Thread: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Is Sourcewear defunct?
> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Robert Treat > Sent: 28 February 2006 13:54 > To: Bruce Raup > Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-www@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] [pgsql-advocacy] Is Sourcewear defunct? > > > This is the second report I've seen of recent purchases going > unfulfilled and customers being unable to get in contact with anyone > from the company. I'm inclined to remove the link from the home page > unless we get someone from the company to address these issues. Yes - we definitely don't want to be linking to a company claiming to support us that don't deliver the goods they take money for. It's not fair to the people that don't get their shirts etc, nor does it paint us in a good light. Regards, Dave
All: > Yes - we definitely don't want to be linking to a company claiming to > support us that don't deliver the goods they take money for. It's not > fair to the people that don't get their shirts etc, nor does it paint us > in a good light. SW appears to have gone out of business in the last 2 months or so. Their 800 number is not functioning, and I've e-mailed Federico a couple of times about bulk ordering t-shirts for us to resell without response. As a pisser, this also means that we won't get the money they pledged us for 2005. :-( And good luck to customers on collecting a refund ... I suggest calling your credit card company and issuing a chargeback -- you generally have 90 days to do so. CafePress, anyone? -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
> As a pisser, this also means that we won't get the money they pledged us > for 2005. :-( And good luck to customers on collecting a refund ... I > suggest calling your credit card company and issuing a chargeback -- you > generally have 90 days to do so. > > CafePress, anyone? > I have had excellent luck with CafePress. I bet we could even get the account to directly submit to the SPI account. That way money goes directly on each purchase to PostgreSQL. Joshua D. Drake
I'd like to take a stab at doing some of the products. I avoided the sourcewear stuff because I thought it wasn't very attractive. Gavin On Feb 28, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >> As a pisser, this also means that we won't get the money they >> pledged us for 2005. :-( And good luck to customers on >> collecting a refund ... I suggest calling your credit card company >> and issuing a chargeback -- you generally have 90 days to do so. >> >> CafePress, anyone? >> > I have had excellent luck with CafePress. I bet we could even get > the account to directly > submit to the SPI account. That way money goes directly on each > purchase to PostgreSQL. > > Joshua D. Drake > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings Gavin M. Roy 800 Pound Gorilla gmr@ehpg.net
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 11:01:05AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote: > All: > > > Yes - we definitely don't want to be linking to a company claiming to > > support us that don't deliver the goods they take money for. It's not > > fair to the people that don't get their shirts etc, nor does it paint us > > in a good light. > > SW appears to have gone out of business in the last 2 months or so. Their > 800 number is not functioning, and I've e-mailed Federico a couple of > times about bulk ordering t-shirts for us to resell without response. > > As a pisser, this also means that we won't get the money they pledged us > for 2005. :-( And good luck to customers on collecting a refund ... I > suggest calling your credit card company and issuing a chargeback -- you > generally have 90 days to do so. > > CafePress, anyone? What do others think about the quality of their shirts? None of the ones I've bought last very long at all before getting very faded. http://hackerthreads.com is an alternative, as is http://spreadshirt.com. I recently got a shirt from spreadshirt, and so far it's holding up great. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 01:59:04PM -0000, Dave Page wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org > > [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Robert Treat > > Sent: 28 February 2006 13:54 > > To: Bruce Raup > > Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-www@postgresql.org > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] [pgsql-advocacy] Is Sourcewear defunct? > > > > > > This is the second report I've seen of recent purchases going > > unfulfilled and customers being unable to get in contact with anyone > > from the company. I'm inclined to remove the link from the home page > > unless we get someone from the company to address these issues. > > Yes - we definitely don't want to be linking to a company claiming to > support us that don't deliver the goods they take money for. It's not > fair to the people that don't get their shirts etc, nor does it paint us > in a good light. Yeah... while we should pursue other options, can someone please gank the links that are up there right now? -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
On Wednesday 01 March 2006 14:35, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 01:59:04PM -0000, Dave Page wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org
> > > [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Robert Treat
> > > Sent: 28 February 2006 13:54
> > > To: Bruce Raup
> > > Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] [pgsql-advocacy] Is Sourcewear defunct?
> > >
> > >
> > > This is the second report I've seen of recent purchases going
> > > unfulfilled and customers being unable to get in contact with anyone
> > > from the company. I'm inclined to remove the link from the home page
> > > unless we get someone from the company to address these issues.
> >
> > Yes - we definitely don't want to be linking to a company claiming to
> > support us that don't deliver the goods they take money for. It's not
> > fair to the people that don't get their shirts etc, nor does it paint us
> > in a good light.
>
> Yeah... while we should pursue other options, can someone please gank
> the links that are up there right now?
Already done... if you see any left lmk.
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Robert Treat
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