This is classic.
I got a response.
First I sent this ....... I was obviously pissed.
"From: Mike Canton
To:
wcsmitherman@bellsouth.net
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:25 PM
Subject: Where's my money!
Listen asshole,
this is now far beyond any bullshit excuse you may have.
You owe me $125.00 for the Gadgetlabs sound card.
Pay up dick.
Since you've made every effort, in my opinion, to avoid contact with me I must now begin to leave as much negative feedback as I can find places to leave it ...... i.e. the Homerecording.com, EBAY, and every other music forum I can find.
As soon as you leave me opportunity I will be forced to leave as much proof of you being an asshole on your band's web forum also.
If this is a Cc: to any of the other band members, and you do not wish to have you band name associated with a LOT of negative comments due to WCSMITHERMAN's lack of integrety, then I suggest you strongly encourage him to contact me immediately and PAYPAL me the $125.00 he agreed to pay me.
You leave me no choice.
-mike"
Not very poetic and admittedly a bit immature, but at least provoked a response.
"From: William Smitherman
To: Mike Canton
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Where's my money!
lol.... Nice one. U get more flies with honey than with salt asshole. Ya see, I've actually been outta town for close to a month, but u don't wanna hear any more bullshit excuses, so go fuck yourself.
That's all you're gonna get from me as of now.
Guess ya shoulda been a little nicer,
William"
To which I have responded ........
"I could care less about flies and even proverbial honey goes rotten when left sitting too long..........like a month.
Funny.
You've been out of town for a month but have purchased MORE soundcards and have been quite busy trouble shooting their set up to use them.
Guess it must be for your mobile recording rig, right?
....from
http://www.gadgetlabs.org/ .....
Posted: Oct. 11 2004,20:04
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Just curious, as I've just got another 496. Which puts me up at 1 824, and 2 496's. My question is, can they all sync together BEFORE the CP comes out? It's not really that big of a deal, as I can wait for the CP, but I do tend to get a little anxious... hehehe
William
....and ....
Posted: Oct. 14 2004,01:14
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Doug,
Sweet! Thanks for the info. I just obtained my 2nd 824. So in all I now have 2 496's, and 2 824's! So the 4 card scenario is about to be kickin'! However I do believe that I will be sellin' my 496's. May hang on to one due to Eric's very helpful advice about the 24/96 capabilities. Thanks again for that Eric. And Thank you as well Doug!
William
Let's see .......Oct.14th ....... that was only a week ago ..... so you've had access to a computer and yet have refused to respond to any of my more than cordial e-mails and private messages on the BBS.
In fact the only one you have responded to is the "salty" one I sent to you and all of your bandmates.
Would you or your management like a copy of all of our communications before you ceased them, because I have them.
And in them you agreed to pay me $125.00.
Now apparently you feel justified in intentionally stealing from me because after avoiding me for a month (from my point of view) and still not paying me, I have stopped being nice.
Tell me something Will.
I trusted you enough to send you the card first, to test and make sure it was cool, before you sent me anything.
Then after some back and forth you stop communications with me.
That was a month ago.
Meanwhile you've been spending MONEY and time BUYING ADDITIONAL HARDWARE and getting help completing your computer set-up and , yet not contacting me or paying me.
How long would you wait before you stopped being nice???
If your intention from the start was to rip me off, which I dont believe it was, then why waste time with all of the initial e-mails.
If you were not intending to rip me off then why not get in contact with me????
Did any of my previous messages indicate that I would not be understanding and receptive if you had needed more time?
The fact now remains that you still owe me $125 and are a self-declared thief if you do not paypal me promptly.
I have been more than fair and far more than patient.
-mike"
I think its understandable to anyone why I stopped being nice.
-mike
..... oh by the way .....this is the response from the band management.... very professional.
"From:
Management@abittersunday.com
To: Mike Canton
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: Where's my lousy $125.00 WCSMITHERMAN!!!!??
Mike,
As much effort as you have made to slander one of our band members, which in this case will be reported to your ISP, this is a matter in which you'll have to settle on your own. And I've been informed that this "transaction" was not held on Ebay, so it looks like you'll have a time trying to leave any kind of feedback there. And about the "DICK" comment. It appears that you've seen one or two up close. Now, as far as bringing any "heat" on the band with this crap that YOU say is true, well there won't be any loss of shows, or studio time, or radio time, or anything else for that matter over this.
I guess it's just something you'll have to live with, and eventually let it go.
Sincerely,
Jason Meadows
A Bitter Sunday Management"
-mike