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Adam P
Well-known member
That wasn't a "claim"; I have family that worked at the factory.
That wasn't a "claim"; I have family that worked at the factory.
Obi-Wan zenabI
Active member
You greedy bastards.
I don't even own a single LDC..... was totally waiting for something like this.
I don't even own a single LDC..... was totally waiting for something like this.
warble2
Not an expert
The CAD isn't as "brisk" in the high end (I thought the B1 I used to own was too harsh in the high end). Pretty neutral really - no egagerated highs, and pretty even keel in the mids and lows. I feel they make a good general purpose mic.
thajeremy
registered abuser
You greedy bastards.
Ill sell you one for $120.....
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sdelsolray
Active member
CAD never claimed all its mics were made in the USA. It stated that some of its mics were made in the USA, specifically the VX2 and VSM1, and perhaps a few others, but never did it claim the M177 or M179 were made in the USA. The were always made in China, with a QC step in the USA.
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isfahani
Disciple of Wong Jing
on the regular page for the mic: We're sorry, this product has been discontinued. 
I had already gotten two earlier on this year, so I wasn't going in for more. I hope that 3000 gets stupid next...
I had already gotten two earlier on this year, so I wasn't going in for more. I hope that 3000 gets stupid next...
kojdogg
bollocks redux!
yep-- i ordered three yesterday at about 8 AM EST and they refunded and cancelled the order today. great
warble2
Not an expert
Looks like they were liquidating their stock on hand. Too bad if it's really getting discontinued...great mic.
I bought mine here:
http://www.8thstreet.com/prod.asp?pid=7731
Mic and shock mount for $100 (not including shipping). Pretty good company that I've had decent luck with.
I bought mine here:
http://www.8thstreet.com/prod.asp?pid=7731
Mic and shock mount for $100 (not including shipping). Pretty good company that I've had decent luck with.
Chris Long
New member
Missed this--I sure wish there was a way to have that Stupid Deal page sent to my email every morning, so that I'd have a head's up without having to remember to go check the page. Too many other things to do each day for me to consistently remember to check it out...
There's no RSS feed for the page, otherwise I'd go that route...does anyone have any ideas about how I can set up a system that automatically checks the MF Stupid Deal page?
There's no RSS feed for the page, otherwise I'd go that route...does anyone have any ideas about how I can set up a system that automatically checks the MF Stupid Deal page?
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docmattic
New member
i set it as my home page every time i open the browser.
crazydoc
Master Baiter
Excellent idea - I just did the same. Thanks, and here's some rep for ya.
Obi-Wan zenabI
Active member
Egads that's a terrible idea. There would be jet contrails coming from the back of my credit card if I started to make things like that my homepage!
warble2
Not an expert
timboZ
New member
Just do what I do......
The first hour of my work day I surf the net for deals on gear.
Then the second hour I order gear.....
The third hour I take a coffee break and watch for the UPS man.
The forth hour I round up all my packages of gear from the UPS guy.
LUNCH BREAK
The fifth hour open the packages.
The sixth hour play with my new toys.
Seventh hour do some real work,,,
Eight hour I pack up all my new toys to take home.....
Time to go home.............Work can be exhausting...........
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isfahani
Disciple of Wong Jing
now it says Backordered: Available 11-16-2007
antichef
pornk rock
are you the linux geek type? If so:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
my ($page,@lines,$line,$next, $subj, $msg);
$page = `wget -qO- http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid`;
@lines = split("\n",$page);
$next = 0;
foreach $line (@lines) {
if ($next == 1) {
$line =~ /;">(.*)<\/p><\/td>/;
$subj .= $1;
$next = 0;
} elsif ($next == 2) {
$line =~ /(\$.*)<\/div>/;
my $price = $1;
$price =~ s/\$/\\\$/;
$subj .= " - $price";
$next = 0;
} elsif ($next == 3) {
$line =~ /<p>(.*)/;
$msg .= $1;
$next = 0;
}
$next = 1 if ($line =~ /Yes and No graphic links/);
$next = 2 if ($line =~ /Today's Stupid Price/);
$next = 3 if ($line =~ /Copy for the deal/);
}
open (MAIL, "|mail youremail\@example.com -s \"$subj\"");
print MAIL $msg;
close MAIL;
yuck - that didn't preserve any indentation, and that's not a pretty bit of perl, even with the indentation -- anyway, save that as a script called, maybe stupiddeal.pl, make it executable, then
>crontab -e
and put in a line like:
0 4 * * * /home/mydir/stupiddeal.pl
and save. Voila - works for me, and there's a 5% chance it'll work for you (and that chance can dramatically increase if you're able to edit the script as needed for your system), at first, and then when they change the web page, it'll break.
