BSE: The "Letter" From ABM re delays From: riplord@aol.com (RIP Lord) Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 03:03:06 +0000 Subj: BSE: "The Letter" Section: SF Games/Open-End To: All BSE Friday, August 05, 1994 5:26:18 PM From: Neil Bradley/PBM SL, 72337,146 BSE UPDATE Everyone at Adventures by Mail wished to apologize for gthe recent delays in processing BSE. Earlier this year ABM expanded its operations to include the wholesale distribution of collectable trading card games. We couldn't have anticipated our success in this venture. We went from 10 dealers in March to over 350 in July. We have been frantically looking to hire quality people to help up out. Well, we have been successful. We now have 2 new full time people and 2 part-timers. What does this mean? We can now get BSE back up and running. This in itself is not an easy task as we currently have hundreds of turns in the office, many of them weeks out of date. How are we going to handle the startup? In two stages. First virtually all ship & GP turns in the office will be returned to their owners unprocessed. COlony turns will be input. Players should review their turns and decide if they are still appropriate to be processed and return them to us or write new ones. Secondly, all adjustments, all pending colony printouts and political positions will be mailed the week of Aug 1st. How can ABM make amends for this unexpected situation? Each turn returned will be accompanied by a coupon for a free 140TU turn, which can be redeemed during the next 2 months by attaching it to the appropriate turn. In addition the initial colony printouts will be done at no charge. During the week of Aug 1st, well also add 30 morale to all ships and gp's to replace the morale lost during the past weeks. If there are any other problems caused by this delay, please let us know and we will promptly try to fix them. Hopefully, BSE will quickly return to its previously excellent record of prompt processing. Thank you for your understanding. ========================================================================== ================== Well guys and gal's, that's it. This is the Mythical Letter I have been waiting. It is unsigned. Of note, it doesn't address lost colony production. MP told me that this letter would address some of my other concerns regarding special abilities, new ship designs, etc. Neil Up