Christmas. Just great. Who has money at
> > holiday time? That's straight bullshit E-MU. Man dudes I wrote my
> > dealer I bought my Command Stations from and ragged his shit for
> > that. I bought both Your Command Stations, E-MU, even pre-paid for
> > them before they came to the public and they have their quirks I 
HOPE
> > get worked out on Upgrades. And You offer 200.00 bucks off
> > Expansions? How about offering me 400.00 bucks off the cost of a 
new
> > Proteus 2500 Sequencer? I want one, for sure, but am I going to 
buy
> > one and then You decide to cut the price later and screw people 
like
> > us who paid bigger bucks for Your technology? Really. I'm not 
joking
> > here. I can't afford expansions before the holidays. So I'm 
screwed
> > is what E-MU is saying. Man I am one unhappy customer. Unhappy 
enough
> > to do an up-front review for Keyboard Magazine or Future Music in 
the
> > UK with glossy photos of my Command Stations and what I like and
> > don't... believe me, I sleep with these machines. I want some one 
at
> > E-MU to write me and talk directly. I cannot afford Expansions 
before
> > Christmas. I straight up want some discount for what extra I 
coughed
> > up for my Command Stations. And in the New Year. I am NOT joking 
one
> > bit here. That's bullshit, and You know it, E-MU.
> > Write me, straight up. Make me an offer that's fair as a cash
> > customer. Go ahead, call me or my dealer at Sweetwater Sound. 
That's
> > like about 500.00 I'm out in investments and You offer me a pissy
> > deal on Expansions? Get Real. Wake up and smell the Thorns.
> > Ricky Ray
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