CUSA Amiga range will cost up to $25,000

[runequester]

It's the stuff on their facebook page too. The images of them jetting away and the rather odd message about keeping jobs in America. Yet he went to South America and Mexico for a factory.

He didn't say which America

[CritAnime]

Never looked at it that way. Suppose Barry does like to think outside the box. Before slapping a boing ball logo on it.

[commodorejohn]

The Disney thing was purely a case of buying advertising space.  Disney have as much to do with making Commodore computers as they do with making Canadian computers, light bulbs and popular fizzy drinks.  

I know that and you know that, dammy doesn't seem to ;P

[Kesa]

It makes me laugh that he is quick to call others trolls yet he is just as responsible for the vitriol himself. I am enjoying watching all this as it's certainly more entertaining than X-Factor or Strictly Come Dancing combined. He has an unnatural knack for twisting what ever someone says on it's head, spinning it then spewing it back out to try and make them look like they are in the wrong. All this could easily be avoided by simply giving people more info. But we all know that this would probably be more made up than the stuff on the Jeremy Kyle show. His latest rantings only go to show that he really can't handle criticism. I hate to imagine what he would be like with a company like Apple, where every time they release something new there is an army of people waiting to rip it to shreds.

HOW DARE YOU SLAG OFF STRICTLY COME DANCING BITCH :madashell:

[Kesa]

Here's the bit that concerns me:



How many of you know about the various quasi-legal pyramid schemes that roll out in the USA every few years?  Favourites are the Emu Breeding scheme and the Alpaca Scheme.  See this link for details:  http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/Telemarketing/Outbound/Major/Investments/wacky.htm

They involve setting up what looks like a reputable business and then convincing people to invest in it for a certain financial gain.  By the time the truth comes out (that there is no market) the people behind it move on to something new and take the cash with them.  These are not "classified ad" scams, they actually involve a lot of money and run real adverts on actual TV stations.

So, let's say I wanted to do a similar scam...

Phase 1:
Set yourself up a company and make it an LLC, for example "MY COMPUTERS LLC".

The reason you use an LLC is because in the USA it stands for "Limited Liability Company" and anybody that attempt to sue you can only sue the company for the assets of the company.  This protects the actual assets of the business owner (his home, his car, his personal bank account, etc) and his family.

Phase 2:
You need to identify a market, produce eye catching stock and advertise in reputable channels to quickly establish yourself as professional business with good connections.  Push your upcoming products on as many media sites as possible so that anyone doing a search for your products or company will find multiple hits.

Phase 3:
Sell some of your wares and build up additional advertising demonstrating that sales have been made and repeatedly state that demand is outstripping production.  Post fictitious sales figures, sales projections and perhaps even some fake shots of the production facilities.  All of these things will pop up for anyone doing some quick online research.

Phase 4:
Look for small investors.  This works a bit like McDonalds where other people set up the business and are then trapped into purchasing their stock from a single supplier.  In this case you have multiple people invest their own money to open up "mom & pop" shops to sell your underpowered and heavily over-priced equipment.  As you are selling the equipment to them and ordering it from a third party based on demand, you are at no financial risk and it is up to the investor to actually find customers.

Phase 5:
Look for big investors.  Now you point to your "extensive product line" (from 3rd parties) and your staggering global distribution outlets (the poor buggers trying to sell your overpriced goods) and don't forget to mention your own production facilities (the ones that actually belong to the people producing the goods for the 3rd party companies you buy your stuff from).  If you're going to claim to be fighting the big boys then you might want to make wild claims like having developed your own Operating System and make sure that nobody finds out that it is actually a rebadged free OS that you ahve nothing to do with.

Phase 6:
Pocket all of the investment money you can and make sure you pay top prices and salaries to yourself, family members and the shell companies you've set up as "middle men".  When the scheme finally collapses, the LLC has no cash assets, the offices turn out to be rented, the staff are all temps and there is nothing left for the investors to recover.

Alternatively, you could open up an LLC and make novelty computer case and hope you sell millions of them just like C=USA.....

You really are getting good at story telling. Maybe you should quit your day job and become a script writer for Doctor Who. That show has really gone down since David Tennant left and even you could do a better job than those useless wankers they call script writers. SAVE DOCTOR WHO!

[Darrin]

You really are getting good at story telling. Maybe you should quit your day job and become a script writer for Doctor Who. That show has really gone down since David Tennant left and even you could do a better job than those useless wankers they call script writers. SAVE DOCTOR WHO!

I'm working on a script called "Dr Who and The Planet of the Lipstick Lesbians".  I'll let you know if the BBC go for it.  

