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11-03-05
In response to a correction of an error I made to to his account Jared responded:
Thanks! Don't worry about it; I appreciate
what you're doing (in case people don't tell you that enough)! |
| __________________________________________________________________________________ 11-05-2005
I received this e mail from a NEW member of about 2 weeks. He had asked for
a uploading account:
Randy,
I'm sorry , but I will be trading my OTR gems with someone else. You put too many
stipulations on what you receive. I am addicted to OTR and I feel that any OTR
in my collection is good OTR to have and I don't put any stipulations on it. I
just want to keep receiving it, and honor what I've enjoyed as a boy up til now
at 27 yrs old. I'm only sorry that there's people like you out there charging
$7.00 a gig to enjoy it and treating it as more of a business than a special thing.
I've thought of selling to people but it doesn't seem right, and I guarantee I
have the stock to sell. I hate that everything pure has to be defiled into big
business. Have a good day.
My
Response (edited) No
problem I understand you feelings But let me say this.... With
the kind of money that is put out each month for this site, it has to be treated
like a business. Like it or not. No money No site, Its just that simple. I make
no profit on this "Business". It would be nice, but there is just no profit in
it at all. When I say no profit I mean Zero. Last month I went 23.00 in the hole,
don't sound too much like a business to me. I drive a 1995 Escort wagon, my wife
drives a 1995 Windstar Van we bought in 1994 If it were a business those would
be 2006 cars I can guarantee you. Yes I am VERY restrictive on what can be uploaded.
I don't want junk up there, and given the chance many would and have upload JUNK.
The rules I have come up with are from years of experience. I have many users
who upload and never pay a dime to download because they upload what they need
to download. They understand the rules and follow them with little to no problems.
I still have members who started in the first two years of the site paid 3.00
and never a cent more, Yet 5 years later they are still sipping on that first
GB they bought. Most other site would have dumped their accounts by now. I am
not sure what you mean by OTR is a special thing.... . I offer a service, a place
where someone can go to find all the OTR they want without spending hours on the
net each night searching. A place where you are certain to find what you are looking
for without the hassles of the search, or the dangers of getting a virus. You
pay for the service, the convenience and the confidence that the site is secure
and virus free. Nothing more, and if the shows are wrong, mislabeled or has an
audio problem, I am happy to credit the persons account back not just what the
file was but 3 times the amount. I offer a place where my word as a gentleman
means something. You cant find that on the free sites or forums. You get what
you get. I too went to all the free places, I traded with others and I used the
forum in my first years. I got dupes, mislabeled files, wrong files, files with
no audio, files of vulgar screaming, and tons on viruses. I got files that played
fast, played slow, has people talking in the background and my share of files
with audio problems. My helper and myself spend all day every day and most evening
listening to shows and editing shows. The whole community is plagued with mislabeled
episodes ranging from the simple wrong dates to totally wrong shows. Not to mention
the quality of shows that leave a lot to be desired. We spend up to 18 hours a
day trying to fix the garbage that floats out there on free sites and forums.
Its a never ending job. If you think I just place the shows on the server and
sit by my computer wrenching my hands counting the money you are mistaken, mostly
I sit at the computer typing, Calling to the US and Canada at my own expense to
help with tech support, listening to episodes, editing titles and audio content
plus biting my nails because bills are due in less then two weeks and so far I
have brought in 76.00. I
have spent countless hours helping many of the OTR members of this site with NON
related OTR computer problems. Not to mention the occasional road trip I take
to personally help Members whos computer crash and they cant afford to have some
one fix it. And I will continue to do so until the site closes. My site is not
for everybody. I thank you very much for the $25.00 you paid last month, it helped
support the site so I can continue for at least one more month to bring to those
who want it a site where OTR enthusiasts can find as many OTR shows in one place
at one time. |
4-24-06: A recent email from n a
newer member brought to my attention that he was upset with me because I convert
my files to 40 kbps instead of the perceived "STANDARD" of 32kbps. His
email seem to indicate he felt cheated and stated he goes to other sites to see
if he can find the same file at a smaller bit rate. It
is true that I do convert as many files as I can to to 40 kbps. I do this for
a couple reasons. I first began this practice in 1997 because many of the older
audio programs I had did not play mp3's below 40 kbps. At 32 Kbps the quality
of the files begins to suffer, while not much at 32 it is noticeable. Anything
below 32 kbps greatly reduces the quality. I do convert files of 24 kbps to 40
but anything below that I delete, they suffer irreversible quality reduction and
are just unsatisfactory in quality. When
you buy one gb you get about 85 to 125 shows, it depends on how it was edited.
Some 30 minute files are really only 21 minutes in length because all the commercials
were cut out, while others are almost 30 minutes to beyond. Unless a show has
the Pitch changed and it runs fast or slow or the audio is very low and I am forced
to fix the file someone else and bumbled, bumping up the bit rate is all I do
to improve quality. While many
other sites leave files at 32 kbps they also leave them at 56 kbps, 64 kbps and
128 kbps plus they will pawn off 16 or 8 kbps as being good files. If you ever
heard a show that sounds like it was recorded in a garbage can, its is or was
once down graded to a 16 or 8 kbps file. This
member like others are welcomed to visit and purchase credits from other site.
They have the choice to give their money to whom they wish. I feel my site is
one step above many of the other sites, true its not automated like many. I prefer
the hands on touch. I am available most days for up to 18 hours to personally
handle your questions and problems. Have a bad file download, in most cases I
give the credit right back with no questions or hassles. Upload a file, I give
immediate credit for the upload. Need an advance on credits, all an existing member
has to do is ask. Have a problem downloading or with any other program, I am more
than willing to help if I can. Some sites believe YOU are responsible for your
credits and downloading them, not me, its my responsibility to see you get them,
and to that end I will do what ever I can to see you get what you paid for, all
you need to do is work fully with me to solve the problem, if we cant, I gladly
refund your money or burn you disks to cover your payments. My
shows may be a little higher in kbps which makes the files a little bigger in
size, but you wont find a OTR site that would rather give back to you all your
money then have you dissatisfied with the site.
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