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Title: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on September 09, 2012, 10:38:15 PM
Down 3 days so far? :(
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: axisplayer on September 09, 2012, 11:55:56 PM
Thanks for putting this up again.  I was going through withdrawal....
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on September 10, 2012, 12:23:21 AM
It's actually been up continuously AFAIK. Yah never know when HC is gonna spontaneously combust LOL. Hopefully they will get whatever hardware failed in on Monday and be back. Seems strange they don't have spares on hand?
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: stratguy22 on September 10, 2012, 12:47:38 AM
VBulliten updates is hard.

:facepalm:


Good god, I have to unscramble a word and do a math question for every post?



Waiting for HC to get their nickel and dime puppet show running again will probably be less painful.

Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on September 10, 2012, 01:18:43 AM
Good god, I have to unscramble a word and do a math question for every post? Waiting for HC to get their nickel and dime puppet show running again will probably be less painful.
Just the first post I think? I also have to approve your first post before it goes "live". Let me know if that's not true. It keeps the spammers out ;) .
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: stratguy22 on September 10, 2012, 01:43:57 AM
Ahhhhh ok there was no pop quiz on this one.


Whew.


;)
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on September 10, 2012, 02:26:43 AM
Down 3 days so far? :(
I didn't notice till I was doing routine damage control to see how many feet I'd put in my mouth the last time I was there.  HC has been down for 3 days?  Maybe that's a good thing as it's that much less damage control I need to personally attend to.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: stratguy22 on September 10, 2012, 02:28:40 AM
:D
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on September 11, 2012, 04:23:36 AM
It's actually been up continuously AFAIK. Yah never know when HC is gonna spontaneously combust LOL. Hopefully they will get whatever hardware failed in on Monday and be back. Seems strange they don't have spares on hand?
Humm... it looks like plan B isn't working out, or there was no plan B.  Maybe a plan B wasn't worth having in place all along or it got more complicated than that.

Humm...

eh?  it's their soap on a rope and they can foam it however they see fit.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on September 11, 2012, 01:19:14 PM
it's their soap on a rope and they can foam it however they see fit.
Sure isn't looking promising at this point :( .

BTW we have to get you to move - I think you found the only place in the continental USA that's 9 UPS days away from me  :P .

HC died the same day I received my Mackie DL1608 - coincidence or alien plot  :o ? Anyways I have probably my last outdoors gig of the year this Friday, just a charity thing two miles away. I've not been actively seeking out gigs this year waiting for that mixer to come in. Not having to deploy a snake or mix sidestage will make most of the gigs I get a whole lot more enjoyable. This should complete my envisioned rig and I'll never have to buy anything else ever :lol: .

Only problem with not seeking out sound gigs this year is now I'm kinda in 3 bands playing bass  :o . I hate it when that happens  :lol: . I was diggin' my Hofner Galaxy CT last night, one guitarist had a '68 Tele he bought new and roadwore himself the right way - and the chops to deserve to own it  ;D . He also has a '68 Showman amp with extension cab that will eat a Marshall for lunch  :eek:. On rare occasions I don't mind loud  :thu: .
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on September 11, 2012, 06:12:42 PM
BTW Harmony Central has a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/harmonycentral
and Twitter account:
https://fr.twitter.com/harmonycentral
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on September 12, 2012, 12:51:15 AM
BTW Harmony Central has a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/harmonycentral
and Twitter account:
https://fr.twitter.com/harmonycentral
Funny you should mention this... as I was just popping off at the head about an hour ago with a "good idea" concerning this sort of thing… based on my frustrations concerned with this “communication age”.  What it is:  I'd like to source a computer program that modifies Microsoft Outlook (e-mail) to where there are 3 options:  "Reply", "Reply All, and "Attempt to Communicate".  The third option, "Attempt to Communicate" would send the e-mail to the intended recipient as well as call and synthesize a voice message to leave on their cell phone and land line phone answering services, and send a text message, and a face book communication, and a twitter communication, and PM messages to all sorts of forums and whatever other electronic social mediums the recipient is likely to frequent, and send a postal letter, fax, and candy-gram to the recipient.

eh?  It could work to help facilitate communicating in this "communication age".
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on September 12, 2012, 12:54:01 AM
Instead of "Attempt to Communicate" how about "Stalk" ?

