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suicideneil · 03.15.2008, 05:20 PM

Boned. Oh well, at least I can continue putting pennies into a jar to pay for it, rather than sucking my bank account dry....

ssspconcepts · 03.15.2008, 09:42 PM

Well, I am going to buy another MGM. I know some have had problems with them but I can't say that I have...so it is MGM for me.

glassdoctor · 03.15.2008, 11:06 PM

Well, if anyone else is going to bail and get something else, I do have a 125B for sale. I ran it only once: last summer one day when BrianG was at the track. I should have just left it in the box.

DrKnow65 · 03.16.2008, 10:29 AM

So who's got the flame emotocon? just a post of flames across the bottom would be expected about now...

jhautz · 03.16.2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sammus

yep.

I wasn't gonna bring it up again.

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Originally Posted by E-Revonut

Last week my lhs was asking me about my Novak HV setup because they want to have something to offer people until the MMM comes out, which the owner heard might not be until August! :-(

At this point I woudn't believe that if they told me. They have completely lost all credibility in my mind.

CC really needs to figure out how to manage a project. I would have lost my job LONG ago if i had all these dates come and go on a high profile project and still had nothing delivered.

ssspconcepts · 03.17.2008, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jhautz

I wasn't gonna bring it up again.

At this point I woudn't believe that if they told me. They have completely lost all credibility in my mind.

CC really needs to figure out how to manage a project. I would have lost my job LONG ago if i had all these dates come and go on a high profile project and still had nothing delivered.

I could not agree with you more...and further, I don't buy the story that "we are dealing with issues that are outside our control." If you ask me that's the problem...they are not trying to control the situation. My lord...the $$$ is there (for the time being)...MM proved that. They need to $hit can the weak link in the process and move on. Industry enthusiasts will pay the difference.

I don't remember what Batman character said it but the words I remember vividly: "this city needs an enema!" Maybe it was Penguin. At any rate this economy needs an enema. Customer service these days is crap and it needs a wake up call. I remember in the late eighties and early nineties the common slogan was "whatever it takes" to keep a customer. That ideology was a result of some seriously hard times...c'mon folks (Castle) wake up! Do you really want to go back to that? Or do you want to be the omni present industry leader and be the "last man standing" when the dust settles in the aftermath (in case you ain't checked...the market is lookin very 1980's)?

lincpimp · 03.17.2008, 10:45 PM

Wow, people certainly get passionate about this stuff. I am sure that CC is doing their best, they know that everyday that they do not have a product available for sale they loose potential sales.

The constant setbacks do appear to be annoying, but it certainly keeps us talking about it! There is no such thing as bad publicity, right?!

cart213 · 03.17.2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ssspconcepts

I don't remember what Batman character said it but the words I remember vividly: "this city needs an enema!"

It was the Joker.

ssspconcepts · 03.17.2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cart213

It was the Joker.

Thanks. I knew we had some Batman fans here.

jnev · 03.16.2008, 10:52 PM

All I can hope for now is that it will be out by my birthday in July... Lets hope for the best.

hobbimaster · 03.17.2008, 09:03 PM

Well its not just CC either, it seems all electronics manufactures these days say one thing referring to release dates, and then do not provide the goods as expected. I'm not sure if its arrogance, structure, or just lack of commitment. Things do happen, but come on, pick a date a year or so off from official release date and if it comes out early then you've made people very happy, if its close to the date given, well, thats ok too. Just dont tease us with pics and spy video (Tekin/MMM) at the hobby shows and web sights. I just dont get how the MMM got pushed back, to what has it been 3yrs now since official announcement and then this little sidewinder pops out of nowhere (I do own 2), That just shows me CC's priority level. At this point I think we all should email CC into oblivian if its not out within the next month "expected" release of April-May!

cart213 · 03.17.2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by hobbimaster

I just dont get how the MMM got pushed back, to what has it been 3yrs now since official announcement and then this little sidewinder pops out of nowhere (I do own 2)

The sidewinder popped out of nowhere (along with the sidewinder micro) because CC learned their lesson not to announce new products too soon. I'm sure the sidewinder had a much shorter development cycle than the MMM because it is a downgrade of the MM (instead of an upgrade), and it didn't require a new motor.

E-Revonut · 03.17.2008, 09:12 PM

Well I agree with most of what you said! But keep in mind that although CC is a big company in RC they really are still a relatively small company. If everyone starts e-mailing them it will take more time to deal with all the e-mails which will either pull someone away that could be doing something useful to getting the MMM out asap or they'll have to hire an extra person to deal with them which could only increase the MSRP when it is actually released! I am part of a mid sized company like CC, although not the same field, and I have been part of a small company....From what I have heard CC is having problems with suppliers of the parts they need, therefor CC is not soley to blame. After all this said, I do believe they should give a realistic date or they should have kept things under tighter wrap until it was ready!!!

glassdoctor · 03.17.2008, 09:53 PM

Now it's up to 3 yrs waiting?

highflier · 03.17.2008, 10:47 PM

Lets be honest. Why do companies pre announce product. To stop competitive sales, create a demand so that they can have good sales at introduction. Typically there is a judgement call on just how far in advance to announce, Then figure in extra time for the we waited this long we will wait a little longer.
Bammmmm you have a killing intro sales demand. Oppps we guessed on product readiness then told then market something else... and now we have internal delays... followed by external delays, and now the market is just unbelieving.
CC will do good with the next minor product and gain trust... then the cycle repeats.

All in all we have to make our own judgement calls.

Highflier