Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!prism!ccastcr From: ccastcr@prism.gatech.EDU (Everett Mullis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (stay away) Message-ID: <27558@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 28 Apr 91 18:06:32 GMT References: <7252@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <104@eclectic.COM> <7324@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, brain drain club Lines: 44 nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen) writes: >< > >I ordered it last week, before I saw the reviews here on the net. >> >It's even worse than I was led to believe. I'd return it, but >> >MacConnection doesn't have a return policy for Sir-Tech stuff. >< kenh@eclectic.COM (Ken Hancock) writes: >> Tell them you have a 24-bit board and that it doesn't work on your >> system. I'm sure they'd make no fuss to taking it back. >> MacConnection is a wonderful company. >That would be dishonest. It *does* work on my system, it's just that >the game itself is crappy. I see no reason why MacConnection should >have to pay for my mistake. They've given me excellent service over >the years, why should I try to cheat them in return? Give me a break. They sold you something crappy. Get your money back. _Dishonest_???? Do you think for one second that they're going to write in they're MacConnection ads: "Buy Bane of the Cosmic Forge! Yes, it's been near unanimously condemned by all lovers of the Mac interface, but it's got some neat stuff in it also!" Hell no. The only way to get the message to these people is to hit them financially. Do yourself and the Macintosh community a favor, and return the game. ----I thought about aborting this reply because it's probably get a lot of arguments, but then again, that's a reason not to abort it. :-) -- Russo, Chris A. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ccastcr Internet: ccastcr@prism.gatech.edu