[Kesa]

I'm working on a script called "Dr Who and The Planet of the Lipstick Lesbians".  I'll let you know if the BBC go for it.  

Good stuff but not sure that's a good idea though as i already have my suspicions about his (Matt Smith's) sexuality (kinda like the white horse from LOTR)...

[Darrin]

Good stuff but not sure that's a good idea though as i already have my suspicions about his (Matt Smith's) sexuality (kinda like the white horse from LOTR)...

Yeah, tonight's episode was rather "RTD".  Mind you, Google for some pics of Matt Smith's real-life girlfriend "Daisy Lowe", she's stunning!

[vox]

Here's the bit that concerns me:

...

Phase 6:
Pocket all of the investment money you can and make sure you pay top prices and salaries to yourself, family members and the shell companies you've set up as "middle men".  When the scheme finally collapses, the LLC has no cash assets, the offices turn out to be rented, the staff are all temps and there is nothing left for the investors to recover.

Alternatively, you could open up an LLC and make novelty computer case and hope you sell millions of them just like C=USA.....

well, abusing irresponsible side of the capitalism.

But with too many big words and too little results, one must always have this picture in front. For the good of the people that get the product and have high hopes, hope it will not happen

[persia]

It was kind of funny the Doctor didn't know the difference between "partner" and "companion."  Last nights show was definitely a cross between RTD and SM.

Yeah, tonight's episode was rather "RTD".  Mind you, Google for some pics of Matt Smith's real-life girlfriend "Daisy Lowe", she's stunning!

[CritAnime]

HOW DARE YOU SLAG OFF STRICTLY COME DANCING BITCH :madashell:

I did and I will continue to as long as there is breath in my body. Lets be honest we all know strictly and thew few follow on shows after is the only life we will see from these guests

[CritAnime]

well they have revealed the case on their new website.

http://web.************.net/amiga

Didn't take me long to track down the case.

http://www.origenae.co.kr/en/htpc_s16t.htm

So that what "expensive" case he is using.

I found a review of the smaller version of the case.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Origen_ae/S10V/7.html

Give them their dues. It's a nice looking case. Shame about the bad photoshop with the Amiga badges.

[runequester]

well they have revealed the case on their new website.

http://web.************.net/amiga

Didn't take me long to track down the case.

http://www.origenae.co.kr/en/htpc_s16t.htm

So that what "expensive" case he is using.

Its a toaster oven?

[eliyahu]

well they have revealed the case on their new website.

http://web.************.net/amiga

Didn't take me long to track down the case.

http://www.origenae.co.kr/en/htpc_s16t.htm

So that what "expensive" case he is using.

I found a review of the smaller version of the case.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Origen_ae/S10V/7.html

Give them their dues. It's a nice looking case. Shame about the bad photoshop with the Amiga badges.

i do like the case, but, oh my goodness, bazza is still copying images and sticking a logo on them. :roflmao:

i wonder if he's 'partnered' with these people yet; that is to say, he's decided to be a customer of theirs. well, this certainly justifies a few $1000USD just in itself.  what innovation!  what genius!  why, i'm sure people will love paying thousands more for an off-the-shelf motherboard, off-the-shelf enclosure, linux mint repackaged as something new (or something), a newtek VT card, and, um..., and, the amiga badge!  that bazza: what a guy.  after all, only somebody with a credit card, web browser, and screwdriver could build it themselves.  he really cares about research and development, that bazza.

:laughing:

they may make money.  they may make lots of money.  but they're just repackaging the same kit anybody, anybody, could purchase off the 'net and assembling it in a rental space in florida at their 'research center.'  and they're misrepresenting themselves, and they lie, and they don't care about being unprofessional, dishonest, insulting jackasses. i don't care if 'CUSA' makes billions.  they're still a joke.

-- eliyahu

[CritAnime]

The thing is I have been looking at these cases and yes they retail for a lot. But I found a complete system for £1,200. (http://www.media-centre-pc.co.uk/media-centers/touchscreen-range/) and the case on it's own is around £600 (http://www.awd-it.co.uk/origen-ae-s16t-home-theatre-media-centre-case-7-touchscreen-silver.html). What seems to make these expensive is the touchscreens embedded into them.

The big question is if they will say these are place holder images. If so then it's a lot of effort for just place holders lol.

[commodorejohn]

So to his laughable attempt to take on a market he obviously doesn't understand at all (again,) he's added an abortion of a pre-fab case that looks like the unholy love-child of a VCR and a microwave? Good to know that the sycophants won't even have "well, it has a nice case!" as a talking point this time...