Surprise - AU customers get same raw deal as freelancers.

[Howard]

Hello to all, and my sympathies and commiseration with your collective dealings with Mr. Rojek.

My name is Howard Price, and I was a freelance writer for Mr. Rojek's previous Internet ventures, TheComicStore.com. I was one of several freelancers who wrote comic book reviews, interviews, and feature articles to provide content for the website.

In December of 2001, I successfully won a judgment against Mr. Rojek for around $3500 (accruing 10% annually, and yes, I'm still keeping track.) Since that time, other freelancers have received some small checks (some of which have bounced), and Mr. Rojek publicly stated that he could not pay me because I had the judgment against him (which is a curious sort of circular logic I haven't yet fully grasped.) At this time, I am still working out the logistics of getting my judgment registered in the Sacramento courthouses where CMI Holdings (the parent company) has its offices, and then having the papers re-served. I have all the paperwork filled out now, so it's just a small matter of getting all my ducks in a row and my Christmas expenses out of the way.

I'm rather shocked that Mr. Rojek's business is doing to his customer's what it has done to its freelancers. If no product is going out, and the workers aren't being paid, it begs the question: Exactly where is all the money going? It seems that CMI Holdings / TheComicStore.com / AnotherUniverse.com may be the Internet entertainment industry equivalent of Enron.

[Cate]

Hello to all, and my sympathies and commiseration with your collective dealings with Mr. Rojek.

My name is Howard Price, and I was a freelance writer for Mr. Rojek's previous Internet ventures, TheComicStore.com. I was one of several freelancers who wrote comic book reviews, interviews, and feature articles to provide content for the website.

In December of 2001, I successfully won a judgment against Mr. Rojek for around $3500 (accruing 10% annually, and yes, I'm still keeping track.) Since that time, other freelancers have received some small checks (some of which have bounced), and Mr. Rojek publicly stated that he could not pay me because I had the judgment against him (which is a curious sort of circular logic I haven't yet fully grasped.) At this time, I am still working out the logistics of getting my judgment registered in the Sacramento courthouses where CMI Holdings (the parent company) has its offices, and then having the papers re-served. I have all the paperwork filled out now, so it's just a small matter of getting all my ducks in a row and my Christmas expenses out of the way.

I'm rather shocked that Mr. Rojek's business is doing to his customer's what it has done to its freelancers. If no product is going out, and the workers aren't being paid, it begs the question: Exactly where is all the money going? It seems that CMI Holdings / TheComicStore.com / AnotherUniverse.com may be the Internet entertainment industry equivalent of Enron.

I wonder what other tactics we will see over the next two days?

[phelix]

I wonder what other tactics we will see over the next two days?

Probably none. I believe we will never hear directly from Ross again. If there really was a meeting with BMG today, it should be over by now (it's currently 4:46 pm EDT). If Ross had good news, he would have posted by now to stop the increasing wave of cancellations. Ross's silence speaks volumes.

[Cate]

I wonder what other tactics we will see over the next two days?

Probably none. I believe we will never hear directly from Ross again. If there really was a meeting with BMG today, it should be over by now (it's currently 4:46 pm EDT). If Ross had good news, he would have posted by now to stop the increasing wave of cancellations. Ross's silence speaks volumes.

To be quite honest there is probably a helluva lot going on behind the scenes that the majority of us will never be aware of.

Do you really think that anything Ross says at this point will stop the cancellations considering that Jason has stated repeatedly that Ross will say anything ... ? (whether that is true or not is up for debate)

I am personally not concerned that Ross has not posted here at 4:46 pm EDT.

[apexsensation]

I've stuck with this since February, but this is as good of a reason as any of us have needed to cancel our orders.

[Howard]

Does anyone else have the theme music from JEOPARDY playing in their heads right now?