Tascam forums are dead.

penelec · Post by **penelec** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:59 pm

This is some sad news. There were some really valuable people doing some really valuable things for TapeOppy kind of people over there:

It's been a privilege and pleasure serving you as
creator and host of this forum for the past 20 months.
Unfortunately, Tascam Forums musts cease to exist as
of tonight.

While I love managing the forums for the community's
benefit, I can no longer do so. After more than
$25,000 in one time start up development costs with labor,
and approximately $2500 per month every month in time,
effort and bandwidth expenses, I am being crushed.

I realize that many of the approximately 7800 members
and thousands of guests depend on tascamforums.com to
help make their decisions to buy Tascam gear, and also to
troubleshoot gear they've already bought. For this reason,
I approached the corporate higher ups at Tascam on
several occasions to ask them to recognize the value of
this community and provide support. They are not responding.
It's weird. I don't think they value our community like we
do, and I'm shocked to say the least. I'm hoping they
see the value of this soon, offer their support, and
this shutdown is temporary.

Once again, I'm very sorry for this. It's painful for
me too.

If you have product questions or issues, or Forum
questions or issues, I recommend that you contact
Tascam directly via phone or e-mail. I found these
names, numbers, and e-mails posted on their site and
press releases.

Rick McClendon- rmcclendon@tascam.com (I think)
Tascam Division Manager 323.726.0303

Marsh Gooch - mgooch@tascam.com
Tascam Marketing Director 323.726.0303

Customer Service - custser@teac.com
Operational Support - 323.727.7617 (m-f 8-5 Pacific)

If you have an opinion on the Forums closing, please
share it with them. You may also send me an e-mail at
signscape@comcast.net. I'm happy to hear your
thoughts.

Sincerely,

Bruce in Denver
(drwho)

Evergreen · Post by **Evergreen** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:39 pm

Wow, that REALLY sucks. I used to visit there all the time. I have had a 788 for a long time and I JUST got a 388. And by JUST I mean I haven't even finished hooking it all up yet. I know I'm going to have a ton of questions about it and that site was going to be my main resource. Damn. Now I will just have to bug Tape Op.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:51 pm

That sucks. I was just about to try and find a pinch roller for a 122......

fromthecurve · Post by **fromthecurve** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:23 pm

>If you have an opinion on the Forums closing, please
>share it with them.

We should do this ... it may be a lost cause, but who knows.

I have several Tascam products with terrible manuals, so this is a great loss.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:48 am

Evergreen wrote:Wow, that REALLY sucks. I used to visit there all the time. I have had a 788 for a long time and I JUST got a 388. And by JUST I mean I haven't even finished hooking it all up yet. I know I'm going to have a ton of questions about it and that site was going to be my main resource. Damn. Now I will just have to bug Tape Op.

If you have any questions about the 388 I have one and a manual.

covert · Post by **covert** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:32 am

It's kind of sucky, but it's right in keeping with the general attitude Tascam seems to have, that once you have paid for their product, your on your own.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:39 am

covert wrote:It's kind of sucky, but it's right in keeping with the general attitude Tascam seems to have, that once you have paid for their product, your on your own.

Except that the products in question were actually paid for between 1987 and 1995....

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