;)
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on September 12, 2012, 12:57:39 AM
Instead of "Attempt to Communicate" how about "Stalk" ?

;)
humm... I was thinking more along the lines of "stack the odds in your favor"... of getting a message through.  Or "well I tried everything I could think of".
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on September 15, 2012, 09:04:41 PM
It seems like managing a website is complex or something?  I dunno?  I'm guessing it's complicated or something?
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on September 15, 2012, 09:19:37 PM
It seems like managing a website is complex or something?  I dunno?  I'm guessing it's complicated or something?
Guess so - down again :( .
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on October 26, 2012, 09:33:16 PM
(http://catalinawinemixer.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/sinking-ship.jpg)
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: jayare on October 27, 2012, 03:28:54 PM
Looks like theres a new forum!
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on October 28, 2012, 01:20:39 AM
(http://catalinawinemixer.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/sinking-ship.jpg)
I'm envisioning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBhQhKWOZmk
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on October 29, 2012, 03:27:01 PM
Anybody else had about enough of HC?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ygQR-KtEE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDjCqjzbvJY
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: axisplayer on October 29, 2012, 05:25:52 PM
Yea, it's getting really old. Nothing loading at all for me.  I am almost at the plug pulling phase.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on October 29, 2012, 05:36:08 PM
Yea, it's getting really old. Nothing loading at all for me.  I am almost at the plug pulling phase.
A good chance to get caught up over at:
http://soundforums.net/hub/
:)
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: Leftcoast123 on October 29, 2012, 05:55:22 PM
Any room in the lifeboat?  :) 
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on October 29, 2012, 06:05:22 PM
Any room in the lifeboat?  :) 
Welcome aboard! Just be aware that if we run out of food we have a strict "First In, Last Eaten" policy ;).
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: Leftcoast123 on October 29, 2012, 06:25:43 PM
Ha! Right on, good to be here.  Thanks for developing the forum.
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Post by: Potts on October 29, 2012, 08:21:28 PM
Yo! Nice job!  :)
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: Fluddman on October 31, 2012, 10:29:43 PM
So this is where you guys are hiding. Looks good!

How many strings on a 5 string bass?
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 01, 2012, 12:21:13 AM
How many strings on a 5 string bass?
The "One True Instrument (tm)" has exactly 4 - never more and never less :D.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: Bobby1Note on November 01, 2012, 04:12:19 AM
RR,

Has HC gone totally kaputt? I just tried logging in, and I got a bunch of " the server connection was reset"(as usual),,,, then, after a dozen or so tries,,,, I got an HC page that said "your I.P. Address has been banned". WTF's up with that? LMAO.

Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: axisplayer on November 01, 2012, 04:20:41 AM
I got the same thing.  The place is about to have a nervous breakdown.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: Bobby1Note on November 01, 2012, 04:41:32 AM
LMAO Stu,

I think it's time we send RR a few bucks, and maybe he can run out and get a few cases of beer, and a few of us ole farts can hang here for a bit. Let's bring some mics so we can have a shoot-out. I'll bring my guitar.  8)
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: axisplayer on November 01, 2012, 01:09:10 PM
That sounds like a good time...out of leave this year, but after January 1, I could handle that!  Got relatives from Niagara Falls, Cananda to Weston, CT so the wife can stay busy while I have fun!!!!
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 01, 2012, 01:12:28 PM
It has been pointed out to me that pointing out that it sucks over there isn't appreciated. Oh well, sucks to be them LOL :D.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 01, 2012, 01:16:23 PM
I think it's time we send RR a few bucks, and maybe he can run out and get a few cases of beer, and a few of us ole farts can hang here for a bit. Let's bring some mics so we can have a shoot-out. I'll bring my guitar.  8)
Thanks for the thought but this costs me nothing and only took 30 minutes to set up the first time back in 2009 during the HC 2.0 debacle. This is on a shared server so obviously can't withstand the volume of traffic that HC gets but is probably good for 500 folks - same as my PA LOL.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 01, 2012, 05:28:03 PM
How many strings on a 5 string bass?
The "One True Instrument (tm)" has exactly 4 - never more and never less :D.
IMO, you're correct... in the way that a 5 gallon bucket is a "5 gallon bucket", not a "bucket"... because a "bucket" is a liquid measurment of 4 gallons... therefore, a "5 string bass" has 5 strings, and a "bass" has 4 strings.  I guess all that might change if 5 string basses become commonly referred to as "basses", and 4 string basses become commonly referred to as "4 string basses" or "vintage style basses"  ;)  .
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: axisplayer on November 07, 2012, 02:28:43 PM
My patience with HC is about gone. Problems are worse this morning than they have been. I can't stand it anymore. I may just stop going there since it irritates me to no end.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 07, 2012, 02:53:20 PM
Damn shame, ain't it? :(
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Post by: axisplayer on November 07, 2012, 03:34:14 PM
You know, it is just a issue of available time. I don't want to spend all my time hitting reload and waiting for it to finally appear. I have so many irons in the fire right now I just can't justify it. Currently:

