Further to the commentary on the closure of Apez, the hoped-for deal with CasperVend appears to be going ahead. Today a Notecard with circulated by CasperVend to all Apez customer, outlining a means to migrate to their vending service.
The Migration kit itself is located on SL Marketplace. It appears to eliminate some of the work required in setting-up vending systems, etc., completely from scratch, although from the outline description there is still a fair amount of work to be done.
I have no exposure to CasperVend (I use a combination of VendBob rezzing vendors and Hippo systems), but this life raft would appear welcome, even if those taking it are faced with a 1% increase in payable commissions or to pay for a “replacement” system.
Kudos to the folks at CasperVend for making the offer.
There are still concerns surrounding Apez I would hope Cenji (or someone will) fix, including:
- What is happening with the refund of all deposits, given the caveats appearing in the last announcement
- Why is the website otherwise appearing to offer a “business as usual” face to the world
I’m not suggesting any improper has occurred by asking these questions, rather simply that they need answering, and leaving both as they are could lead to further upsets, confusion and general bumpiness down the road.
But well done to Cenji and CasperTech for offering a first ray of hope in the matter.
Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld 
Cenji/Apez/Casper are, if the rumours are to be believed, the same entity. Apez needed to sort out its debt problems — so by closing, swallowing 1000s of L$, and re-opening under a new name, voila, job done.
Be very careful is my advice. The same problems (financial planning) that brought Apez down are already showing in CasperVend.
LikeLike
Is this correct? My understanding was that Apez was more European in origin (France?) while CasperVend is UK-based.
If this is indeed true, then people should be approaching matters with care.
LikeLike
Hmm, this got posted on my blog too, not the same post, but someone saying it’s the same people.
LikeLike
I *would* like to see some citations on the claims, for sure…
LikeLike
Yup, I haven’t responded to the claims so far as it’s pure hearsay.
LikeLike
The CASPERVEND chap took it serioussly tho, and pasted a rebutall, on his site. Now apez are selling themselves to another third party — glad I only forked out for the casper thing demo. Whether we’ll see our $$ back is another q.
LikeLike
Oh, and Apez were, I believed, based offshore somewhere — channel islands?
LikeLike