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Post by Admin on Apr 23, 2018 14:38:37 GMT -5
Is he also asking for a refund?
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Post by stridsvognen on Apr 23, 2018 15:09:24 GMT -5
Is he also asking for a refund? He is asking to get a set of standard boards back, thats all, Mike will never deliver anything, he is playing his usual game demanding, and putting up compleetly unaceptable terms.. Fair would be a set of standard boards and a full refund, with all expences covered, as he destroyed this guys boards, specially by putting the epoxy so there is no working on these boards. I installed a NIB NOS 9510LC Ultra in mikes basement, and borowed him 800$ to help him out of a financial situation, and the thanks i got was 2000 emails of excuse and not a single $ for the projector or any other stuff he borowed.. He will pay one way or another some day. |
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Post by Racerxnet1 on Apr 23, 2018 20:13:26 GMT -5
MP has no morals and it is really easy to see this based on his replies when the SHTF. I wouldn’t give him the sweat off my balls on a hot day..
MAK
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Post by nashou on Apr 24, 2018 18:15:41 GMT -5
Mp will always find an excuse for his poor behavior and board modifications. The reason he never finds a fault with the output is because he does not know how to calibrate with a meter or have the skills necessary for the procedure. Looks like Nidi got hosed like others. Good luck guys, I'll just watch from the sideline. MAK On AVS years ago before you boys came into the CRT world I would challenge him to show us a calibration report with his mods and also do shootouts with Greg Eiseman and Hi Rez, etc. He always had his terms and never would show us a calibration report using some stupid excuse. Then I get threatening E-mails he is going to sue me if I keep it up. Yeah right, A real winner. Nashou |
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Post by km987654 on Apr 24, 2018 20:13:46 GMT -5
I just don't understand why people keep dealing with him. There are far too many bad experiences including my own and a lot of these are available in open forums for people to read.
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Post by stridsvognen on Apr 25, 2018 9:16:40 GMT -5
Its not that simple.. I was warned, but ignored it due to hope and promises, and got messed into it with the best intentions, did all i could to help, as there was always a excuse why this and that, the cases spread over many years, and its hard to find if you dont know where to look.
Whats missing is everybody stepping forward, and sharing the experience, and get it closed down, as there will be others in the future.. Just see how wolfman in Sweden is getting pulled around by Mike these days, and he has a god chunk of money on the line, and Mike will keep promise him whatever it takes to keep him hoping.
The threads are always mostly 1 man fights, wich Mike has specialised in using excuses and confuse everybody, notice how he always get a full circle of excuses, from disapointment to anger threads, and pitty. He will push whatever button to confuse people.
Then you have Curt Palmer who seems to cover for Mike when needet, keeping him alive to scam the next new guy in line, from the stories i heard Mike tell Curt scammed quite a few to, so i guess they do what it takes to cover for each other.
Not sure where Kal is on this, for sure he is aware of the many scams Mike pulled off, and all the troublesome threads over time regarding these cases, but he let it continue.
Question is what can we all do to stop it, so nobody else get a victim to the MP scam again, sit on the sideline crying after been bend over the counter and ass raped, or man up and say i dont accept that and fight back.
Seems to be building up a momentum to make it happen, but it sure will take more than 1 or 2 guys to put enough preasure on it to make it hapen.
Anyone who like is also welcome to join me when i go knock on Mikes door.
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Post by stridsvognen on Apr 25, 2018 15:28:15 GMT -5
It never gets boring to look at a MP moddet board.   |
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Post by gjaky on Apr 25, 2018 15:46:30 GMT -5
I see this pretty simple: no one is interested on spending money on CRT mods anymore  |
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Post by stridsvognen on Apr 25, 2018 17:04:24 GMT -5
Dont be so sure.. Mods have to work and not bee a ticking bomb of loos components and solder blobs who gets stuck gods know where and when.
Im pretty sure there is a marked for mods tested and shown to be performing for a longer period of time.
And no matter if there is interest or not, its no excuse for the kind of work MP has presented, and specially when he charges people, and keeps claiming to be the one to teach everybody else how to do it.