• I just bought 3 more Audiorail systems (5 total now) to complete my system. I need to rack my second 01v96 so I can have one Audiorail always hooked up to it. It will be a backup board/monitor board that can be added by just plugging in one cat5 cable.

• I have 6 new Earthworks mics I can't decide how to transport since normal mic cases aren't really designed for them and the wooden boxes they come in aren't the practical solution.

• I finally started using my Show Designer 1 lighting console and have absolutely NO scenes or presets ready at this point. I have only been able to busk with it.

• My Radiance Hazer needs to be cleaned after Halloween usage (heavy use all night.)

• I bought another Mac (this time a Mini) and an Airport router, as well as the rack mounting hardware for them. I need to reconfigure my entire FOH rack. The folding AV computer shelf needs to go to the monitor console rack (see first bullet) and this new stuff all needs to go into the FOH rack which includes fabricating a mechanism to hold the separate monitor and have it lift up over the console when in use, as well as new rack selves for the wireless keyboard and mouse I use with it.

• All the FOH wiring will cause me to need to change my interface for Spectrafoo and I will have to recalibrate everything after I change the design of the system.

• I bought replacement K&M booms for my old stands which are beginning to wear out. I have been cannabalizing parts from them as they fail to keep my Frankenbooms going. I finally just got new ones and need to dig all the stands out of the trailer and switch everything out.

• The addition of all the Audiorail units means that I need a LOT of new IO panels with WC BNC connectors, Firewire, USB, Ethercons, etc made for the various racks so I can hook it all up.

• My trusty EWI 32/150 reel snake needs some TLC for the fan that is suffering. I have more than 10 of the 120 pin EDACs, the crimpers and inverters/extractors, a new heat gun, a ton of new heat shrink, and a snake repair kit from Mark. I need the time to cut off the fan and put an EDAC on the main trunk. Then I need to make a new fanout with all the heat shrink and repair kit, and add an EDAC to that.

Without thinking hard, that is a little of the current system work. I figure if I stop working my day job now, I could have it all done by sometime next year. That means that wasting time on HC loading a few pages on screen is not high on my priority list.

I could just scream....  ;-(
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 07, 2012, 04:03:25 PM
Sounds like you have plenty to keep you busy :) . Not the best week for me :( . My newly built custom bass was shipped to me last Wednesday via Priority Mail due last Friday - tracking has it leaving the originating post office and not seen since :( . Lots of damaged venues here from Sandy :( . Lost out on a potentially lucrative contract yesterday (process control system). Waiting for the Nor'easter to hit tonight :( . I stopped soliciting sound gigs waiting for my Dl1608 to arrive and it'll take some time to get bookings again. The main band I was working for went on hiatus last May. Don't much care for winters :(

<Grumble, Grumble> LOL :D
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: axisplayer on November 07, 2012, 04:30:21 PM
Sorry to hear all that. The bass might show up sometime. Was it insured? (Hope so.)  Will the venues rebuild or was it a great chance to cash out on insurance and be done? The Nor'easter probably won't be much when it gets to you. I understand the hiatus thing. I stopped all gigs this summer (almost totally) since April 1 and am just starting to go out again. I decided to scale back (I am getting old now....) and am not concerned about the low numbers but do understand that getting back in the game takes time.
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Post by: audiopile on November 07, 2012, 05:13:49 PM
Let me jump on the dog pile:

