Mark2 mini release

They have 24 hours - sorry folks, we need to get these empegs shipped :-)

Of course, when we start shipping in quantity there will be a lot more time to get an order in.

Rob

Quote from an e-mail:

If you would like to order a player from this batch, we will need to receive your online order by Wednesday 28-June-2000 7pm EST (midnight GMT).

Yes, I did receive the invitation :-))). Will have to check my bank account tomorrow though before I decide.

Daniel

In reply to:

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Pounds or dollars?

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umm.. both - if I thought it made a difference
-m

...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units

I only needed 5 minutes
I just hope:
a) I filled in the form correctly ("This here's the empeg, the most powerful car stereo in the world...did I fill in 6 fields or just 5? In all the excitement I plum forgot!" )
b) I got the order in quickly enough to get the player I asked for!

Now I just have to start waiting... all over again!!!!!

Geoff
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Saving hard for a Mark 2...

Not me, I have been waiting quite a while for this and couldn't be happier! Ordered the 36 gig version but will take what I can get.

pax
clt

Got the e-mail as well...
12 gig ordered, job done... =)

Anyone want to buy a slightly used mk1? =)

Jazz
(List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)

WOohoo!

From: "Rob Voisey, empeg Limited"
To: [email protected]
Subject: empeg car Mk.2 Purchase Opportunity

I just got the mail... Took me all of about 30 seconds to fill out the form. Hopefully they have some 12 giggers available for me. 8)

Just in case you are wondering, my Reg # was 0596.

*so glad he put his name on the list so early waaaay back in the day*

(O|||||O)

Hey Rob,

Is SSL on in the store? I've been playing around on it, and it doesn't appear to be?
-mark

...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units

Mark,

Yes, every page in the store (once you pass the EC or RoW entrances) is SSL encrypted. Unfortunately the browser doesn't reflect this, as the page lives within a frameset - but if you dig for the certifcate you can see it for yourself (that and the fact that all the links are https).

I'm going to get some verisign banners on there soon.

Rob

I see it now (by telling IE to break out of frames...) - but as a consumer, I dont' usually buy anything unless I see the lock symbol, despite what the site might say.. Might not be a bad idea to make sure the consumer knows it's secure.. (maybe by securing the top frame or by breaking out of the frames?)
-mark

...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units

I am one of the disappointed ones, but not with empeg. Unfortunatly, my bank account dosen't have enough, and due to an issue with work, my last paycheck was 1/2 what it should have been and the next one won't come. Lucially I have most bills accounted for, and should recieve a big back pay check soon so I'll be ordering in mid July.

As a consumer I could care less about secure web sites. I know that it would take an awful lot for someone to sniff out a credit card number and expiration date with all that packets that are sent back and forth from my browser to the server. My best protection comes from when I reconcile my credit card bill every month. Even a hacked site could reside on a server with ssl.

pax
clt

As a consumer I could care less about secure web sites...

You're not kidding there. Both me and and a close friend of mine have had bad experiences in that area. Sure, you fill out the online form with SSL, but you have no control over what happens to your credit card number once the vendor's got it.

In our case, we both placed SSL orders at two different companies. In both cases, we discovered that the web sites were just "storefronts" at a hosting service which simply e-mailed the orders in clear text (card numbers and all) to the actual companies who filled the orders.

In my friend's case, the actual company's mail server was briefly down, so the mail message bounced. It happened to have HIS return address on it, so he got the bounce message. Imagine his irritation to have his own credit card number bounced back to him in a clear-text email.

Of course, we happen to know that this isn't the case with Empeg, I'm just illustrating the fact that SSL gives you a false sense of security. What's more important is how much you trust the company you're sending your credit card number to. This is no different than placing a credit card order over the phone- you have to trust that the company will keep it secure once they have it. Fortunately, we know that Empeg will do the right thing.

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Tony Fabris