** Marine Aquarium 2.0 SELF-UPGRADE ** - Page 5

hammer1head · 03-13-2005, 04:29 PM

Originally posted by Jav400:

Hammer1head,

Unfortunately if I am reading what you are saying correctly, you can't get there from here, and you have Micro$oft to blame for it. The version included on the Plus pack is not the full version, it is a 3 fish Demo only that Micro$oft forced Jim to make. He gets no revenue from this at all. It was intended as a Demo only and Micro$oft was supposed to tell people this. Instead they raised the price of the Plus Pack and told no one. I am sure Jim will address your concerns when he next arrives here.

""

Why me oh Lord???""

hammer1head · 03-13-2005, 04:34 PM

I hope oh Jim, can help me out. 30.00 bucks for the Superpak then 6.00 bucks for the upgrade??? You'd think somewhere they ( Microsnott, as one of my buddies calls them. he-heee) write on the box, that it was a demo???

hammer1head · 03-13-2005, 04:35 PM

I feel cheated.. Now I know how Hillary felt.

03-13-2005, 04:48 PM

Fortunately, with the Plus! pack you got more than just the MA demo. The Space screensaver is quite good IMO, and some of the other stuff is fun also. Personally, I wouldn't buy Plus! now if I had my druthers, but when I bought my first computer I was a real n00b. You can get an update for Plus!
here.

Marian Nichols · 03-13-2005, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by hammer1head:

I feel cheated.. Now I know how Hillary felt.

ROFLMBO

feldon34 · 03-14-2005, 12:50 AM

Originally posted by hammer1head:

What gives? Have I been taken for the 5.95? Please Help!!!

You are attempting to "carpet-bomb" us. You posted on the chatroom, by e-mail AND here on the forum and are already demonstrating great impatience. We didn't get a nickel out of the Plus! pack (Microsoft made all the money), so you are expecting immediate tech support for a $5.95 product. A little patience on a Sunday afternoon will go along way!

hammer1head · 03-14-2005, 06:52 AM

Originally posted by feldon29:

You are attempting to "carpet-bomb" us. You posted on the chatroom, by e-mail AND here on the forum and are already demonstrating great impatience. We didn't get a nickel out of the Plus! pack (Microsoft made all the money), so you are expecting immediate tech support for a $5.95 product. A little patience on a Sunday afternoon will go along way!

Your right ! Dang , what was I thinking ? Sorry all.

feldon34 · 03-14-2005, 08:36 AM

I am hopeful that you will receive a helpful response from SereneScreen Tech Support today.

hammer1head · 03-14-2005, 04:18 PM

Thanks,
Hammer1head

hammer1head · 03-16-2005, 05:17 AM

Originally posted by feldon29:

You are attempting to "carpet-bomb" us. You posted on the chatroom, by e-mail AND here on the forum and are already demonstrating great impatience. We didn't get a nickel out of the Plus! pack (Microsoft made all the money), so you are expecting immediate tech support for a $5.95 product. A little patience on a Sunday afternoon will go along way!

It reminds me of how a person makes a " fine wine ".

Or stand'n line to " fine dine "..

hammer1head · 03-17-2005, 06:01 AM

Originally posted by feldon29:

I am hopeful that you will receive a helpful response from SereneScreen Tech Support today.

Happy St. Patty's Day but I haven't heard from Tech Support yet . I tried everything and I understand there's more than " myself " in this forum..
" It takes time to make a fine wine"
Hammer1head

patscarr · 03-17-2005, 06:22 PM

Correct me if I am wrong, but he paid 30.00 bucks for the Superpak which only contains the demo version, then he paid 6.00 bucks for the upgrade but that doesn't help him at all, right? He should have bought the full version at full price? Is that it?

03-17-2005, 06:47 PM

In a word, yes.

feldon34 · 03-17-2005, 08:03 PM

You cannot go from Plus! to Marine Aquarium for $5.95. You have to pay the full ~~$21.95~~ $19.95.

Jim Sachs · 03-17-2005, 10:33 PM

The price of the Aquarium is $19.95, not $21.95. The upgrade is for people who had the original 1.0 version and want to get the 2.0 version.

We have nothing to do with the Microsoft Plus Pack. We get no money from it, and MS didn't even ask me when they put it in the new Superpack.

I'll contact Prolific and see if they can do something about the money you paid to upgrade something which can't be upgraded.

AKcrab · 03-17-2005, 10:56 PM

Sue them!!! (M$) Make them pay you!!!! This thread makes me angry.
You *must* have a contract of some sort... Something in writing.

03-17-2005, 11:21 PM

This is not in any way a defense of Micro$oft, but if it hadn't been for the Plus! pack, I doubt I would have ever been exposed to the MA demo.

AKcrab · 03-17-2005, 11:49 PM

This situation is messed up, and M$ needs to pay the piper. Prolific should give people the product, and M$ should pay Prolific for the product. Maybe in reverse order.

feldon34 · 03-17-2005, 11:53 PM

Originally posted by AKcrab:

Sue them!!! (M$) Make them pay you!!!! This thread makes me angry.
You *must* have a contract of some sort... Something in writing.

Apparently, audio tape recordings were not made of the conference calls between Prolific and Microsoft. Not bueño.

CatLikingFish · 03-18-2005, 02:54 AM

Originally posted by klyntun:

This is not in any way a defense of Micro$oft, but if it hadn't been for the Plus! pack, I doubt I would have ever been exposed to the MA demo.

This is true for me, too. I would have never known about MA at all.

