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[terry]

By now you would be expecting me to have told you all about the condition of the cars,what needed what repairs, and also allowed me some time to give the cars a few runs to see how the cars are performing.

That would have been the way I ran the non podded round and it would have allowed all car owners to see how their car was suited to my little track.

Trouble is,the cars have not arrived!

I have been told that the cars were posted "this week",but as tomorrow is the last day for receiving mail,I am starting to get very nervous about the running of this round.

I will keep all of you informed,if we miss this weekends time slot I'll have trouble running it in the near future because of upcoming committments.

Terry

[Davnic74]

Not fair on you at all Terry...cars should have been there at the start of this week..

[kalbfellp]

This is the second time the cars have not been sent on time.

David check PM's

[Davnic74]

kalbfellp, on Sep 17 2009, 12:29 PM, said:

David check PM's

Phil

Got your pm yesterday and relplied with details, did you get it? i will resend.

[kalbfellp]

PM sent

[terry]

Well,I've just come back from the post office, 4 visits in 4 days,and no parcel,which unfortunately means no cars,which means no racing.

I can't beleive the inconsiderate attitude shown here,surely there was enough time to get the cars reboxed, addressed and posted,but the "I don't give a **** attitude", prevailed and as a result I am unable to race to the schedule.

For me to now tell the boys that the races are off is bad enough,but at some time I will need to get them up here to race and as I'm not in the midst of suburbia,its a bit difficult to get 4 or 5 willing bods to drive up the freeway( an hours drive),so I really have no idea when I can reschedule this round,it could be as long as 3 weeks.

I'll be contacting aastes to inform him of this and see what he has to say.(he is the series director)

Sorry,I should add that yes, this is only slot cars,not cold war politics,but it should be fun,and I should not get too wound up with things,but I'm pissed because I was really looking forward to this,and it was to be a good example to my mates of what proxy racing was all about.mmm........don't know how they will see this,they think I'm nuts doing this thing,giving my car to complete strangers to thrash around unknown tracks anyway.

Terry

Edited by terry, 18 September 2009 - 01:05 PM.

[MOPARDEVIL]

Hey Terry, Sorry to hear that things havnt gone to plan. Depending on when you want to run it & if I have nothing on I may be able to do the run up the freeway & give you a hand. Im in Hornsby.

Hang in there

[Davnic74]

Nothing you can do about it Terry, thanks for your effort taking the time to travel to the post office on numerous occasions..

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I can't beleive the inconsiderate attitude shown here,surely there was enough time to get the cars reboxed, addressed and posted,but the "I don't give a **** attitude", prevailed and as a result I am unable to race to the schedule.
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100% agree with above statement, no one has time for that sort of attitude...

[rick1776]

Just proves my point that Podded cars are not as good as nonpodded cars.
Hang in there Terry Im sure the things will turn up eventually.


Hat coat Im outa here.

[pitlane3]

It will be only half an hour on a good day, that SA is behind.


Today is not a good day.

[MOPARDEVIL]

The cars were in Adelaide last right? I think the post is really slow at the monent because the car I sent to my father inlaw who is in Adelaide took over a week & a half to arrive. I thought it went missing. I actually got something from the US in like 3 days.

Do you know when it was sent as it may be as simple as the postage delay like I encountered?

[magoo2]

