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by Steve E.
Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:36 pm
Forum: Site Announcements and Meta-Forum
Topic: Site is messed up. I'm on it. ("Bad Gateway" announcements)
Replies: 9
Views: 27879

Re: Site is messed up. I'm on it. ("Bad Gateway" announcements)

Hi All. The site was intermittently unavailable all morning. I'm just as frustrated with this situation as you are. I think it's time to move this board to a dedicated server on a different hosting site. This is going to be a major headache. For the record, I've been using Bluehost, and I've seeing ...
by Steve E.
Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:11 pm
Forum: Caveat Emptor
Topic: Scam/Estafa/Trapaça: Angulo, Tangential, Mejía, Vortex Vinyl Disc Recorder C-4, C-6
Replies: 311
Views: 143536

Re: Scam/Estafa/Trapaça: Angulo, Tangential, Mejía, Vortex Vinyl Disc Recorder C-4, C-6

Steve Espinosa is a coward who has the whole forum armed in his favor, being able to edit and block users from the topics. This forum is not really frequent as you can see but even so I like to read things and if I am answering it is because it is necessary, the truth is that this whole forum is fi...
by Steve E.
Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:46 pm
Forum: Caveat Emptor
Topic: Scam/Estafa/Trapaça: Angulo, Tangential, Mejía, Vortex Vinyl Disc Recorder C-4, C-6
Replies: 311
Views: 143536

Re: Scam/Estafa/Trapaça: Angulo, Tangential, Mejía, Vortex Vinyl Disc Recorder C-4, C-6

Jonathan, make some decent products and there won't be an issue. Interesting...! I didn't know people I'd marked this way could still post.
by Steve E.
Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:08 pm
Forum: Caveat Emptor
Topic: Scam/Estafa/Trapaça: Angulo, Tangential, Mejía, Vortex Vinyl Disc Recorder C-4, C-6
Replies: 311
Views: 143536

Re: Fraud/Swindle/Estafa: Jonathan Mejía Fonografico de Vinilos Vortex C-6

The contributors to this thread who show up as yellow-colored members are now "persons of interest" -- which is my way of saying they may be functional sockpuppets of Angulo/Jonathan Mejía/ Vortex. oriana Teeven roberto123 This may be unfair in the case of the latter two; Teeven especially seems to ...
by Steve E.
Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:42 pm
Forum: Caveat Emptor
Topic: Scam/Estafa/Trapaça: Vortex "Disc Cutting" System
Replies: 13
Views: 14137

Re: Scam: Vortex "Disc Cutting" System

I'm moving this topic to our scam section.
by Steve E.
Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:40 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Newbie, would to change!
Replies: 3
Views: 1366

Re: Newbie, would to change!

Vortex is from a guy who has a history of scam products. BEWARE.
by Steve E.
Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:36 pm
Forum: Caveat Emptor
Topic: Scam/Estafa/Trapaça: Angulo, Tangential, Mejía, Vortex Vinyl Disc Recorder C-4, C-6
Replies: 311
Views: 143536

Re: Scam/Estafa: Jonathan Mejia Fonografico de Vinilos Vortex C-6

Changing the title to help when people google the current scam.
by Steve E.
Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:33 am
Forum: Site Announcements and Meta-Forum
Topic: Site is messed up. I'm on it. ("Bad Gateway" announcements)
Replies: 9
Views: 27879

Site is messed up. I'm on it. ("Bad Gateway" announcements)

Hi all. We are getting a lot of "Bad Gateway" pages right now, site going up and down. I don't know why, and neither does my server company (Bluehost). I'm on it. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.
by Steve E.
Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:00 pm
Forum: Newbie Forum
Topic: NEWBIE STARTER GUIDE!
Replies: 32
Views: 74508

Re: NEWBIE STARTER GUIDE!

Stickied!
by Steve E.
Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:58 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Apollo plant fire.
Replies: 19
Views: 10820

Re: Apollo, Transco plant fire.

I'm unsticky-ing this topic. I figure, it's been a year.
by Steve E.
Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:39 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Take reasonable business precautions.Be smart.(also, ESCROW)
Replies: 12
Views: 181629

Re: Take reasonable business precautions.Be smart.(also, ESCROW)

well, that's a legit counterargument, as either buyers or sellers CAN be scammers, or even just incompetent.


What scenario protects both fairly?
by Steve E.
Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:10 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: New user designation for deceased members
Replies: 0
Views: 790

New user designation for deceased members

Dear all, You all may have noticed that there is a coding system to the avatars here. Default is a black record player icon. Moderators are green. Site sponsors are maroon (updated) or blue (lifetime). and so on. I have created a new avatar for our members who have passed on. They are now a white re...
by Steve E.
Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:33 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Tim de Paravicini, Rest In Peace
Replies: 2
Views: 1809

Tim de Paravicini, Rest In Peace

Tim de Paravicini, Rest In Peace. He was a member of our extended community. I will admit that I am unclear on whether he was an actual poster on the Lathe Trolls site. https://www.stereophile.com/content/tim-de-paravacini-rip Please contribute your knowledge and remembrances of him to this thread.
by Steve E.
Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:03 pm
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Take reasonable business precautions.Be smart.(also, ESCROW)
Replies: 12
Views: 181629

Re: Take reasonable business precautions.Be smart.(also, ESCROW)

At the edge of the New Year, let me strongly suggest something, from my limited understanding: Use eBay and Paypal, or the equivalent services available in your corner of the planet. Do NOT make payments using Paypal's "Friends and Family" feature, as this disables the features that protect both cus...
by Steve E.
Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:48 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Alan Graves, Rest in Peace
Replies: 6
Views: 2337

Re: Alan Graves, Rest in Peace

Another note: I regret, and apologize, that it took so long to announce this here. This is not my way. I feel it behooves us in general to get the word out earlier rather than later, for the sake of others who need to grieve and want to take direct part in such proceedings. I had initially held off ...
by Steve E.
Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:38 am
Forum: Secrets of the Lathe Trolls
Topic: Alan Graves, Rest in Peace
Replies: 6
Views: 2337

Alan Graves, Rest in Peace

Dear all, It is with great sadness that I announce --belatedly-- the passing of our beloved member Alan Graves, who posted here as Prestofan . Alan died on August 19, 2020, weeks short of his 91st birthday. He was dear to me and to a great many to those of us on this forum. He was THE world expert i...
by Steve E.
Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:50 am
Forum: Our Cutters and their work
Topic: Black brothers and Sisters Cutting Vinyl
Replies: 7
Views: 7316

Re: Black brothers and Sisters Cutting Vinyl

What piaptk said.
by Steve E.
Sun Oct 04, 2020 11:45 am
Forum: Our Cutters and their work
Topic: Black brothers and Sisters Cutting Vinyl
Replies: 7
Views: 7316

Re: Black brothers and Sisters Cutting Vinyl

{Two threadcrapping posts removed.} I'm all for minorities in this field of interest requesting solidarity and community on this board. Furthermore. To _extend_ the intent of the orginal post, members of this board looking for solidarity ("let's link up") with their fellow LGBTQ record people, or fe...