Personally, I predict Merchant (if not Miva itself) will be
defunct within
three years tops. They just keep plugging away with their
own agendas while
time after time ignoring the interests and needs of their
customers. It
doesn't matter how many developers defend Miva's actions
from time to time.
There aren't enough Merchant developers to keep the company
in business. If
store owners don't get what they want the company will die.
I'm glad I moved on before things devolved to this point.
It's still a bit
sad to see everything spiraling down the drain though.
Dan
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-merchant-users listmgr.miva.com
[mailto:owner-merchant-userslistmgr.miva.com]On Behalf
Of WolfPaw
Computers - Miva Lists
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:09 AM
To: wcwadelphia.net; merchant-userslistmgr.miva.com
Cc: merchant5-userslistmgr.miva.com
Subject: RE: [mru] Re: [m5u] OT: April Fools
I find that rather amusing myself...especially this
statement:
"Miva Corp wants to provide the primary support for
their products, which is
very good. They have paid employees to provide that
support."
Reason being, I opened a ticket on behalf of a customer for
support on a CBS
module and was told to contact the developer, as they do not
support third
party modules.
HELLO...the developer is your new VP & General
Manager...you guys OWN the
module and have for a couple years now.
Now I'm being told they only support it for installation
and use with
Dynamic Templates.
HELLO again! It's the OpenUI SuperMod...
Someone over there needs a big damn clue about customer and
partner
relations.
Vic Vega,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-merchant-userslistmgr.miva.com
> [mailto:owner-merchant-userslistmgr.miva.com] On Behalf
Of
> wcwadelphia.net
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:00 AM
> To: merchant-userslistmgr.miva.com
> Cc: merchant5-userslistmgr.miva.com
> Subject: [mru] Re: [m5u] OT: April Fools
>
> But that IS the joke. Today the email lists get turned
off.
> On April Fools Day a new and improved way of
communicating
> with the Miva World takes over. I'm laughing so hard,
I'm crying. :-(
>
> I've given up trying to make sense of this. I get an
email
> that a new post is in the forum to a thread I
subscribed to.
> I link over to it and the first post is at the top.
Then
> there are multiple pages of posts. The problem is, I
have
> read almost all of them so I have to scan through each
again
> and again to see where I left off. Real fun on a 14K
cell
> phone connection. Had this been the email list, the
only
> thing I would have seen is the new emails. Once the
delete
> key is hit, I don't see that email response again
unless I
> look in the trash folder. No reading the same text
over and over.
>
> There must be a strong ulterior motive for this action
as it
> is far less efficient. As I see it, Miva Corp wants to
> provide the primary support for their products, which
is very
> good. They have paid employees to provide that
support. So
> this channels inquiries into the support system so they
can
> get what they paid for. A competing user list would
splinter
> the questions and maybe provide completely divergent
> responses. Miva welcomes outsiders to make an
occassional
> post, but they know this herculean effort will die out.
Even
> if I had the time to scan each thread over and over, I
don't
> believe in inefficiency. Miva support knows where 3rd
party
> module solutions are available, so they will send folks
to
> mivacentral.com. Miva will provide timely responses
and all
> will be well. Now I'm smiling. 
>
> --
> Bill Weiland - Emporium Plus http://www.empo
riumplus.com/store.mvc
> Modules for eCommerce. Mail Mgr, Coupon, Rate This,
Wait List
> Mgr, PayPal, Gift/Wish List, Froogle data feed,
Shipping &
> dozens more Online Documentation
> http://www
.emporiumplus.com/tk3/v3/doc.htm
> Question http://www.emporiumplus.com/mivamodule_wcw.mvc?Screen=
SPTS
> |
>
> ---- Chuck Lasker - DoublePlus <caldoubleplus.com> wrote:
> > Dang. With the list dying today, I won't be able
to do an
> April Fool's
> > joke tomorrow. And doing it on the forum won't be
much fun, because
> > most people won't even look at it....
> >
> > Chuck Lasker
> > DoublePlus New Media Marketing
> > caldoubleplus.com
> >
> >
> > ------------------ MIVA CORPORATION FOOTER
------------------- On
> > Wednesday, MIVA will open up the support forums on
the new message
> > board at: http:/
/smallbusiness.miva.com/resources/forums
> > All new questions should be asked on the new
forums.
> >
> > FEATURE REQUESTS: mailto:wishlistmiva.com
TO FIND HELP:
> > mailto:merchant5-users-helplistmgr.miva.com
> > TO UNSUBSCRIBE - Send mail to:
> > mailto:merchant5-users-unsubscribelistmgr.miva.com
> > if you need to unsubscribe a different address,
send a message to:
> > mailto:ezmlmlistmgr.miva.com
> > with a subject or message body of
> > unsubscribe merchant5-users yournameyourdomain.com
> > ---------------- END MIVA CORPORATION FOOTER
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> >
>
>
> ------------------ MIVA CORPORATION FOOTER
> ------------------- On Wednesday, MIVA will open up the
> support forums on the new message board at:
> http:/
/smallbusiness.miva.com/resources/forums
> All new questions should be asked on the new forums.
>
> FEATURE REQUESTS: mailto:wishlistmiva.com TO FIND HELP:
> mailto:merchant-users-helplistmgr.miva.com
> TO UNSUBSCRIBE - Send mail to:
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> if you need to unsubscribe a different address, send
a message to:
> mailto:ezmlmlistmgr.miva.com
> with a subject or message body of
> unsubscribe merchant-users yournameyourdomain.com
> ---------------- END MIVA CORPORATION FOOTER
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>
>
------------------ MIVA CORPORATION FOOTER
-------------------
On Wednesday, MIVA will open up the support forums on the
new
message board at: http:/
/smallbusiness.miva.com/resources/forums
All new questions should be asked on the new forums.
FEATURE REQUESTS: mailto:wishlistmiva.com
TO FIND HELP: mailto:merchant-users-helplistmgr.miva.com
TO UNSUBSCRIBE - Send mail to:
mailto:merchant-users-unsubscribelistmgr.miva.com
if you need to unsubscribe a different address, send a
message to:
mailto:ezmlmlistmgr.miva.com
with a subject or message body of
unsubscribe merchant-users yournameyourdomain.com
---------------- END MIVA CORPORATION FOOTER
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------------------ MIVA CORPORATION FOOTER
-------------------
On Wednesday, MIVA will open up the support forums on the
new
message board at: http:/
/smallbusiness.miva.com/resources/forums
All new questions should be asked on the new forums.
FEATURE REQUESTS: mailto:wishlistmiva.com
TO FIND HELP: mailto:merchant-users-helplistmgr.miva.com
TO UNSUBSCRIBE - Send mail to:
mailto:merchant-users-unsubscribelistmgr.miva.com
if you need to unsubscribe a different address, send a
message to:
mailto:ezmlmlistmgr.miva.com
with a subject or message body of
unsubscribe merchant-users yournameyourdomain.com
---------------- END MIVA CORPORATION FOOTER
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