It's a shame you're going to have so! much! spare time on your hands. 
Sheesh.  As far as refunds are concerned, keep in mind that I will bo one of 
those who would rather have the games than the money.  I have ordered Max, 
raceway, and Monty.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: audyssey: The future of Alchemy's games


> Hi, Charles.
> In a way everyones preorders  actually were the lifeline that made it
> possible to save said games from hitting the scrap can.  On the outside
> it seams like a raw deal, but here is how it works.
> USA Games has two choices. Pay James North money to aquire all rights to
> the Alchemy titles, or allow James to keep all money gained through
> preorders, and USA Games gains money through new sales made after
> documents are signed.
> The second option was more fesable by allowing James to keep his money
> earned as payment for the games. However, by doing so that makes USA
> Games liable to refund preorders taken by Alchemy as we are the new
> owners which could be ahuge financial risk. My hope is that gamers
> aren't going to rush for refunds as USA Games would have to refund money
> which was never taken by us. However, that is a financial risk we can
> probably take. I am guessing most people want Montezuma's Revenge and
> Raceway more than they want their money back.
> Anyway, I doubt I would be in any position to refund orders soon as it
> stands. Transfering all the account records to our databases will be a
> huge undertaking, and will take quite some time to do.
> James has just sent me the legal documents to sign to transfer the games
> so the deal appears to be going ahead. However, after aquiring the
> titles I am going to be extremely busy updating the USA Games web site,
> processing preorders for our databases, and on top of that working
> towards getting the games ready for release.
>
>
>
> Charles Rivard wrote:
>> Am I missing something?, or am I confused.  If James keeps the money for
>> preordered games and does not send the games, he gets money for nothing.
>> You produce the games and get nothing.  The gamer paid James North for a
>> game ultimately produced by you.  Uh! oh!  It just occurs to me that
>> this is
>> sort of like games that James produced or was working on that we bought,
>> then sold the products to Adora Entertainment who continued work on
>> them and
>> got only the money for new sales.  Pinball Xtreme, anyone?  Now, I
>> think I
>> got the idea.  Yes, I can say "duh?"  ha ha ha.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 1:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: audyssey: The future of Alchemy's games
>>
>>
>> > Hi, all.
>> > All I can say is lets take things slow. Don't rush to get refunds at 
>> > the
>> > moment as it is hard enough sorting out who is getting what at the
>> > moment. By yanking out the money for the pre-orders now it will make a
>> > big mess even larger and more confusing.
>> > I believe though once James makes his decision he will put a freeze on
>> > the refunds anyway.
>> > Besides as the deal stands now I believe that James will be keeping the
>> > money earned from the pre-orders and I will be allowed to complete the
>> > games and get the money from the future sales, and, upgrades, etc.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
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>> >> Hello Gerry. I think that if your pre-order were to be left in place 
>> >> it
>> >> would cause more problems because of the fact that if the deal goes
>> >> through then Tom and James would have to be concerned with 
>> >> transferring
>> >> the money already received for Raceway.
>> >>
>> >> It's probably best for you to receive your refund and when and if the
>> >> deal goes through then you can order it.
>> >>
>> >> Again, I say when and a big if. We do not know if this will even go
>> >> through.
>> >>
>> >> - --
>> >> If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should
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>> >>             -- Mary Wilson Little
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