@GregZone
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@tindie I’m really starting to get concerned that this is all a huge Scam? Tindie is back online, but no improvements evident. In fact, very similar time-outs as we had prior to the 2 week outage. Now you’re accepting money from Buyers. Sellers are faithfully sending out product. But still no pay-outs! In fact, even a promise I made to a Buyer for a partial refund has gone unanswered by Tindie. Please come clean about what is really happening. If you're legit, then give us regular updates!
RevK 
@tindie You work for "Tindie", right, doing the social media.
Have you checked you are going to get paid this month?
Would you believe management "assurances" that "nobody will be out any money" if you had not been paid on time.
Would you accept being told you had been paid, when you had not, and 5 days had passed with NO WORD AT ALL on when your pay would arrive.
I am curious where you personally stand on all this?
Can people boost until he replies?
@tindie A timely update. Thank you! Q. Does this also affect customer refunds? I just submitted a request for a partial refund for an order that I’ve just shipped. So, I’m curious if our inability to access our funds, also affects buyers (who are awaiting a refund)? 🤔
@tindie Don’t worry about the period that should have been a comma. I think the message was nicely conveyed. Also, I know all about being a perfectionist with these little things! LOL
Also, (just saying), it doesn’t take a web developer very long (at all) to change the content of a 503 Error Page. 🤓
Also, (just saying), it doesn’t take a web developer very long (at all) to change the content of a 503 Error Page. 🤓
@tindie Thanks for the longer statement.
Q. If due to new ownership (from 14 April), and the new owners “are genuinely excited about Tindie and what the platform can be” (which is great news, by the way), can you also advise when the new owners intend to make a public statement?
I would think it would be in their best interests to do this sooner, rather than later!
Ideally, the 503 Error Page would simply be replaced with a more descriptive message about what is happening and what is coming! 🤓
Q. If due to new ownership (from 14 April), and the new owners “are genuinely excited about Tindie and what the platform can be” (which is great news, by the way), can you also advise when the new owners intend to make a public statement?
I would think it would be in their best interests to do this sooner, rather than later!
Ideally, the 503 Error Page would simply be replaced with a more descriptive message about what is happening and what is coming! 🤓
@davedarko @lectronz Thanks. It does make sense, with the European focus. I had a look at wayback machine and it’s good to know I can recover most from there. But, as I have a number of products, it’ll be big task. So, for now, I’ll wait a little longer for Tindie.
It’s funny that with being a career IT professional, and despite having good back-ups of most of my systems, gradually building-out an online presence on Tindie was possibly the one thing I just forgot to back-up! 🙄
@tindie My only question is: What is the (honest & genuine) expectation of when Tindie will be live again?
I thank you for your posts, but without any actual, first hand, technical detail of what the problems are (that “they” are working to resolve), we are all in the complete dark!
As long as this appalling lack of official communication continues, I think Tindie will have lost significant support and trust within the community (if not already)!
@davedarko @lectronz Yes, I've created my account at Lectronz. But all of my product information is currently locked away in Tindie. :(
The only thing I dislike about Lectronz is that they don’t use PayPal. I currently sell in USD on Tindie, and buy my components in USD via PayPal (so no currency conversion needed).
With Lectronz, I need to sell in EUR, payout to Stripe, then currency convert to my local currency, then currency convert (again) to USD to buy my components. 🤔
@tindie Yes, thanks for this more detailed update. It seems like Mastodon is the only place to get this update?
As others have alluded to, I can’t state how bad this event is for the future of Tindie.
All that was needed, to avoid the significant loss of trust, was some appropriate planning and clear communication, starting from before the maintenance event!