03-13-2005, 05:07 PM	#85
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	Originally posted by hammer1head: I feel cheated.. Now I know how Hillary felt. ROFLMBO Write paranormal mysteries. Six books so far.

03-14-2005, 12:50 AM	#86
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Originally posted by hammer1head: What gives? Have I been taken for the 5.95? Please Help!!! You are attempting to "carpet-bomb" us. You posted on the chatroom, by e-mail AND here on the forum and are already demonstrating great impatience. We didn't get a nickel out of the Plus! pack (Microsoft made all the money), so you are expecting immediate tech support for a $5.95 product. A little patience on a Sunday afternoon will go along way! "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-14-2005, 08:36 AM	#88
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	I am hopeful that you will receive a helpful response from SereneScreen Tech Support today. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-17-2005, 06:22 PM	#92
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,454	Correct me if I am wrong, but he paid 30.00 bucks for the Superpak which only contains the demo version, then he paid 6.00 bucks for the upgrade but that doesn't help him at all, right? He should have bought the full version at full price? Is that it? Patrick

03-17-2005, 08:03 PM	#94
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	You cannot go from Plus! to Marine Aquarium for $5.95. You have to pay the full ~~$21.95~~ $19.95. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman Last edited by feldon34; 03-17-2005 at 11:52 PM.

03-13-2005, 04:29 PM	#81
hammer1head Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	Originally posted by Jav400: Hammer1head, Unfortunately if I am reading what you are saying correctly, you can't get there from here, and you have Micro$oft to blame for it. The version included on the Plus pack is not the full version, it is a 3 fish Demo only that Micro$oft forced Jim to make. He gets no revenue from this at all. It was intended as a Demo only and Micro$oft was supposed to tell people this. Instead they raised the price of the Plus Pack and told no one. I am sure Jim will address your concerns when he next arrives here. "" Why me oh Lord???""

03-13-2005, 04:34 PM	#82
hammer1head Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	I hope oh Jim, can help me out. 30.00 bucks for the Superpak then 6.00 bucks for the upgrade??? You'd think somewhere they ( Microsnott, as one of my buddies calls them. he-heee) write on the box, that it was a demo???

03-13-2005, 04:35 PM	#83
hammer1head Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	I feel cheated.. Now I know how Hillary felt.

03-13-2005, 04:48 PM	#84
klyntun Guest Posts: n/a	Fortunately, with the Plus! pack you got more than just the MA demo. The Space screensaver is quite good IMO, and some of the other stuff is fun also. Personally, I wouldn't buy Plus! now if I had my druthers, but when I bought my first computer I was a real n00b. You can get an update for Plus! here.

03-14-2005, 06:52 AM	#87
hammer1head Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	Originally posted by feldon29: You are attempting to "carpet-bomb" us. You posted on the chatroom, by e-mail AND here on the forum and are already demonstrating great impatience. We didn't get a nickel out of the Plus! pack (Microsoft made all the money), so you are expecting immediate tech support for a $5.95 product. A little patience on a Sunday afternoon will go along way! Your right ! Dang , what was I thinking ? Sorry all.

03-14-2005, 04:18 PM	#89
hammer1head Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	Thanks, Hammer1head

03-16-2005, 05:17 AM	#90
hammer1head Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	Originally posted by feldon29: You are attempting to "carpet-bomb" us. You posted on the chatroom, by e-mail AND here on the forum and are already demonstrating great impatience. We didn't get a nickel out of the Plus! pack (Microsoft made all the money), so you are expecting immediate tech support for a $5.95 product. A little patience on a Sunday afternoon will go along way! It reminds me of how a person makes a " fine wine ". Or stand'n line to " fine dine "..

03-17-2005, 06:01 AM	#91
hammer1head Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 11	Originally posted by feldon29: I am hopeful that you will receive a helpful response from SereneScreen Tech Support today. Happy St. Patty's Day but I haven't heard from Tech Support yet . I tried everything and I understand there's more than " myself " in this forum.. " It takes time to make a fine wine" Hammer1head

03-17-2005, 06:47 PM	#93
klyntun Guest Posts: n/a	In a word, yes.

03-17-2005, 10:33 PM	#95
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,771	The price of the Aquarium is $19.95, not $21.95. The upgrade is for people who had the original 1.0 version and want to get the 2.0 version. We have nothing to do with the Microsoft Plus Pack. We get no money from it, and MS didn't even ask me when they put it in the new Superpack. I'll contact Prolific and see if they can do something about the money you paid to upgrade something which can't be upgraded. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-17-2005, 10:56 PM	#96
AKcrab Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 233	Sue them!!! (M$) Make them pay you!!!! This thread makes me angry. You must have a contract of some sort... Something in writing.

03-17-2005, 11:21 PM	#97
klyntun Guest Posts: n/a	This is not in any way a defense of Micro$oft, but if it hadn't been for the Plus! pack, I doubt I would have ever been exposed to the MA demo.

03-17-2005, 11:49 PM	#98
AKcrab Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 233	This situation is messed up, and M$ needs to pay the piper. Prolific should give people the product, and M$ should pay Prolific for the product. Maybe in reverse order.

03-17-2005, 11:53 PM	#99
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Originally posted by AKcrab: Sue them!!! (M$) Make them pay you!!!! This thread makes me angry. You must have a contract of some sort... Something in writing. Apparently, audio tape recordings were not made of the conference calls between Prolific and Microsoft. Not bueño. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-18-2005, 02:54 AM	#100
CatLikingFish Registered Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 8	Originally posted by klyntun: This is not in any way a defense of Micro$oft, but if it hadn't been for the Plus! pack, I doubt I would have ever been exposed to the MA demo. This is true for me, too. I would have never known about MA at all.