Subj : Re: Should I have listened?
To   : alt.bbs.doors
From : rhythmnp@aol.comSTOPSPAM (RhythmNp)
Date : Mon Sep 01 2003 02:54 am

>I gave all my personal and CC info, then
>was told that my CC was declined, because of 'INV BATCH SEQ'.  That to 
>me sounds like a problem on their end, not mine. 

Yeah, sounds like their web script is messed up or something :(

>This is my first transaction with GP, and I know I've heard lots of bad
>things about them in here before.  I'm wondering now if I should have
>listened. 

The one (and only?) good thing about Metropolis GamePort is that they're very
professional; I'm pretty sure they'll promptly send you a registration on
Tuesday.  (GamePort is actually owned by a fleet fuel card company of some sort
-- their GamePort BBS stuff is just a small extra thing they do for whatever
reason)

The main reason why most sysops hate Metropolis GamePort is on account of their
tendency to buy up BBS-related products and then shelve them without putting
out new versions.  They especially hurt the MajorBBS/WorldGroup scene by
purchasing around 90% of the games for the platform.  In almost all of those
cases, they haven't put out new versions; yet they kept the
several-hundred-dollar price tags and they agressively shut down boards that
pirate their severely-over-priced software.

To make matters worse, it seems that they've repeatedly refused offers from
independent programmers to license, contract, or port the BBS-related products
they own.  I think the only exception so far has been for LORD.

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