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OldSchoolEuph · Heavyweight Member Joined: 07 Apr 2012 Posts: 2441

What is with this site?

I just had an alert check me in, opened the email and clicked the link in maybe all of ten seconds - the thread cannot be found (Thread: Osmun Music lost my trumpet)

It's bad enough that the site can't find a thread if it was just updated and sits at the top of the stack (happens ever couple of weeks), but to send an alert when the thread hasn't been updated recently enough to even show on the home or first forum list pages? What is wrong with this software?
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Halflip · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:01 pm Post subject:

There is generally a lag in the email notifications announcing new posts, but in this case I believe the notification was issued because the thread was actually deleted (I got the same notification).
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Goby · Heavyweight Member Joined: 11 Jun 2017 Posts: 652

I'm pretty sure the "Osmun Lost My Trumpet" thread got deleted. The existence of a thread with that title is damaging to Osmun's reputation, especially since Osmun did not lose the instrument, and most of the comments were taking the original poster's claims at face value, when the truth was far from that.

Crazy Finn · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:52 pm Post subject:

Goby · Heavyweight Member Joined: 11 Jun 2017 Posts: 652

The OP of the thread first sent his horn to Osmun in 2014 for a valve alignment. When the horn arrived, they discovered that the pistons had been polished, and therefore were incredibly leaky, and Osmun would not work on the horn (which is understandable given that every horn “blueprinted” in their shop comes with a guarantee of precise tolerances). They recommended that the owner get a valve rebuild. The customer refused any work, and Osmun last heard from the owner of the instrument in September 2015. In June of 2018, the customer again refused to have any work done on their horn, citing illness or another personal reason. Osmun declared it as abandoned at their shop in 2020 (after two years of no communication), and I believe they donated it to a charity some time in 2022 after reaching out to the owner one final time and being met with resistance. The original telling of the story was wildly different, alleging that Osmun lost a horn that had just been sent in for repair work, and that they ought to be liable for replacing that instrument, when in reality, it sat for nearly a decade in their shop before it was finally written off.

I hope that the other readers who did not have a chance to see Bob Osmun’s side of the story will see this thread and realize that Osmun acted with tremendous integrity, attending to this horn for 8 years after it was dropped off at their shop. A reputation like Osmun’s is the result of years of honest work, and it’s a shame to see so many people assume the worst without all of the facts present.

Ancientram · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:50 pm Post subject: False Alert

Thanks a million for setting us straight and getting the whole story out! You've performed a most valuable service to Osmun and the whole community.

Steve

Goby · Heavyweight Member Joined: 11 Jun 2017 Posts: 652

Bob Osmun was the one to set the record straight, not me. I think it was the right call to delete that post, but I'm concerned that not enough people saw the full story prior to the thread getting deleted.

kehaulani · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:52 am Post subject:

I notified Osmun of the thread and they responded here immediately.
I feel suckered and don't appreciate it one bit.
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Halflip · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:59 am Post subject:

LittleRusty · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:53 am Post subject:

Halflip · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:08 am Post subject:

tptptp · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:24 am Post subject:

Well, note to self:

Don't believe what you hear until checking as much as you can.
Or, put more eloquently:

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
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Halflip · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:46 am Post subject:

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Halflip · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:24 pm Post subject:

OldSchoolEuph · Heavyweight Member Joined: 07 Apr 2012 Posts: 2441

Not to nit-pick, but do you suppose there is any way we could do something to eliminate alerts for non-existent threads? If it's being deleted, sending out an alert to click here to see an error seems unnecessary at best.
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2017 Austin Winds Stage 466
1962 Mt. Vernon Bach 43
1954 Holton 49 Stratodyne
1927 Conn 22B
1957 Holton 27 cornet
1985 Yamaha YEP-621
1975 Yamaha YEP-321 Custom
1965 Besson Baritone
1975 Olds Recording R-20

Halflip · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:55 pm Post subject:

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Crazy Finn · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 3:44 pm Post subject:

Rogerrr · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:46 pm Post subject:

Kinda makes me want to buy something from them just for good karma
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