A notification was recently posted at our local post office, notifying us (local postal customers), that the hours of operation will be reduced to 4 hours per day (8:00am - noon).  Unfortunately for myself (being the highest volume shipper at our local post office), I typically mail packages in the afternoon.  Wording in the notification explained that this reduction in service is a move to respond to the declining volume of mail handled by our local post office.  Humm... somehow reducing services doesn't seem to me like the way to address declining business.  The good news is that the notification also stated that Saturday service will not be reduced... from it's current zero hours  :facepalm:

I'm sitting here this morning attempting to learn how to draft a petition… because:  A notification was recently posted by our county govt. at both ends of a local county road… that many of us locals use a lot.  The public notice is an announcement that our county commissioners consider said county road as “useless for the public”, and therefore said road will be vacated and abandoned (made impassible).  Admittedly there is an alternative route that could be used, but the alternative route is somewhere around 10X as long as the road to be removed from service.  So… I called the county court house to see what’s up with that?  According to person I talked with at the court house (or possibly county engineering dept), the notification that was posted wasn't supposed to be posted (yet).  As I understand it, what was suppose to be posted was/is a notification of a public hearing 12 days from now for public input on the consideration of vacating said public road.  Apparently the county screwed up and… ahem… seemingly posted the commissioner’s decision before posting the notification for public opinion. :facepalm: 
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 07, 2012, 05:16:57 PM
Insurance claim can't be made until 21 days after it was shipped and take 30-60 days to pay out :( . Not really worried about the Nor'easter - just one more thing to have to wait through.

Ah well, supposed to warm up this weekend and I need to repackage my indoor rig to be ready for action :) . It all fits in my hatchback and I just picked up some more small duffels to better organize cables and such. Hard cases take way too much room. I mostly need to sort out the stuff (extra cables, mics, stands, etc) I don't need to be taking.

OTOH I see guys that have been on the cover of Guitar Player, session players and guys that have toured extensively with "A" acts playing $50 a man gigs around here :( . Pretty sad music scene.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 07, 2012, 05:36:27 PM
Ouch, sorry about your troubles with the post office and local moron brigade - oops I meant government :facepalm:. None of them folks are gonna be happy until you're pulled down to their level :( .
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 08, 2012, 01:49:10 AM
Ouch, sorry about your troubles with the post office and local moron brigade - oops I meant government :facepalm:. None of them folks are gonna be happy until you're pulled down to their level :( .
Well... my personal problems with the powers that be seemed appropriate to post on a cacophony forum.

uh... US Postal Service:  (To my impression) Addressing sagging business by cutting the highest demand and most lucritive services.

Local County Commissioners:  (To my impression) Recently threw piles of public money at boosting county inferstructure via a scandelous and completely flopped county funded business park... and are now looking at ways to reduce expenses (4 years into an economic slup)... (after seemingly "new pick-up trucks all around" and seemingly all other imaginable improvements for the "working" environments hit a point of diminished returns of disposing of cash) by ripping out a well traveled public road that the county has spent zero (by outward observations) to "maintain" for decades... and screwing up by publically posting their decision to do so a couple of weeks before the legally mandated public hearing to garner public opinion before making their decision.

I remember years ago... I woke up out of a dead sleep (slumped on the steering wheel of my truck) after doing stage production for the wrap-up party for the election following media corp on the eve of the 2000 general election.  I was dreaming a very realistic seeming event of a group of folks feverously jamming cash through a shredder in-order to stuff the shredded cash into my confetti cannon... so I could push the button and have the confetti cannon blast millions at a time in shredded cash out to shower the crowd... and the nightmare portion of the dream was that the promoters were frustrated with my confetti cannon because the cannon's capacity to blast all the excess cash to oblivion was not meeting their expectations.

Somehow... that dream keeps coming to the forefront every so-often.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 08, 2012, 02:37:46 AM
I'm always reminded of the ex-Soviet Bloc country that sent all their printed currency in to be converted to toilet paper as it was worth more as that than currency. Unfortunately I suspect I'll live to see that here and even more unfortunately my three kids will for sure.

