<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_57360c71-8c5f-4653-88a4-e9f5f4968217><FONT color=black size=2 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT><br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"><PRE><TT><TT>Wim, One of the defining characteristics of this software is the seeming randomness with which it favors some users while stymieing others. I would hesitate to blame the victim in this case. Mike </TT></PRE></TT></BLOCKQUOTE></div> <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Mike</div> <div> </div> <div>While the post was aimed at Will, he, on the other hand, should recognize that perhaps it is not the Board's fault that he had trouble with the web site. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim<br> <br>  </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1@frontier.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 3:19 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] dues payment fiasco<br> <br> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_ca0b0a07-2e68-458f-bd03-cfde54886f5d><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Wim, One of the defining characteristics of this software is the seeming randomness with which it favors some users while stymieing others. I would hesitate to blame the victim in this case. Mike On 2/1/2012 12:51 PM, <A href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> wrote: > I tried it in both places with the same results . > Will > Will > It would seem to me that when there are people who have no problems > paying dues on line, perhaps the problems lies elsewhere. > Wim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Encore Pianos <<A href="mailto:encorepianos@metrocast.net">encorepianos@metrocast.net</A>> > To: pianotech <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> > Sent: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 8:46 am > Subject: Re: [pianotech] dues payment fiasco > > I tried it in both places with the same results . > Will > *From:*<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> <<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>> > [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> <<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>?>] > *On Behalf Of *David Boyce > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 01, 2012 1:02 PM > *To:* <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech@ptg.org</A>> > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] dues payment fiasco > Well, I too left paying my dues until the last minute. I didn't have > any problem doing it online; the transaction went smoothly. BUT I did > it on <A href="http://www.ptg.org/" target=_blank>www.ptg.org</A> <<A href="http://www.ptg.org/" target=_blank>http://www.ptg.org/</A>> and NOT on my.ptg, where I > couldn't see a place to do it. > > Some months ago I had a similar frustrating "round in circles logging > on" experience when I was trying to do something else; I forget > exactly what, perhaps by some Care of my Piano booklets. I emailed the > home office who were very helpful, and told me to clear my browser > cache and try again on <A href="http://www.ptg.org/" target=_blank>www.ptg.org</A> <<A href="http://www.ptg.org/" target=_blank>http://www.ptg.org/</A>>. > > Clearly, there are problems which are not yet resolved. > > Best regards, > > David. > <A href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/" target=_blank>www.davidboyce.co.uk</A> <<A href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/" target=_blank>http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/</A>> > > > > Ok, so I am going to do some venting now. I just spent a frustrating > 50 minutes trying to pay my dues, and by some miracle was finally able > to actually do so. It only took me about 50 tries to log in, although > my username and password information were entered correctly. It > simply just kept going around in circles and kept asking me for the > same info on the page I started with, again and again and again. </TT></PRE></div> </div> </FONT></div> </div> </font>