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Okay so I recently purchased an app on the market called "Soccer Score Centre" the developer is "Pants Software" and his website is "www.pantssoftwaree.com" So I purchased this app and it didn't quite work as it said it would. I wasn't getting goal notifications or any alerts on my nexus one. I checked other peoples comments on the market and some had the same issue. I sent developer an email letting him know it want working and he replied within a few hours about looking into the issue for me. well a week later I hadnt receive any response or fix to the issue and thats okay I understand that devs are busy but I already paid for this app and honestly i didn't feel I have gotten what I paid for.
So since this was international I couldn't refund the app and I wasn't even asking for a refund so I decided to post on the market my issue with the app so others can see, I mean I have every right to post my issue with an app and rate it how ever the hell I want on the comment are for any app so others can be aware that this is a common issue. I always respect the hard work and dedication of a dev so I never post something untrue or harshly negative. I posted this: "App since to have issues with goal alerts and notification, and its still doesn't have MLS"
thats it! nothing wrong with that....well here is the email I receive from the developer this morning:
Hi XXXX,
I see you must have gotten bored putting poor comments on other score score apps so decided to return to ours and give out your low ratings - so are you really that disappointed with EVERY football score app, if so I'd suggest that you get an iPhone or perhaps just not download any apps.
Or are you from a competitor like Bernd from Livescore said.
I've already given you a refund previously and yet you repurchased, rest assured you won't be getting another.
Regards.
First of all I don't know what hell he is talking about "competitor" or who the hell is "Bernd" but I am just a regular android user with a nexus one who downloaded this app, paid for it, didn't get his moneys worth and posted my comments on the market like everyone else does and now I get this harassing email and on top of that a few minutes after I receive this email I received about 12 spam emails from unknown sources and sites I have never heard of or signed up with and some were located in the UK, where this developer is from. So is it a coincidence I receive this angry email from him, and then I get spam emails a few minutes after all from the same location (UK)? I think not. Well I think this is BS that a developer has the right to take your email and use it for fraudulent purposes, only because he didnt like a comment about his app. I am still getting spam in my inbox and who know what else he is using my email for. Anyone know how I can report this to Google or the android team?
That's crazy, can't you report him to some scam watch, or spammer government set up agency? In Aus we have scamwatch.gov.au for example.
That's a massive violation to use your email to sign up for spam. What a really disturbed person they must be.
Personally I would reply to him, explain what you've said here and tell him you will be looking to report him to anyone you can and bad mouth his poor customer service to anyone that will listen.
I would then change your score to 1 star and explain the developer has actually started spamming you etc.
I already mentioned it to him and we went back and forth on emails. very rude dev he kept saying how I bad mouth other devs and he didnt even have proof and then tried sending me a link to an android market listing where you can see your own comments and he didnt even have the right one. I was respectful to him but overall he is an a**hole with a negative 10 star rating in my books
We should report that developer.
Sent an email to Google and have them look into this developer.
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I've bought this app and exchanged a number of emails with the developer and have found him to be very helpful and professional. Looking at the feedback for the app on the Market would support this - so I find it difficult to believe the OP claims. Indeed searching across XDA I can see posts from other users who have had similar good experiences with the dev.
Perhaps people should check the app feedback for themselves before reacting to any unsubstantiated claims....
After reading the the 12 pages over in Viewsonic's Facebook Discussion section on the gTablet support, I came away with the idea that what we need is a single united voice to get Viewsonic attention.
facebook.com/topic.php?uid=58738271675&topic=18712
While many has already blog, tweet and post in forums to show how unhappy they are with the way Viewsonic has treated the gTablet, a single united campaign will hopefully get the attention of online (and maybe offline) media. This would lead to positive PR for the gTablet hardware and negative PR for the company. Hopefully, it will show them the true popularity of the device and get them to reconsider abandoning it for something newer.
I've created a Facebook page to get us started.
facebook.com/pages/Viewsonic-gTablet-Owners-Unite/115515855214154
I welcome any input, help, advise, suggestion etc..
A small update.
Almost a week have pass since the launch of the Viewsonic gTablet Onwers Unite Facebook page and we have nearly 40 people responded. It's a great start but we need more people. Please Like the page if you have not already done so and share it with anyone you know who own a gTablet or looking to get one.
Our goal is NOT to discourage people from buying the gTablet as more units sold translate to a bigger user base. If nothing else, the popularity (=sale figure) would be the one thing Viewsonic cannot ignore.
Join us @
facebook.com/gTabletOwners
they wont give a rat crap about you. The only way they will listen is to get the general public attention.
Spike, that is the purpose of the Facebook page. It require minimal commitment from people. All they have to do is click the Like button. People who wish to be more involve and post and spread the words etc..
And we have 91 members now.
Anyway, last night it came to that while many have said that the only way for Viewsonic to listen is hit them where it hurt the most, through their sales. So I've started a companion page to Viewsonic gTablet Owners Unite called I Switched from Viewsonic. This page is to help register the people who are boycotting the Viewsonic brand. To get all those statements in the same place instead of spreading all over the Internet. Once again, the aim is show strength in numbers.
