[jamato8]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fl00r /img/forum/go_quote.gif Maybe e-mail him asking how he's doing?

I have, many times but I haven't heard anything.

 

[fl00r]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have, many times but I haven't heard anything.

Surprise, surprise.......what's new

If he ain't replying on one of the best photographers around, there must be something serious wrong with him.....

 

[Sanddancer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsborken /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just out of curiosity, now that you've waited a year, how long would the two of you continue to wait without any response from Xin and nothing shipping before you'd say enough is enough?

To be honest, I expect to never receive anything from him. From the way things have been going, I can't see him recovering, especially not going back to building SuperMicros. If my order was for a Reference, then maybe I'd hold out a fraction more hope.

I think the whole thing is disgusting. People can post here all they like about how it's not a business, how I'm not 'buying' anything, just benefiting from an idividual's hobby etc etc. That's complete rubbish. His website advertises a product for sale. Nowhere does it say that you can expect to wait for a year, nowhere does it say that he's not building these things for sale, rather just for his own amusement and you're paying to enter into the great Xin lottery to see if you can 'win' a part of the output of this hobby of his. I'm sure if he stopped paying taxes the government wouldn't have a hard time seeing him as a business.

If you pay by Paypal, he takes your money. He advertises a product, people pay in good faith and get nothing in return. One or two items here and there over a period of months. He's knows his order list, he knows the amount of work involved in getting his orders out. He knows what he is capable of. If he knows that he has more orders than he can handle, why not send a global e-mail to all his customers? Why not put a notice on his website, why not stop accecpting orders, why not take his site down? Soliciting orders, advertising a product and taking peoples money (all the Paypal folk) when you know full well that they're never likely to see an amp or if they are it's going to be literally years down the line, then ignoring and deleting e-mails from these customers when they express concern...dispicable. Out of interest, I wonder how much interest is being accrued by the Paypal orders sitting in a bank somewhere?

It may sound over the top, but at the moment, forgetting the way things were a year or two ago, they way are now, I'm having a hard time telling the difference betweein Xin and Ken Law.

 

[jamaya15]

I preordered a supermicro IV in January with full expections of waiting about a year to get it. I stupidly payed with paypal which was a mistake in retrospect.

Seeing as no one can get in contact with him myself included, ive gone ahead and file a claim with paypal. I understand that the guy has other things going on in his life but the very least he could do is respond to a simple email.

Really hate to do this to the guy but there are plenty of other great amps out there. Even if it isnt exactly a buisness he is running, he still owes it to people to atleast post an eta or show some signs of life. I will never get his amp but at this point ill be happy just to get my money back.

 

[itsborken]

You're probably doing everyone a service--Paypal isn't going to associate themselves with a non-shipping vendor. If enough people complain his account will be pulled and nobody will get burned in the future.

 

[BoxBoxBox]

I put in a credit card order for the supermicro, didn't realize it would take over a year... is there any way to cancel the order? I'll be moving in three months and don't want the future tenants in October 2010 getting a free supermicro

 

[itsborken]

Send him a registered letter (photocopy it). If he ships it later and bills your credit card you can easily dispute it with this historical record here and the notification you sent. It costs you some money but you will be protected.

 

[Happy Camper]

Just specuilation but perhaps he has been called in to his past career and has been told to keep invisible. At least in the movies, we had glimpes of the whereabouts of the subject. The plot thickens.

 

[Kabeer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Camper /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just specuilation but perhaps he has been called in to his past career and has been told to keep invisible. At least in the movies, we had glimpes of the whereabouts of the subject. The plot thickens.

Haha, double-O-Xin. What if he bumps into a headphone enthusiast on his super secret missions

he'll be in for some trouble then.

 

[tbmusic]

I have been waiting for almost 8 months. "Innocent me" paid by Pay Pal so there is almost nothing I can do. I have moved on to speakers. I used to visit Head-Fi everyday but now I only visit the site for a few minutes a week to check on this thread. Really really disappointed with Xin!!!!!

 

[tnmike1]

Hey you West Coast people. You have his address. Go bang on his door and see if anyone's home. If he is, tell him he's got a ton of really POed people out here and what the f....k is he doing???

 

[Jalo]

I tried to log on the Cool Stuff which is Xintechs.com and found the site says the following:

xintechs.com
This domain is for sale!

Does anyone know where is Xin's website at now?

 

[musicmaker]

Xin Feng Company

 

[kanan]

Maybe someone call the police...?

 

[Aaron622]

Just celebrated my 7 month anniversary for my Supermico IV (originally a Reference) by ordering a Minibox E+

I'm not going to cancel the Xin order though. Maybe one day it will magically show up