Flaws in your post: 1) I didn't ask for a release date. Ever. I don't agree with you that Fractal doesn't "owe" a release date, though. I've been through this over and over, though. The basics of my position: a) I would agree that FAS would have owed nothing, except for b) the fact that they advertised a release date and induced (whether intentionally or unintentionally, it makes no difference) people to alter their purchasing decision(s). Once they "promised" (maybe a strong word), something, they implicitly "owed" (again, a strong word) something. I believe in the free market and dissemination of information, so people can run their businesses as they choose, but that customers may share information with one another to make the best-informed decision possible. Applied to this case, then, FAS has the right to publish an inaccurate release date, but the customers have the right to hold FAS' failures against FAS. One way that this might happen is by telling one another (or even FAS themselves), that they don't like the way that FAS is running their business. You don't have to agree, but it's the way that it is.
In many cases (such as mine), this ultimately hurt FAS. I would have bought an AXEIIXL (having owned an Ultra already), but I decided the FX8 was the right route for me. In other cases, it hurt Line6 or Eventide or other competitors. Whether or not advertising an unrealistic release date will backfire on FAS because they are now less credible, we'll never know. I know that I distrust FAS immensely now, especially after receiving very unkind emails from them. Oh, and their deletion of every comment that is anything but worshipful is another reason. As I've stated many times before (but you can't find such statements, because they keep deleting the posts), I think FAS makes great products. But, I think they have work to do on their business acumen.
2) Basic sentnece construction: The sentence " . . . bitch and over" makes no sense.
The interesting thing about online forums is that it gives individuals like you the confidence to say things to people like me that you would never, ever have the guts to say to me in person. To this end, I just ask that you take a deep breath, think about how you might make this world a better place instead of either a) bringing people down or b) wasting people's time. Look around and see if you can't do something nice for someone instead.
So, I'd been gigging for about 2 months, using only my built in amp reverb. I didn't want to invest in anything else, when I knew the FX8 was right around the corner.