Hereabouts I've been unable to discover any small business it makes sense to get into - the government overhead ends up making your net per hour about what you can make at McDonald's at best (with a lot less hassles). I'd love to buy or open up a decent music venue but the numbers don't make sense even before you factor in the risk. Thus proving the popular notion that all small venue owners are nuts :( .
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 08, 2012, 04:27:55 PM
Hereabouts I've been unable to discover any small business it makes sense to get into -

It seems like liquor stores (locally anyway) are doing a brisk business.

I suspect providing care for the needy and retired will see growth in the future.

I know a few folks who deal with health care paperwork stuff… there seems to be plenty of job security in that line of work.

Something that I’m called on to do routinely and I stay busier doing than I maybe care to is making gadgets function for technology challenged folks… like “make the teevee function again”… where they (or a house guest) inadvertently pushed the wrong button on a remote control and then compounded the problem by wildly pushing other buttons in a hopelessly failed attempt to get lucky.
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Post by: axisplayer on November 08, 2012, 04:52:53 PM
Mark, those people are called TECHNODOLTS. I have quite of a few of them in my extended family. The work does not seem to pay well though. They expect me to help them for free.... ;-)

My 9 year old son knows more about computers, VCRs, and any other electronics with a user interface then they do. Hmmmmm...maybe I can start sending him out to do the repairs!!!!!!
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 08, 2012, 07:01:42 PM
The work does not seem to pay well though. They expect me to help them for free.... ;-)
Like me, I suspect you're not charging up-front, but rather, you get to that after services have been rendered.  After they’ve seen you press a few buttons and voila… everything’s fine again… that’s not the time to negotiate a fee for services rendered.

I'll suggest next time, when you first arrive for the service call: size up the panic, desperation, and hysteria in their eyes... notice the trembling of their fingers while they're wildly fumbling through the operator's manual (which may or may not be the appropriate manual, or group of manuals)... notice the pile of changed out batteries and apple box of rummaged through patch cables... notice the family pet cowering in a corner or hiding out outside (with a facial expression of: "I don't know what's going on in there, but in-there is a bad place to be right now.")  Notice what meal was left abandoned on the kitchen table... if it's 4:00pm when you arrive for the service call, and 1/2 eaten breakfast or last night's dinner is still on the table, you can do the math to determine the magnitude of the crisis at that point.  Take special note if there's a significant other locked in the bathroom and muffled sounds of sobbing are audible through the bathroom door.  If conditions seem promising, start in on a monolog of how things are tough all over (baby needs new shoes) and “taking time off work… might look bad to the boss and you'll have to make good with the boss some-way or another”… sick relative… blah, blah, blah.  Initially their eyes will start to glaze over, but after a few tens of seconds, they’ll glance over at the teevee to confirm that the screen is still otherwise blank except for the flashing red “input” lettering in the lower left hand corner of the screen.  When they make that glace, seize on the opportunity to ratchet it up a notch and really lay your sob story on hot and heavy… Christmas coming up, higher than usual heating bills… likely gonna be a really skinny Santa at your house this year… “don’t know how to break it to the kids”… maybe pull out your billfold and let the moth in the empty cash compartment fly free… maybe mention that in your opinion, things were better when our country operated more-so on a cash basis.  Sometime during all of this they’ll likely suggest that they want to make this right by you… bingo… you’ve struck oil and can quit drilling… except to press that service calls are seemingly becoming a thing of the past… most folks just “buy new” when there’s a problem like this… and you don’t know for sure, but you suspect that replacing all that stuff would be BIG BUCKS… “But whatever you think is reasonable will be fine with me… and I‘ll get right on it.”
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 08, 2012, 07:25:21 PM
^ the #1 problem with fixing technodolt's problems (whether for money or free) is that forever forward if anything goes wrong it's your fault.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: axisplayer on November 08, 2012, 07:31:05 PM
I am married, so everything is always my fault anyway. ;-)
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 08, 2012, 07:37:21 PM
^ the #1 problem with fixing technodolt's problems (whether for money or free) is that forever forward if anything goes wrong it's your fault.
True that, but I've been taking ques from some mega-pros (who have seemingly devised an infallible contingency plan for just this sort of thing):  I've been rehearsing this line in-front of a mirror... trying somehow to get through it while keeping a straight face (it’s tough to do):  The line:  "I do apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused you."  And then the difficult part:  How to satin-smoothly segue from the substantively meaningless apology to: “breaking it to them what the cost will be to fix things up again.”
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 09, 2012, 01:31:34 AM
I am married, so everything is always my fault anyway. ;-)
Stuart:  I believe there is a cyber-space based idea for this.  My employee Cliff devised the idea (while he was going through his most recent divorce).  His idea at the time was: 