I have been a member on the forum on and off over the past three years and have entered every round of the proxy series since its humble beginnings. I have made many life long friends on the forum and have together with its members constructed two routed tracks from scratch which i add would not have been half of what they are without Auslot forums members. I was envolved in the last Adelaide round of the podded series and have assisted in or been a part of every SA organised proxy event.Myself along with oswald and bmr invested hours in preparation and organisation of the hvr round, i am disgusted with what i have seen this series become and i am embarased to call myself a participant in this event. To Terry i say i can understand completely your disapointment about not being able to run this event as it was scheduled, but without knowing all the details how can you accuse another forum member of having a s#!t attitude when you have never even met or been envolved with that person and have no idea about their dedication to our much loved hobby. I commend you for having the guts to put your hand up to host a round as there are many that are not prepared to put themselves out there and commit to hosting this event, i wish you all the best in putting up with all the backlash and often rude pm messages that you will recieve during your round. I hope you have done a hundred laps on each lane before you send out a proxy car or you run the risk of being accused of running entrants cars as track sweepers. I hope you have checked each and every screw, axle, rim and tyre before you connect your power supply or you run the risk of not checking cars before running your round......the list goes on. I was the one who talked oswald out of paying the $80 express post that would have ensured you get the cars there overnight, perhaps when you contact aaestes you can ask him if the forum members would be happier if they were paying for that with the entrants fee each series....again until you know the events surrounding an action, dont be so quick to criticise. You say this is only slot cars, i wish we all had a dollar for every time we have said that ( might cover the express post). To Davnic 74 i wish you all the best also as someone so quick to jump on a band wagon perhaps you should consider attitude before you post also. I appologise to both of you if i seem a little troubled by this whole thing and unfortunately someone always has to cop the brunt of others opinion, I guess that is the beauty of a public forum.....I am requesting that my car be withdrawn from the series and unfortunately this will be my last entry in an Auslot series. (pm sent) to everyone on the forum and the moderators please stop and think before you remove this post or as you read it as i believe there a many forum members who are feeling exactly the same as myself but perhaps are quite as prepared to express themselves as i am. Terry i am sorry once again and i do hope you have a fantastic time hosting your round it has been a huge amount of fun and some great memories. I am but one person with an opinion and everyone is entitled to one, take from it what you will cheers Magoo.

[Davnic74]

magoo2, on Sep 18 2009, 07:30 PM, said:

To Davnic 74 i wish you all the best also as someone so quick to jump on a band wagon perhaps you should consider attitude before you post also.

Thanks for your input...And you know me how???

[terry]

Quote". To Terry i say i can understand completely your disapointment about not being able to run this event as it was scheduled, but without knowing all the details how can you accuse another forum member of having a s#!t attitude when you have never even met or been envolved with that person and have no idea about their dedication to our much loved hobby."end quote


I would have thought that 3 weeks was ample time to get cars from one location to another,I would also have thought that a straight answer to when the cars might be here would not have been too big an ask.

terry

Edited by terry, 18 September 2009 - 08:28 PM.

[kalbfellp]

An Email,or PM to say that the cars were delayed might have even been enought.

[terry]

kalbfellp, on Sep 19 2009, 01:04 AM, said:

An Email,or PM to say that the cars were delayed might have even been enought.

Exactly,I think that the lack of communication was what let us all down.

Had I known of unavoidable delays then there would have been no problems,but I had gone ahead with organising other people to be here for the round and that,to me,was the biggest problem,don't give a monkeys about myself,I'm just concerned about inconveniencing others.

Terry

[smallnails]

Feel ya pain Terry,

Actually running the event is quite easy, getting the people organised to do it and then get them there on time is another matter!

[Sports Racer]

magoo, you spelt "involved" wrong.

hat, coat etc.........

[espsix]

It's a shame that people get jumped on when asking a question, whether it be about their car, or the perfomance of their car, or about postage of all the cars.

this is why no one contributes to the threads for the proxy anymore, why would you when you get jumped on as soon as you say what is perceived as the wrong thing.

It's a shame that it's turning out like this, i think maybe everyone needs to calm down.
I also think that maybe it shouldn't be run next year!

Edited by espsix, 21 September 2009 - 06:37 AM.

[smallnails]

I agree with you there Brett,

Lets give it a year to breath, everyone can relax inbetween, if needed they can enter the overseas proxies to get their fix.

Its the hysteria every year about something that takes it toll on the event, if its not about wd40 its about voltage, if its not about height its about the width, if its not about tyres its about track preparation, a simple question can blow out into a major issue that even the UN couldn't work out, and the person that asked the simple question gets lambasted for asking it.
People just have to relax about the whole deal but also have to be more considerate of those running the events.

I know its about the prestige of winning an event, as life gets more boring for some they need these little events to give them light in their lives, so in their minds its as big as sheep stations.

But people are going to ask questions about the event after its been run, its just the nature of people to ask
"can anyone shed light on my car why it dropped 10 laps in the last heat?"

You can't get angry at that, the problem with the interweb is that you cant see the persons facial expressions, so everything can get taken way out of proportion.