Before anyone ask, Yes, you can continue to use your current Viewsonic product(s) as long as you have made a purchase of a different brand because of a previous bad experience with Viewsonic.
facebook.com/pages/I-Switched-from-Viewsonic/266914796653802
Time for a little viral marketing.
We are about to hit the 100 members mark sometime this week. To celebrate, I think it would be a great opportunity to do a big (viral) marketing push.
If the Facebook study I have read is true, the average person on Facebook has about 10-20 people on their friends list. My suggestion is for everyone to take a minute to hit the Share button on the bottom left of the Facebook page to post it on their Wall. That would give us a minimum of 1000+ more pair of eye balls seeing the message. Some of them might be gTablet owners or know someone who does. But our real aim is to bring to their attention our cause and at the same time spread negative publicity for Viewsonic to another 1000 people who might in turn share it with more of their friends. With some luck, we might just reach that critical mass that will attract Viewsonic attention.
Make sure to include a message along the line of:
"I own a Viewsonic gTablet and I need your help. Viewsonic has abandon this device after only 3 months of support. Now they are killing it by refusing to provide the necessary driver so the community developers can continue to update it. Please share this with all your friends so we can warn as many people as possible about Viewsonic dodgy business practice."
facebook.com/gTabletOwners
just posted it on the FB support page. lets see if it stays up.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=18712&post=99303&uid=58738271675#topic_top
I understand where you are coming from, but asking a corporation to support a commercial failure is most likely falling on deaf ears. Just ask those people who bought Touchpads. Viewsonic doesn't make their money from people like us.
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Viewsonic doesn't make their money from people like us.
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Yes they do.
Fact Most happy consumers have no voice, It's not that they do not have one its more like they have no use or want to be bothered with it.
Upset people have a voice and use it.
So if I was a consumer that was looking for a good product, and search the web for a viewsonic tablet review I will find peoples likes and dislikes.
So if the upset customers (US) make noise, it will hurt their bottom line. I would not want to buy a device that is dropped from support and has bad things said about it.
I as a web guy would have done this a little different.
Create a facebook page for people to like and post their thoughts.
Create a twitter account and link it to the facebook page
Start going to the review sites you find in google searches and post your review with a link to your facebook page.
Heck you could even post on review sites for other viewsonic products (LCD's etc...) stating that you have owned and after the tablet mess, you will never buy again and so on.
I know VS is probably reading this and thinking "Shut up already, we do not need more trouble", but VS it's your fault and only you can fix the problem.
One thing I have learned in the last few years in tech, is never mess with the tech geeks as their numbers can kill you.
BTW, I liked both pages. No more VS for me! and I will spread the word.
PS. PM me if you need anything.
copc, thank you for you support.
I consider myself a thinker, not a leader. It takes a while for my brain to to digest and come up with new ideas. So I really appreciate yours and others help with keeping this project alive. I'm going to ask Roebeet and Living Enzyme if they would like to be Admin on the page or recommend someone who would be a good candidate. We really need a few more people to keep the page alive.
Anyone want to take a stab at making a viral video?
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391476,00.asp
So I'm frequent this site a fair amount, especially the marketplace section. I'm not a huge buyer/seller the way some people are, but I'm curious as to what members think of people calling dibs or reserving items. It seems that there have been more and more members recently who either 1. find threads where a buyer is tentatively selling a phone or 2. are unable to pay for a phone immediately, but want the phone and because they were the first to see the thread they feel entitled to it.
In my opinion this not only goes against the community feel of the thread, but is just poor form in general. I think that until someone has sent money for the phone it should be open to everyone. Yes I believe in a first come first serve rule, but I'm not a fan of people checking the site every five minutes and calling dibs on any thread they're interested in. It's one thing to express interest in buying the phone, and it's another to say " I want this phone, hold it for me"
This is especially annoying because as of late it seems like we have gotten an influx of foreign buyers who are the main culprits of this. Not to name names but I specifically remember a case the other day where a member said that he was getting a large shipment of AT&T phones for sale. Only a few minutes later a number of members had posted claiming they had first dibs on the pick of the phones.
All in all this doesn't really affect me, but as I look around the marketplace it's something I find slightly annoying. Anyways what do you guys think? Maybe I'm just oversensitive to it.
Edit: To add one previous point I left out. The reason this probably bothers me the most, isn't just the fact that these people want these phones badly, it's the fact that I'm pretty sure they're just buying the phones for resale. It's one thing to really want the phone for yourself or a friend or family member. But I see a some overseas members buying up tons of BNIB phones and I'm sure they're able to sell them back home for a profit. Once again, there are no rules against this and people are welcome to do as these please, but the goodwill of some members to sell their phones for lower than average prices shouldn't be exploited.
This is completely wrong in my opinion too. Just report them and a moderator should resolve the issue.