www.ItsallCliffsfault.com 

Since then, he's got a brand-new girlfriend, so I haven't heard anything about that good idea for awhile... but back when that was a hot topic for him, I thought he was on to something.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 09, 2012, 02:14:34 AM
Hey, any of yous guys know if there is a way to get the USPS to look around for a missing Priority Mail shipment? I had a custom bass made for me and shipped a week ago yesterday - it was supposed to be here last Friday but the tracking info shows it left the post office it was mailed at and that's it :( :
https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9406209699938240841894
Needless to say I'm pretty bummed about that :( . Maybe seein's how it was shipped on Halloween it got diverted to Hell or somethin' :facepalm: .
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Post by: RoadRanger on November 09, 2012, 02:19:49 AM
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Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 09, 2012, 02:47:20 AM
Hey, any of yous guys know if there is a way to get the USPS to look around for a missing Priority Mail shipment? I had a custom bass made for me and shipped a week ago yesterday - it was supposed to be here last Friday but the tracking info shows it left the post office it was mailed at and that's it :( :
https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=9406209699938240841894
Needless to say I'm pretty bummed about that :( . Maybe seein's how it was shipped on Halloween it got diverted to Hell or somethin' :facepalm: .
Yes... I know something about this.  As I understand it, you can submit some sort of ambiguous action ticket in some sort of ambiguous way... and somewhere around 90 days from now (if you do absolutely everything correctly on your part with no help from the USPS) the USPS may technically respond or not one way or another with some sort of disclaimer... or some other sort of extremely well worded first cabin legalese statement dispensing of any responsibility on their part.

That's my perception based on experience.

I suggest to keep an eye on the world wide GSA auction listings over the next few decades for your guitar to surface and maybe you'll be offered an opportunity to bid on your guitar (assuming you have a snowball's chance in hell of qualifying to bid on the auction).
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 09, 2012, 02:14:09 PM
Strangely enough it showed up in tracking this morning as being at my local post office :D .
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 09, 2012, 03:24:47 PM
Strangely enough it showed up in tracking this morning as being at my local post office :D .
Wow... well that is suprising good news.

In my experience with the USPS, if it gets lost in their system, there's a good chance that it's lost.  The specific details are becoming a bit sketchy in my memory, but the last time I had a lost USPS shipped item... what I recall is that I instituted a "trace".  90 days later they responded that the "trace" came up empty.  I inquired about the "tracking number" I had... they explained that it's not actually tracked through the system... that tracking number only can be traced to the PO where I had shipped it... being that I had proof via the "tracking number" that I had mailed it at that post office (now there's some useful information to me).  And that was that for that.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on November 09, 2012, 03:44:38 PM
I did have insurance but that would have been as much as 90 days after it was shipped plus another 3 months to build another - but it never would be the same :(.

I've actually never had the USPS lose a package on me  - one package took two years to get to me though :eek: and another envelope came through torn up in one of the USPS "sorry about that" envelopes sans the memory chips it was supposed to have :facepalm:.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: audiopile on November 09, 2012, 06:02:42 PM
I've actually never had the USPS lose a package on me  -
Something I didn't say before but will is:  My experience with the USPS has over-all been very good... no over-all regrets in the grand scheme of things.  Heck, Liz and I even moved most all of our earthly belongings a few times through the USPS.
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: RoadRanger on May 10, 2013, 02:35:36 PM
Gone again :( .
Title: Re: Looks like HC screwed the pooch again LOL
Post by: axisplayer on May 10, 2013, 03:45:53 PM
Par for the course. Since the last round of changes I don't post much there. I really miss the old forum format, and find the new one just annoys me to use it. Most of the people I care about talking to come here anyway whenever HC takes a vacation. I probably post here as much as there now. It is a sad demise. :-(