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Post by jbmeyer13 on Apr 26, 2018 8:31:10 GMT -5
Dont be so sure.. Mods have to work and not bee a ticking bomb of loos components and solder blobs who gets stuck gods know where and when. Im pretty sure there is a marked for mods tested and shown to be performing for a longer period of time. And no matter if there is interest or not, its no excuse for the kind of work MP has presented, and specially when he charges people, and keeps claiming to be the one to teach everybody else how to do it. MP has pushed more than a few people out of the CRT game over the years due to frustration. As a result, I don't think there's much of a market for mods at this point. However, if a stable solution were found it could kick start life into this segment of the hobby. It's really the lack of stability over the years that has driven many (even die hard) enthusiasts out of the game or at least to the sidelines for extended periods. |
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Post by stridsvognen on Apr 26, 2018 10:52:13 GMT -5
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Post by racerxnet on Apr 26, 2018 11:33:23 GMT -5
MP states;
"So yes, it may look like a turd to you, but to someone who does repair/restore work, they would know what can be workable and what should not be considered. I was at a guys house last week who had several reel to reel tape players. He told me what people were paying for them these days, and when he mentioned some were being sold for around $15 grand. I thought wow, that's a lot of money, until I realized that there is a ton of old electronic gear that had a huge market today and people are willing to pay the money to get their hands on it. So in order to make that happen, someone would need to have both expertise and experience to bring a dead turd back to life. I count myself as being one of those people who can make that happen..Mr. Green
I have no interest in restoring reel to reel decks, but will be seeking them out and have two coming my way next week."
Mike can now take a dead turd and make it a live one! At the end of the day he sure does know how to manufacture turds! In the end you have a pile of you know what from him. If you read into his statement regarding reel to reel decks, he will now repair those with the probable set backs that plagued others in the CRT hobby. If I see anyone mentioning repair work from him in the audio forums, I WILL TELL THEM TO STAY AWAY FROM HIS SERVICES. Mike see's $$$$$ dollar signs and wants in. FORGETABOUTIT.
MAK
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Post by stridsvognen on Apr 27, 2018 5:13:49 GMT -5
Dont worry, Kal is supporting Mikes scam, so if you interfeer wirh it ull just be banned, thats how they cover thair tracks.
Ill bet you that Mike will soon pop up and continue promoting his professional skil level for repair and mod work, and forget everything about anyone who ever confronted him with his art work, and the next one who do, he will be as surprised as always as its never happened before.
I wonder whats the legal options in this case, we are so many and the evidences is there to dig out true the last 15 years, would it be possible to also hold the forum somewhat acountable as they been supporting Mike in his quest to scam people.
If others would like to investigate the option ill be happy to pay my part of the costs.
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Post by racerxnet on Apr 27, 2018 11:56:40 GMT -5
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Post by kal on Apr 27, 2018 16:40:42 GMT -5
Dont worry, Kal is supporting Mikes scam, so if you interfeer wirh it ull just be banned, thats how they cover thair tracks. Sorry, that is completely false. My only dealings with Mike were a long time ago: In 2007 I built Mike a website for free where he would sell his Barco mods called MPmods.com. The idea was the same model that I use on CurtPalme.com: He would pay me a small percentage of any sales. If he sells nothing, I get nothing, and it costs him nothing. You can actually visit the site today here: www.curtpalme.com/MPmods/ (You can't buy anything of course) This was only for Barco mods and a couple of other small things. Tim Martin of ETech had deal with Mike to sell Marquee mods. In the ~2 years that MPmods.com was up, Mike sold enough mods for me to count them on one hand. Each of the customers was happy with the results but the timeframe in which Mike delivered was ridiculous, like 10-12 months in some cases. I couldn't in good conscience be involved with this so I turned off the site. It was a complete waste of my time. Mike has nothing to do with CurtPalme.com or me today. Some people seem to like his mods, but I've never seen any of them myself. I (personally) would never send him anything as his turnaround time and communication was (is?) horrible. Nidi emailed me too asking that he be banned from our forum - here's my response to him as it's relevant here: I don't read every thread. I have no interest in following every thread or getting stuck in the middle of a business transaction that happened outside our forum. Mike is not given any platform on our forum any more than anyone else is. He used to have a sub-forum, but we dropped that many years ago. We do not represent his products or have anything to do with him.
He does not advertise his products through us either. In fact, he doesn't have any more products I believe. If you notice him breaking any of the forum rules such as trying to sell products outside of the Buy/Sell forum, let us know. Our forum rules are here: www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5
As for buying something from someone who does advertise in our buy/sell forum, please read our buy/sell forum rules here: www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13801
I've personally dealt with Mike for years so here are my 2 cents: I have zero in-person experience with his mods so no idea how well they work. I do know however (from when I tried to work to help him to sell his Barco mods) that he takes forever to do anything. Customers were told a few weeks turnaround and he'd take months to almost a year at times to return boards. I could not in good conscience be involved in that so I shut down any involvement that CurtPalme.com had to do with Mike Parker. I think it's a good thing he no longer sells anything.
We're not going to ban someone on our forum because you're unhappy with a business dealing you had with the same individual outside the forum. That doesn't make any sense. It has nothing to do with our forum.
If Mike's breaking any laws then by all means people should do whatever they can/want to go after him. But that has nothing to do with our forum. Kal |
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