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MotherGunner

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TZD - Out of Business?
« on: December 10, 2008, 06:12:04 AM »
I placed an order last week.  Its unclaimed and all their phone numbers are now disconnected.
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2008, 06:49:41 AM »
I don't think there will be a lot of tears shed on this board if that's true.
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 07:37:22 AM »
Well they've been selling under at least 3-4 accounts on Ebay for awhile now (their main accts been banned closed), the writings beeen on the wall.
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 07:40:54 AM »
I'm not surprised.  After they were booted from ebay, I tried to contact them to find out why and to determine their current status; I never heard back from them.  Here's a few more numbers if you haven't already tried 'em:

615-443-3337 - contact number listed on TZD.com
818-706-2051 - ordering number listed on TZD.com and for their administrative contact (Gregory Schneider)
386-314-4906 - number listed for their technical contact (Richard Chenoweth)
615-469-4035 - die gelb seiten
615-443-3337 - also from the yellow pages

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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 08:31:07 AM »
Not gonna even bother, they never claimed my paypal payment so I just cancelled it.  No harm done.

Wow, the end of an era...
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 08:34:52 AM »
That era ended long ago when TZD sold everything to Redfrog.
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2008, 09:24:27 AM »
Not gonna even bother, they never claimed my paypal payment so I just cancelled it.  No harm done.

phew!

Wow, the end of an era...

that happened when they sold out to redfrog.  [-( this is their just deserts.
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2008, 12:01:24 PM »
I wonder what Steve thinks...better yet, I wonder if he kept stuff when he sold it.  Would be cool to contact him and buy from him.

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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2008, 01:34:44 PM »

Wow, the end of an era...

that happened when they sold out to redfrog.  [-( this is their just deserts.

Thirded. These Redfrog guys were assclowns right out of the gate. TZD has been "out of business" since Steve sold it. The real crime is that the TZD name/stock didn't get sold to a decent individual/group instead of those jokers.

I'm curious what will become of all the unsold stock. I hope they find a way to get it out there rather than destroying it. Although considering their track record, that's probably a bit much to hope for.

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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2008, 01:48:51 PM »
Im sure there will be some liquidator...in fact I just got a brand new AC adapter and incidently it has the same exact photo as TZD.

hmm....
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2008, 01:57:32 PM »
What is steve up to these days?
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2008, 02:21:07 PM »
OH CRUD. :cry:

I hope tzd is not out of business. Where ELSE online are we supposed to buy brand new TG 16  / Duo controllers??
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2008, 03:24:54 PM »
ebay

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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2008, 03:29:54 PM »
What is steve up to these days?

He is probably living off the fat of the land and wanting to raise rabbits like Lenny.
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Re: TZD - Out of Business?
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2008, 07:08:40 PM »
He's probably still running http://ampie.com/ or something. You never know though, he could have sold that too!