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Message no. 1
From: Manx timburke@*******.com.au
Subject: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:18:48 +1000
Hi RN'ers

My buddy got this e-mail from Amazon.com
in relation to his pre-order of Man & Machine.

>Hello from Amazon.com!
>
>We have contacted the supplier by phone and are sorry
>to report that the release of the following title has been
>cancelled:
>
> "Man & Machine : Cyberware"


If anyone has the faintest clue about this issue
please shed some light. Personally I don't think
that Amazon.com has got it right but just in case
they have what are the ramifications...

____________________________________
Manx // timburke@*******.com.au // #950
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt
and then it's just hilarious." - Faith No More
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Message no. 2
From: Lady Jestyr jestyr@*********.html.com
Subject: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:41:32 +1000
>>Hello from Amazon.com!
>>
>>We have contacted the supplier by phone and are sorry
>>to report that the release of the following title has been
>>cancelled:
>>
>> "Man & Machine : Cyberware"
>
>If anyone has the faintest clue about this issue
>please shed some light. Personally I don't think
>that Amazon.com has got it right but just in case
>they have what are the ramifications...

News to me... and I had an email from Mike M two days ago on the subject,
and he certainly didn't mention that M&M was being cancelled. :-)

Methinks Amazon cocked up.

Lady Jestyr

Work like you don't need the money. | It might look like I'm doing
Love like you've never been hurt. | nothing, but at the cellular
Dance like nobody's watching. | level I'm really quite busy.

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Message no. 3
From: Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:07:21 EDT
In a message dated 8/4/99 6:20:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
timburke@*******.com.au writes:

> Hi RN'ers
>
> My buddy got this e-mail from Amazon.com
> in relation to his pre-order of Man & Machine.
>
> >Hello from Amazon.com!
> >
> >We have contacted the supplier by phone and are sorry
> >to report that the release of the following title has been
> >cancelled:
> >
> > "Man & Machine : Cyberware"
>
>
> If anyone has the faintest clue about this issue
> please shed some light. Personally I don't think
> that Amazon.com has got it right but just in case
> they have what are the ramifications...
>


I think Amazon has gotten its wires crossed. They still have Cannon
Companion up for recent release. And M&M is listed as coming out in May.
The system looks fragged.





-Twist
Message no. 4
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:20:04 EDT
In a message dated 8/4/1999 5:20:13 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
timburke@*******.com.au writes:

> >Hello from Amazon.com!
> >
> >We have contacted the supplier by phone and are sorry
> >to report that the release of the following title has been
> >cancelled:
> >
> > "Man & Machine : Cyberware"
>
>
> If anyone has the faintest clue about this issue
> please shed some light. Personally I don't think
> that Amazon.com has got it right but just in case
> they have what are the ramifications...

I will be checking on this once I'm up there, and we'll give an update as we
can.

-K
Message no. 5
From: MC23 mc23@**********.com
Subject: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:23:14 -0400
Once upon a time, Manx wrote;

>If anyone has the faintest clue about this issue
>please shed some light. Personally I don't think
>that Amazon.com has got it right but just in case
>they have what are the ramifications...

Standard business practice. If you are missing the release date (not
just the simple running late) orders are canceled and it is resolicited
again when a new release date is set.

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Message no. 6
From: Patrick Goodman remo@***.net
Subject: FW: FW: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 19:53:18 -0500
I asked Mike M.; this is what he had to say.

-----Original Message-----
From: FASAMike@***.com [mailto:FASAMike@***.com]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 3:29 PM
To: remo@***.net
Subject: Re: FW: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*

In a message dated 8/4/99 7:11:11 AM, remo@***.net writes:

>Dunno if you're still getting list traffic from ShadowRN (dunno how you
>could, considering your time crunches), but someone just sent this. Can
>I get something reassuring that I could send them back. A simple "Amazon
>has lost their minds" message would be sufficient, I think.


Not only are they idiots but no one - I repeat NO ONE - at FASA has been
contacted by Amazon.com. The book is scheduled to release in late September
or early October...depending on production. We are 3/4 maybe more finished
with it. The cover is in, the black and white full pagers are floating in. I
can't stress enough how wrong that is.

Have Fun!
Play Games!

Mike Mulvihill
Shadowrun Line Developer
FASA
www.fasa.com
Message no. 7
From: Bob Cauthron Wulfheim@********.att.net
Subject: FW: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 05:26:31 -0600
Cool enough. Good to know that.

Wulf
Message no. 8
From: Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:26:03 EDT
In a message dated 8/13/99 3:56:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jestyr@*********.html.com writes:

> News to me... and I had an email from Mike M two days ago on the subject,
> and he certainly didn't mention that M&M was being cancelled. :-)
>
> Methinks Amazon cocked up.
>
> Lady Jestyr
>


I know a guy who works at Amazon, and he says they did get in touch with
FASA. Mike says they didn't. I think it's just a cluster-frag by
incompetent paper-pushers. M&M is still on the way, and Amazon was wrong.



-Twist
Message no. 9
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Man & Machine Cancelled?? What the F%&*
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:30:14 EDT
In a message dated 8/13/1999 2:56:43 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
jestyr@*********.html.com writes:

> >>Hello from Amazon.com!
> >>
> >>We have contacted the supplier by phone and are sorry
> >>to report that the release of the following title has been
> >>cancelled:
> >>
> >> "Man & Machine : Cyberware"
> >
> >If anyone has the faintest clue about this issue
> >please shed some light. Personally I don't think
> >that Amazon.com has got it right but just in case
> >they have what are the ramifications...
>
> News to me... and I had an email from Mike M two days ago on the subject,
> and he certainly didn't mention that M&M was being cancelled. :-)
>
> Methinks Amazon cocked up.

HEY, I just remembered this. When I was talking to Mike M. once up at
Gencon, he made a crack about not only did Amazon NOT know what it was
talking about, NO ONE at FASA had even talked with them. So, in short...they
LIED!!!

<come here little book company...we're going to put some lye soap in that
mouth of yours now...>

-K ;-P

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