[Electronics-talk] Important message to avoid being taken advantage of

[Baracco, Andrew W]

I have known of Joe Giovanelli for years, and would trust anything he
has to say about a product like this, as he has been an audio engineer
for about 30 years.

Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Rich Cavallaro
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 6:17 PM
To: DennisLong; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Important message to avoid being taken
advantage of

Hi all,
Frankly Gabe, I have to agree with Dennis here.
The rockbox software and indeed what you pay for from Laz is far better
than the tiny tunes mp3 players.
Rockbox plays more file formats, has a better fm radio chip on board the
sansa line and also has expandable memory.
True, the tiny tunes has text to speech, but the text to speech is
horrible.
Plus, the Braille super store having no return policy on any of its
products?
That is just nus.
I know I will never be investing in the tiny tunes solution.
What you get from Laz with a Sansa mp3 player is far worth the  money
then this tiny tunes solution.
With this Tiny tunes solution, your paying a lot of money and getting
very little functionality as a result.
Laz, I commend you for your work and for posting this email so people
who are considering there options on what portable media solution to buy
can really see what a product such as the tiny tunes really actually
cant do.
Rich Cavalllaro


On 12/19/12, DennisLong <dennisl1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I like to be warned when a product is falsely stated.  I would rather 
> hay a little more for a product and have it work as advertised.
>
> -original message-
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Important message to avoid being taken

> advantage of
> From: Gabe Vega Via Iphone4S <theblindtech at gmail.com>
> Date: 12/19/2012 8:18 PM
>
> So this is how low you are going Huh Laz? to sell your little cheap 
> MP3 players?
>
> Gabe Vega
> Sent from my iPhone
> (623) 565-9357
>
> On Dec 19, 2012, at 5:43 PM, Laz Mesa <lazaro6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The below is a response from a customer who paid $75 for a 
>> misrepresented product.  He gave me permission to send it to other 
>> lists in order to protect anyone else from falling for this con job.
>> Here is this gentleman's reaction to the player and the company 
>> selling it.
>>
>> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:06:52 -0500
>> From: Joe Giovanelli <joegio1 at earthlink.net>
>> To: Pc-audio at pc-audio.org
>> Subject: tiny tunes player
>> Message-ID: <20121218010652.joegio1 at earthlink.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>> Hello, Everybody,
>>
>> You may have heard about a rather small player called "Tiny Tunes."
>> It claims to have an excellent TTS engine, which means that it will
>> read textfiles.  It plays various audio formats.   The instructions
>> tell us that it will read folder names.  Navigation is accoplished 
>> with a minimum number of controls.  Its 75 dollar price sounds great!
>>
>> I strongly suggest that you do not obtain one.  The speech is some of

>> the worst I have heard in my 30 years of computer use.  I was not 
>> able to receive any FM stations on its radio.  I could write a long 
>> treatise on what this unit should do as opposed to what it really 
>> does, but I won't.  Suffice it to say that navigation and response 
>> are erratic.  When a few folders are loaded on to the device, it will

>> likely quit responding, leading to running down its battery.
>>
>> I truly dislike writing negative things, but I have to do so in this 
>> case.
>>
>> If you go to the Braille Super Store website, be sure to look for the

>> company's return policy.  Among many unbblievable things, you'll read

>> that none of its products are warrantied.  It gets worse from there.
>>
>> Joe Giovanelli
>>
>>
>> --
>> Affordably priced Talking MP3 Players with FM radio, voice recording,

>> and expandable memory! Priced As low as $69.99, plus free shipping in

>> the US!
>>
>> Listen to our presentation:
>> http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html
>>
>> See our current special:
>> http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html
>>
>> Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to:
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>>
>> New web page in progress:
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>>
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>>
>> Contact info:
>> Email:  accessibleelectronics at gmail.com
>> Skype: lazmesa
>> Phone: 727 498-0121
>> Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa
>>
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