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Hello, That's a great WhatEverHappenedTo... Story. "SEX" by Berlin is on my Best of 83" tape which still gets played around here. Director of Security, WOW! I'm sending my $45 today and I'm ready to open er up. Thanks Kim for the work and education you have provided. Randy At 12:58 AM 9/20/97 -0700, you wrote: >>On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Rik Elswit wrote: >> >>> I don't want to sound like an apologist for Oberheim, but the new regime has >>> spent the last two weeks doing the move and getting set up. They have been >>> very good about getting back to me and staying in communication. When >I >>> sent my piece in for repair, I had a similar experience to yours. But I pu >>> all this on the old management. The new management just took over, and they >>> have a lot of cleaning up to do. > >I've had good experiences with the new folks so far, too. And they do have >a lot of work ahead of them. I don't envy the poor guys that have to sort >through all the junk packed in the trucks. The seem very motivated, >though, >and I'm looking forward to working with them. > >Andre: >>He (of COURSE) confirmed the now widespread news of the Oakland-Gibson >>transit. He told me that there was a repair team standing by once the >>move was completed, and that my repair job was in fact at the very top of >>the list. I then asked him why it was that I had sent a check in to >cover >>repair costs when there had in fact been no repair work yet done, and >>consequently no way to accurately gauge how much labor would have to be >>done (and, consequently, how much it might cost). He said that all of >>their information had come from Mike Lyon in California. I then pointed >>out that I had been informed (again, by Pat) that my unit was to have >been >>ready earlier this week. Pat's only explanation was that Mike Lyon must >>have been "lying." > >heh. Mike didn't actually know about the move until the day it happened. >It >was one of THOSE kinds of moves for which Gibson is notorious. So he might >not have been lying...I had an amusing front row seat, because I happened >to stop by OB about two minutes after my old buddy Rik Olsen arrived. Rik >used to play guitar in the pop-rock band Berlin, and is now Gibson's >director of security. Asset protection, he calls it. Really nice guy, >but....during the later days of gwiz we used to sing "Take my Job Away" to >the tune of "Take my Breath Away"....ah, it brought back memories of some >special moments from the gwiz days..... > > >>I sincerely hope that the transition of operations from Oakland to >>Nashville improves things with regards to Oberheim's customer service. I >>know I'm not the only one feeling the burn from all of this right now... >> >>--Andre > >It looks pretty good so far, hopefully they'll get it right this time. > >kim > >______________________________________________________________________ >Kim Flint | Looper's Delight >kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html >http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com > > > > >