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RE: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives?
by John Goerner 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

I would contact badorb again. As much as they have screwed up (damaged shipments, crappy website, dishonest representation of the limited nature of the releases), everytime I emailed them they corrected the problem quickly. However if they dont, have at it. Its a shame these things happen, especially since they dont seem to fix them. John Goerner "Better Living Through Gravity" johng(a)usgravitics.com -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Wakely [mailto:cow@compsoc.man.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:12 AM To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives? On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 11:03:31AM -0500, Don Gagen wrote: > Write the Fair Trade Commission which I believe is the UK equivalent of the > Better Business Bureau. They'll light a fire under their ass and get it > done. > That'll be the Office of Fair Trading: http://www.oft.gov.uk/ If you really don't get anywhere dealing with badorb and feel you've been ripped off they're probably the people to talk to -- "Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment: Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment is intuition." - Jalal-uddin Rumi _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb

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LP recently Sold
by Ed 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

A little too late to nab this one. The only copy I've seen up for sale. Ever! But I believe the CD has a bonus track or two, so maybe it works out best in the long run. Hope somebody on the list got it though! FVLL >The Eternity Project One LP listed. Is that 80.50 UKP or >80.50 USD like it reads on my screen. >Edward >>Hi Edward >>It was dollars but it has recently been sold >>David

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RE: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives?
by Don Gagen 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

Write the Fair Trade Commission which I believe is the UK equivalent of the Better Business Bureau. They'll light a fire under their ass and get it done. -----Original Message----- From: jtopjian(a)nb.net [mailto:jtopjian@nb.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:27 AM To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: RE: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives? > So far no problems. Smooth purchasing here - Raleigh, NC. Hope I am > not taunting the universe now ... Same.. no bank problems here (pennsylvania) Although they did charge me shipping for the MP3 subscription.. I emailed them about it and got a reply 6 weeks later. They said they would take care of it, but have not yet (this was about a month ago). --- Joe Topjian email: jtopjian(a)nb.net web: http://terrarum.net _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb

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RE: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives?
by Chris Dawson 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

So far no problems. Smooth purchasing here - Raleigh, NC. Hope I am not taunting the universe now ... -----Original Message----- From: Levering, Steve [mailto:S.Levering@tcu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 9:54 AM To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: RE: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives? My main complaint is kind of a strange one, and I'm wondering if it's happened to anyone else ordering from Badorb in the States or elsewhere. The first time I ordered a Bob subscription, I entered all my credit card info and all that and sent it off. A few hours later I got a call from my credit card company saying that a transaction posing a "security risk" had been processed in the U.K. and they wanted to know if I had authorized it. I told them I had and that it was all legit, and they said they would "allow the transaction to proceed." So it comes time to resubscribe, and I decide to use my other card so there wouldn't be any panic attacks from the company this time. Wrong again. I get the same types of calls, blah blah blah. Bizarre... Anyone else have this kind of crap happen to them? I've placed orders with Warp and other British-based websites, but this is the first time I've ever had anything like this... s.levering(a)tcu.edu -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Wakely [mailto:cow@compsoc.man.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:58 AM To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives? On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 05:47:52AM -0700, P J Kane wrote: > > Does anyone fancy copying this to someone at > > BadOrb- for their own sakes they should begin > > to take notice of the mounting criticism > > that is here at a core fanbase- I dread to > > think what an 'average' Orb punter would make > > of the website. > > hmmm..... this might be a good idea. however, > there is no way to send them feedback indicated > on the site. at least, not that i have found > yet. sales(a)badorb.com is the only address i've ever had a response out of i forwarded them some fixes for some broken CSS on one of their pages and they said they'd send it on to the techy people - haven't checked whether it's been fixed but they do respond to mails at that address. -- "Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment: Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment is intuition." - Jalal-uddin Rumi _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb

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RE: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives?
by Levering, Steve 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

My main complaint is kind of a strange one, and I'm wondering if it's happened to anyone else ordering from Badorb in the States or elsewhere. The first time I ordered a Bob subscription, I entered all my credit card info and all that and sent it off. A few hours later I got a call from my credit card company saying that a transaction posing a "security risk" had been processed in the U.K. and they wanted to know if I had authorized it. I told them I had and that it was all legit, and they said they would "allow the transaction to proceed." So it comes time to resubscribe, and I decide to use my other card so there wouldn't be any panic attacks from the company this time. Wrong again. I get the same types of calls, blah blah blah. Bizarre... Anyone else have this kind of crap happen to them? I've placed orders with Warp and other British-based websites, but this is the first time I've ever had anything like this... s.levering(a)tcu.edu -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Wakely [mailto:cow@compsoc.man.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:58 AM To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives? On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 05:47:52AM -0700, P J Kane wrote: > > Does anyone fancy copying this to someone at > > BadOrb- for their own sakes they should begin > > to take notice of the mounting criticism > > that is here at a core fanbase- I dread to > > think what an 'average' Orb punter would make > > of the website. > > hmmm..... this might be a good idea. however, > there is no way to send them feedback indicated > on the site. at least, not that i have found > yet. sales(a)badorb.com is the only address i've ever had a response out of i forwarded them some fixes for some broken CSS on one of their pages and they said they'd send it on to the techy people - haven't checked whether it's been fixed but they do respond to mails at that address. -- "Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment: Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment is intuition." - Jalal-uddin Rumi _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb

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Re: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives?
by Harry Walker 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

BadOrb may be very interesting and mysterious, but I am in the UK, and I reckon it has a completely useless website. I may not be a technical gibbon, but I can navigate my way round the Internet with relative ease. With the BadOrb website however, I only find 100% frustration, because my server wont support letting me buy jack- and Im not technically gifted enough to sort out another option. I dunno who of you saw the Cydonia website, but this was equally glitched and made computers I was using crash. Do I get such problems from similar mail-order style websites?- Certainly not. Dont get me wrong. I love the Orb and similar tuneage, but the fact that I am unable to buy from the website makes me wanna give up- or I could bid for the new single on e-bay for 10 times the amount of money youd expect to pay by mail order or in a shop! It really wouldnt be hard to sort out a smoother website that could be of easy access to anyone who wants to use it, maybe even some good old mail order. I must have put several miles worth of lard into LXs wallet over the years, but with this website, I couldnt feel less rewarded. I dont want abusive ridicule from you technical boffs out there, I just want easy means to purchase the music I love. Does anyone fancy copying this to someone at BadOrb- for their own sakes they should begin to take notice of the mounting criticism that is here at a core fanbase- I dread to think what an average Orb punter would make of the website. In short: BadOrb- Good Concept, shite website. >From: Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson(a)hydro-mill.com> >Reply-To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives? >Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 15:16:47 -0700 > >"-> rachel" wrote: > > > > ok, so CD Now is showing"Badorb.com - Bless you" as in stock and >available: > > >http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1759724702/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/a…. > > html/itemid=1561331 > > > > what gives?! could i *honestly* get it faster by ordering from cdnow >than > > the source itself? this whole badorb.com has been an exceedingly > > frustrating experience, and is actually getting to the point where its > > putting me off the music... > >Heh. I know what you mean. > >But...bear in mind: > >1) BadOrb.com's primary business is 12" singles (and t-shirts(!?)), and >their primary market is the UK. The other stuff is icing on the cake. >2) Bless You has been available in Japan for a month or two. >3) You should be able to buy it at any decent record store in the US >today. (I did.) > >Have they screwed up? Yes. (Like me having BOB 12 & 13 while other >people in LA still don't have BOB 11. And their packing still blows.) > >Will they continue to screw up? Yes. > >Have they made bad and/or contradictory marketing decisions? Hell yes. > >Was it a bad idea to release Bless You in Japan and the US before the >BadOrb release? Yes, but it was probably out of their hands once they >signed the deals. > >Are they getting better? Yes. > >Is there any better way, short of personally smoking LX out, to support >LX/the Orb at this point? Not really. (Unless you can promote an Orb >show or LX DJ set.) ;) > >Now, I have yet to be screwed hard by BadOrb; how they handle it if and >when it happens could well change my feelings... ;) > >Chris > >np: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Experimental Remixes (anyone know if >Bellbottoms (old rascal mix) actually features LX?) > >_______________________________________________ >Orb mailing list >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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Re: [Orb] Bless You - What Gives?
by Jason Hicks 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Lazlo seems to think so, it's listed in his discography despite the misspelling of LX's name. (turntable antics by Patterson) np: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Experimental Remixes (anyone know if Bellbottoms (old rascal mix) actually features LX?)Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

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by Mark Harridge 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Dear sir, Please delete my details from your orb mailing list. I was unaware of how much mail I would receive! Best wishes, Mark _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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by Mark Harridge 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Dear sir, Please delete my details from your orb mailing list. I was unaware of how much mail I would receive! Best wishes, Mark _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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East of The River Nile
by Ed 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

Finally got around to picking up August Pablo's fine re-issue "East of the River Nile". The track listings don't give much information. It's pretty hard to tell which tracks are the remixes. Upon first listening I would say there isn't an Orb mix on the CD. Though the notes do have this from LX: "Melodica in the most high and giving his love to King Salassi I H.I.M. (His Imperial Majesty) music play forever, give thanks and praise. Augustus we'll meet again" Alex Paterson/The Orb Still waiting BOB11 here in Southern Cali. Still celebrating Brasil's victory last Sunday! Now to break out some more music, a Bass Ale and let's get irie. FVLL FYI Tower in the States is selling a 3-track Elvis vs JXL CD Single for $1.99

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