There's probably a better way
It's weird - my laptop is showing the previous day's deal (a drum stand or something), but the email is showing a banana speaker cable - maybe a caching problem on my laptop? dunno.
thajeremy
registered abuser
Just do what I do......
The first hour of my work day I surf the net for deals on gear.
Then the second hour I order gear.....
The third hour I take a coffee break and watch for the UPS man.
The forth hour I round up all my packages of gear from the UPS guy.
LUNCH BREAK
The fifth hour open the packages.
The sixth hour play with my new toys.
Seventh hour do some real work,,,
Eight hour I pack up all my new toys to take home.....
Time to go home.............Work can be exhausting...........
Dude!!! Where do you work??? Sounds like a GREAT company..
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docmattic
New member
Just do what I do......
The first hour of my work day I surf the net for deals on gear.
Then the second hour I order gear.....
The third hour I take a coffee break and watch for the UPS man.
The forth hour I round up all my packages of gear from the UPS guy.
LUNCH BREAK
The fifth hour open the packages.
The sixth hour play with my new toys.
Seventh hour do some real work,,,
Eight hour I pack up all my new toys to take home.....
Time to go home.............Work can be exhausting...........
wanna get me a job!
Chris Long
New member
are you the linux geek type? If so:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
my ($page,@lines,$line,$next, $subj, $msg);
$page = `wget -qO- http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid`;
@lines = split("\n",$page);
$next = 0;
foreach $line (@lines) {
if ($next == 1) {
$line =~ /;">(.*)<\/p><\/td>/;
$subj .= $1;
$next = 0;
} elsif ($next == 2) {
$line =~ /(\$.*)<\/div>/;
my $price = $1;
$price =~ s/\$/\\\$/;
$subj .= " - $price";
$next = 0;
} elsif ($next == 3) {
$line =~ /<p>(.*)/;
$msg .= $1;
$next = 0;
}
$next = 1 if ($line =~ /Yes and No graphic links/);
$next = 2 if ($line =~ /Today's Stupid Price/);
$next = 3 if ($line =~ /Copy for the deal/);
}
open (MAIL, "|mail youremail\@example.com -s \"$subj\"");
print MAIL $msg;
close MAIL;
yuck - that didn't preserve any indentation, and that's not a pretty bit of perl, even with the indentation -- anyway, save that as a script called, maybe stupiddeal.pl, make it executable, then
>crontab -e
and put in a line like:
0 4 * * * /home/mydir/stupiddeal.pl
and save. Voila - works for me, and there's a 5% chance it'll work for you (and that chance can dramatically increase if you're able to edit the script as needed for your system), at first, and then when they change the web page, it'll break.
There's probably a better way
It's weird - my laptop is showing the previous day's deal (a drum stand or something), but the email is showing a banana speaker cable - maybe a caching problem on my laptop? dunno.
Not a Linux geek, but this is just the sort of thing I was thinking about, since there doesn't seem to be any app out there (that I am aware of) that will do what I want. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize how much I might use such an app in other situations.
It would just do this:
1. Periodically check a certain webpage/site/url, at a time that I indicated, like once a day at 4 or 5am, and
2. Report what it found to my email address.
3. Also, I would call it something snappy, like WebChecker (though I'm sure that name's been taken...). Maybe Fetchmonger, Fetchmonkey, WebRover, RetrieveMe or WebValet. All of which I'm sure are taken.
I may get a friend to look over this code (it's beyond me) or tailor something else to do what I describe above. How hard can that be? (especially if my friend is doing it)
Thanks for the input!!
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Daveg62
New member
Just got my tracking cofirmation email. Mine will be here on Tuesday. WoooHooo!!!