I'm pretty sure any seller in their right mind would ignore "dibs" if another potential buyer sent money first.
seems like a non-issue to me. in the end, it's up to the seller who is going to get the phone, not the guy calling dibs... that's elementary school **** that doesn't apply in the real world.
bholloway said:
So I'm frequent this site a fair amount, especially the marketplace section. I'm not a huge buyer/seller the way some people are, but I'm curious as to what members think of people calling dibs or reserving items. It seems that there have been more and more members recently who either 1. find threads where a buyer is tentatively selling a phone or 2. are unable to pay for a phone immediately, but want the phone and because they were the first to see the thread they feel entitled to it.
In my opinion this not only goes against the community feel of the thread, but is just poor form in general. I think that until someone has sent money for the phone it should be open to everyone. Yes I believe in a first come first serve rule, but I'm not a fan of people checking the site every five minutes and calling dibs on any thread they're interested in. It's one thing to express interest in buying the phone, and it's another to say " I want this phone, hold it for me"
This is especially annoying because as of late it seems like we have gotten an influx of foreign buyers who are the main culprits of this. Not to name names but I specifically remember a case the other day where a member said that he was getting a large shipment of AT&T phones for sale. Only a few minutes later a number of members had posted claiming they had first dibs on the pick of the phones.
All in all this doesn't really affect me, but as I look around the marketplace it's something I find slightly annoying. Anyways what do you guys think? Maybe I'm just oversensitive to it.
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You may be a bit oversensitive to it, yes, but that's not to say you're making it up completely. I think you're right to be a bit irked that some numbers on a hard drive somewhere can be converted into a suggestion that person a will give person b some money at time x when they may or may not have it.
Personally though, I blame the sellers for shoddy selling, not the buyers. If I was a seller and somebody said dibs, I'd just ignore it. When I'm selling stuff I prefer currency to promises.
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...I blame the sellers for shoddy selling... When I'm selling stuff I prefer currency to promises.
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^^ that is the correct answer.
LMAO! if i were the seller i could care less who saw or called dibs on it first
i'll be delivered to whomever can paid for it in full first
... Personal Opinion ... (I do not represent XDA's position on this ...this is Just my Personal Opinion the this issue)
For Those who may not Remember... a good Friend of mine Callip Hall (s15274n in XDA) Started a #NeverAgainSamsung Campaign. The point was to get Samsung's attention and let them know unless they kept their promises to keep the Android updates more current and keep their bootloader unlocked..... we vowed never to buy any Samsung product again.
The Protest took off like wildfire........ after passing 1,000,000 tweets, Facebook and other media notification methods..... Samsung changed their policy Because of the Huge pressure put on them by Us the buyer. And......This all started 1st here on XDA....
Callip...... is at it again....... This Time with a #NeverAgainApple..... The Protest is centered around the stupid frivolous lawsuits Apple has been bringing against basically everyone in an attempt to slow the progress of open source platforms and innovation. Android specifically has been a huge target, since it is now taking over the world cell phone market now at 52% of all phones are Android and growing fast.
Are you too Not happy with using litigation to block innovation? Think Apple is doing a lot more than just protecting IP? Or, you just don't like Apple business tactics...well then... read on.
So.....How does this work? Simple.
We spread the word - a unified word - everyone must use the hashtag #NeverAgainApple - on G+, on Twitter, on blogs, Facebook.... EVERYWHERE. It starts with YOU spreading the word.
THEN it is up to blogs and sites to help carry the load and start reporting of the uprising. THIS is what will help Apple notice WE are tired of their legal battles all over the world.
Please do your part and spread #NeverAgainApple - trust me, I have seen it work before, and it was amazing. I was in awe of how quickly and powerfully the Internet grouped before - and this is a much bigger issue.
You can follow me on Twitter @oka_xda or Callip @calliph and watch our protest grow.
This is only my opinion (oka1) and I do not represent the opinion of this website or any other of its members (other than s15274n-Callip's-)...
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Hello there!
So 9 months ago me and some friends wanted to solve a problem. We thought that it was way too difficult to stay updated on all the upcoming tech products that we were interested in, such as smartphones, wearables and software. Because news sites don't have personal content so much of the content is irrelevant to you and there's just too much content out there so it's difficult to keep up. All we wanted was a simple way of knowing what we needed to know about upcoming tech products that we were interested in. Without having to look at cluttered news sites every day.
So for the last 9 months we have been working on a solution, which is an Android app called Upcomer. So basically what Upcomer does is that you can select which product categories and brands that you are interested in. You will then be notified as soon as a new product is announced. You can then follow specific products to get all the relevant updates about them such as specifications, release dates, beta sign ups, giveaways, reviews and so on. You will find all the worlds upcoming tech products in the app, such as HTC One M9, Google Cars, Windows 10 etc. It's not just another news app, its more of a passive background app that makes sure you never miss something about upcoming tech products that you should know, and also that you are the first to know when something big happens.
We have been working our asses off for 9 months and we would love to get some feedback from you guys. And no, this is not advertising. We are all part of the xdadevelopers community and we genuinly want feedback on what we're creating. And we hope that we got something different here that some of you will like
So my question is: Would you use this application? Would it solve a problem for you?
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