Truth Behind Dark Smiley Systems......

that's because they we're partially removed already

 

Good to see you're gonna stick around - changing your account was a must, sort of like taking off the 3-piece suit when one gets home from work, so to speak.

 

Yeah, and now I can finally start topics again

 

first topic... quit bashing the little guy trying to start a business.. (big chilli cheese grin)

 

Ha. That would be -724782 professionalism from any that I gained over the course of running this business

 

Yeah, right.
It's like you backstabbing someone and when his bleeding, you say "Dude, I don't mean to stab you, I just want to make sure you always looking back over your shoulder."

 

That is way too expensive.

 

The next step were plans with companies that started around $1,000 a month. Since my profits were nowhere near there, I had to do a by-the-minute plan.

 

What if your customer call for 3 hours or so?

 

We had it set up so after a half hour they would receive a call back by me at a convenient time.

 

they would have gotten the boot at the 10 minute mark.

lol

 

with unlimited minutes and unlimited customers?

 

I'm not sure, but I think it was unlimited customers and around $0.05/$0.10 per minute?

 

Shane, you ever study about "corporate image" ?

 

Never professionally, but I always tried to maintain such an image and overall it seemed I did a reasonable job...except for the video that started this thread.

 

I'm not talking about the video. Everyone have their own private moment anyway. And everyone have bones hidden in their closet, if you know what I mean

But seriously, you might want to read books about corporate imaging, etc. Just to add some knowledge

 

I've been a lurker on this forum for a while now but I've never posted (since my laptop sucks so there was nothing to post). Dark Smiley Systems was one of the integrators I looked at when I was in the market for a new notebook before my boss screwed more over.

Having read this thread as well as the guru gamer thread I felt like I had to say something.

Let me say that I'm genuinely sorry for the liquidation of Dark Smiley Systems. As you should know the high end 'PC market is cutthroat these days, with integrators targeting an ever smaller demographics who are being battered by the current credit crunch. It probably wasn't the best idea to start a high end notebook company in such turbulent times.

With that said I have no doubt that if you had more time and capital your venture would have surely succeeded. However as a 16 year old your options were limited.

The failure of Dark Smiley system was caused by the set of unfortunate circumstances you found yourself in. You ran your business professionally, and it was no way your fault.

The members of this forum also did not help you by spreading slander about you and your business.

Again I am truly saddened by the closure of Dark Smiley Systems, and I wish you the best of luck in all your present and future endeavors.

 

I have to admit, for someone only 16 his response was quite professional and well structured.

 

Tecnically it was not slander as (afaik) there was nothing untrue said. I am not saying that I condone what was said/done, but it was not slanderous (or libelous if you want to be even more technical).

 

Wow...I've been ignoring this thread for the 7 days or so I've been a member. Having read the 1st 15 pages or so...skipping most of the middle and reading the last 5 pages or so I feel like I've read a book, seen a movie, etc.

Great read...

Shane - keep on truckin' man...world is your oyster!

 

i was just wondering about this company, because i was interested in buying from it.

THE main question i asked is will he stay in business? i couldnt find the website anymore, so is it really gone?

 

Yes, the company is gone, but the owner is still here.

 

oh alright... so does he still cover the warrenties on the laptops sold? i was looking but couldnt find it.

 

That's a good question to PM him about.

 

yea lol that was pretty much my main question around page 10 of this thread when i was thinking about which laptop i was gonna buy, but i decided on a toshiba and havent had a major problem at all, except their bad customer service. it just takes a while to get something repaired with them, but at least it got done.
shane was awesome, and it would have been alot better customer service if i ordered from him, but my main concern was still the warrenties and going out of business

 

Why does your sig say that the X300 is the world's most powerful gaming laptop?

 

it was on their site, so i used it. i know it isnt, but its up there with 9800M GTX SLI, quad core, 8GB ddr3, 2 HDs, + a 3rd gpu for powersaver.

it was pretty good last year when i bought it, but doesnt compare to the i7's and new nvidia cards.

 

Unfortunately, it never was the most powerful, even when it came out. But Toshiba has to do something to get in the game.

I thought this thread was finally dead forever. Mods should have closed it day one.

 

i never said it was the most powerful, the logo was on their site, so i used it. all i said was it was up there when it came out last year. its fully customizable, can hold 3 graphics cards, 8 gigs of ddr3 ram, 2 hd's and quad core processor, all of this without any heat issues. last year that was pretty good for a laptop, but it wasnt the most powerful. the sager i was looking at could hold a desktop quad core processor. i was also looking at the whitebook with 3870s in crossfire, or the m17, m15, 1730, 5796, 8600.

i pretty much said this last post, when i said it wasnt the most powerful, i only got the logo off of their site and made several sigs, but the nice ones i made are too big in size.