m-crew Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Thanks for PM/posts when you pay on the site, guys. Makes it much easier to track stuff (although I can often guess from email addresses and such). I'm confused though, and maybe some PayPal experts can chime in: the transaction IDs that I see and you guys provide never match up. Do buyers and sellers use different IDs or something? I think they do use different ids ! mine and Tim's didn't match for Go Sub purchase. It looks like none matched as per Tims last post in the go sub thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Good, it's not just me So far I'm able to keep track of everyone's names/handles/emails. So long as everyone keeps the communication lines open, I think we should be fine. I did get a website order last night from someone that I don't know at all, so I'm not sure if he/she has reserved copies or just ordered straight from the website. But I can always get in touch with people via email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthompson Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 You may have noticed Freewheel wearing his official Desert Bus t-shirt at PRGE. For those who want, you can now get one of these beauties for your own collection. (Wearing the shirt for 8 hours is much easier than driving the bus for that long.) Nobody makes anything off of these, so don't feel obligated to buy one. Note: Right now Spreadshirt has a "20 percent off everything" code (SAVE20NOW) that's good until November 6. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 Cool! With the discount those become like $12, which is crazy for a custom-printed T. Orders have started shipping. I hope to be able to get 5-10 out per day, it all depends on time after work and how practical it is to haul stacks of boxes to the postal outlet. I'll update PayPal with tracking numbers for North American orders, as I get them sent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Any news on making Dessert Bus? That's a game I would buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 You may have noticed Freewheel wearing his official Desert Bus t-shirt at PRGE. For those who want, you can now get one of these beauties for your own collection. (Wearing the shirt for 8 hours is much easier than driving the bus for that long.) Desert Bus shirt.png Nobody makes anything off of these, so don't feel obligated to buy one. Note: Right now Spreadshirt has a "20 percent off everything" code (SAVE20NOW) that's good until November 6. Is there a way to make it available in the german Spreadshirt store? https://www.spreadshirt.de Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Any news on making Dessert Bus? That's a game I would buy. Funny. When freewheel first showed me Desert Bus (pre-3d perspective) I said he should add Dessert Bus, where you still drive 8 hours, but have to avoid banana splits, sundaes, cakes, and other desserts that fell out of a delivery vehicle that was driving in front of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthompson Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Is there a way to make it available in the german Spreadshirt store? https://www.spreadshirt.de I looked, but I don't see a way to do that. But Spreadshirt does ship internationally for a decent price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 Only about a dozen sets of buttons left. Wow, those went fast! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/18/gaming-for-good-the-state-of-video-game-charities I had not seen that article until now. Hmmm... Freewheel, how about running a real Desert Bus fundraiser in your area? Lots of hyped-up marketing, have 6 RGB Intellivisions hooked up to 36" TVs, get teams to sign up and raise money, winning team gets all team money to go towards their charity. It's time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 I had not seen that article until now. Hmmm... Freewheel, how about running a real Desert Bus fundraiser in your area? Lots of hyped-up marketing, have 6 RGB Intellivisions hooked up to 36" TVs, get teams to sign up and raise money, winning team gets all team money to go towards their charity. It's time! Honestly, my time & energy are better spent tagging onto things like DBfH (which I am, next week - everyone should watch and consider donating!) I'd be surprised if I could get 10 people in this city who've even heard of an Intellivision, let alone an intersection with the DB crowd. I live in a VERY young and VERY active city. Retrogaming is practically non-existent as it is (we literally have 2 rather crappy stores in a metro of 1.5 million people which is a big city by Canadian standards). DBfH raises over half a million dollars each year at this point, so I'm thrilled to be even a small part of that. They're super-stoked to have another port of DB as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Rick Reynolds Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Glad to hear about that freewheel! I played DB a couple of times during my extra-life game day. I only drove 15 miles, however, not the full trip. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Glad to hear about that freewheel! I played DB a couple of times during my extra-life game day. I only drove 15 miles, however, not the full trip. Awesome! You hold the current known world record in INTVDB (not counting testers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Rick Reynolds Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Awesome! You hold the current known world record in INTVDB (not counting testers). YES!!!!!!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Awesome! You hold the current known world record in INTVDB (not counting testers). YES!!!!!!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I don't know if that's a good thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Rick Reynolds Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I don't know if that's a good thing... Heh, I count it as good. Although I'm known to have a skewed sense of values (according to my relatives anyway). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Received Today- Thanks Again FW !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Yay, copies are arriving in the wild. Hopefully soon we'll have enough out there that the endurance race can begin! Approaching 60% sold out now. The majority of paid orders have been shipped, so hopefully everyone's been notified by PayPal (and gets their copies soon). The DBfH people tweeted me today, which brought in a few more orders, so that was kinda cool: https://twitter.com/DesertBus/status/796464955486670848 I think there are a half-dozen or so button sets left. Just about out of the double-digit serial numbers as well. Get your orders in now before it's too late! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I don't believe I've received any shipping notification email yet, but then again, my wife and kids tend to delete a lot of messages on me......by mistake.....I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 I don't believe I've received any shipping notification email yet, but then again, my wife and kids tend to delete a lot of messages on me......by mistake.....I think! You have not I've still got a few stragglers boxed and ready to go, 2 of which happen to be Canadian orders. I've put them aside as I find that it's helped the Canada Post people if I do this in matching batches - US, Canada, International. Otherwise they get all confused and my tracking numbers get all confused and it's complicated. I've shipped out 60+ packages in the past 10 days or so, and it's been real fun making sure the right things get to the right people. Never fear, you're basically next! But you gotta wait for a hockey game to happen tomorrow night first. Of course, eh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkamur Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Mine arrived earlier this week although I haven't had a chance to pop it into the Intellivision yet. Tonight? It's displayed prominently on my shelf though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 You have not I've still got a few stragglers boxed and ready to go, 2 of which happen to be Canadian orders. I've put them aside as I find that it's helped the Canada Post people if I do this in matching batches - US, Canada, International. Otherwise they get all confused and my tracking numbers get all confused and it's complicated. I've shipped out 60+ packages in the past 10 days or so, and it's been real fun making sure the right things get to the right people. Never fear, you're basically next! But you gotta wait for a hockey game to happen tomorrow night first. Of course, eh? Sounds good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 I might as well plug this now, before I forget: The 10th annual Desert Bus for Hope charity drive begins this Saturday at 10:00 PST. Hopefully they have another record-setting year and make it past 6 days of driving! A copy of Intellivision Desert Bus - plus some other goodies - will be up for auction at some point, and (crossing fingers) they'll be playing it at some point during the livestream. I'm not sure if they're going to give me a head's up on the time; if they do, I'll be sure to post it here. Worst case I'm sure they'll put a clip up on Youtube at some point. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Received Desert Bus today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 Cool If anyone's been debating on a copy (or a second copy), now's the time to get onboard! The charity marathon is running full steam ahead (they're about to hit 24 hours of driving so far) and they've already raised $83,000! I really wish I had been able to sell all the copies of INTVDB in time for this - and force them to drive a while longer - but oh well. We can be with them in spirit and raise money in parallel. Check out the livestream if you haven't. Right now they have a guy playing Mega Man, WHILE playing Desert Bus. It's pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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