IMSAI II - still viable OR has anyone else lost their deposit?

[aserlanger at earthlink.net]

I had absolutely the same experience. I paid in full for a machine in march
of 2003. For a year he bs'ed me about how the machine was a few months off.
Then in june of 2004 I asked for my money back. He then went from telling me
how honorable a businessman he was, to lying about sending me a refund, to
no response at all. This man is in my opinion a liar and a fraud if not
worse. DO NOT SEND HIM MONEY NO MATTER WHAT HE CLAIMS HE CAN DO.

-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Robert Stek
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:22 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: IMSAI II - still viable OR has anyone else lost their deposit?

I was an early fan of the Todd Fischer's IMSAI II project (www.imsai.net)
and sent off a deposit several years ago.  I even offered to review it in
Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar Ink (I'm a friend of Steve's and formerly lived in
Hartford).  I understand the problems of a task like re-inventing the IMSAI
and think that I have been more than patient.  His website is still active,
he has a copyright date of 2007 on it, and it appears that you can still
order not only an IMSAI II but other items as well.

 

Unfortunately I have emailed him several times over the past 12-18 months
and haven't had the courtesy of a response.  I know he's there - he posts in
comp.os.cpm - but from him to me: nada, zip, zilch, nothing.

 

Is there anyone else on the list who was as retrospectively foolish as I as
to trust him with a deposit?  It doesn't speak much for his ethics if he
advertises and takes orders for non-existent products (who was that guy and
his company that advertised in Kilobaud, among others, back in the '70's
with full page ads for non-existent products?  Remember that?).  And his
customer service skills are non-existent if he just ignores politely worded
inqueries re: progress on the product.

 

So, am I the only one still waiting for an IMSAI II?

 

 

Bob Stek

Saver of Lost Sols